Al - Nahrain University was found in 1987, including two compounds, one in Jadriya, which includes Engineering, Science, Political Science, Information Technology engineering, Business Economics, Biotechnology facilities and the centers are the bio-technology research center, the training on nuclear forensic acid center, the renewable energy nanoparticles center and the computer center. The other compound in Kadhimiyah includes schools of medicine, law, pharmacy and the Higher Institute for the diagnosis of infertility and assisted reproduction techniques. The aim of university is to create a new example and high quality trained academic associates to correspond to scientific developments and scientific techniques that the world is witnessing, to secure a scientific base characterized by creativity, innovation and establish ennobled elites of the finest graduates and post graduate to participate in upholding the scientific and cultural construction of Iraq. The University of Al- Nahrain is a member in the Association of the Arab Universities and Federation of international universities and its degrees is recognized by UNESCO. The university is witnessing in each year a qualitative development in the provision of modern supplies and preparation of scientific expertise eligible to uphold with the advanced science in the world. From the concept of the loyalty to the homeland of civilizations, the name of (AlNahrain) was chosen for this university to confirm the authenticity of its belonging to this country, which historical roots extends deep in the soil fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers over centuries.
The Biotechnology Research Center at Al-Nahrain University, was established in 1999 as a distinguished research edifice locally and regionally that provides the research process with distinguished scientific research that keeps pace with the great development in the field of biotechnologies and its various branches such as molecular genetics, external fertilization, genes, genetic engineering, plant, animal and environmental biological technologies at a time when institutions in this field were scarce in the Middle East.