Al-kunooze University College was founded on 11/10/2012 by the letter of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers No. 66123/81/10 and based on the decision of the Council of Ministers in the forty-fourth session held on 9/10/2012, in which it obtained the approval of the granting of the license to establish Al-kunooze University College in Basra Governorate includes the following departments (Law, Computer Technology Engineering, Business Administration). In 2015, the college received an ISO certificate from an American organization. In 2016-2017 the Department of Medical Laboratory Techniques was created and in 2020 new departments were created in the following disciplines (dentistry, pharmacy, and engineering of medical device techniques). In 2022, new departments were introduced in the following disciplines (dental industry, accounting).