University of Al-Qadisiyah was established in 1987 with two colleges, the College of Education and the College of Management and Economics. In the next academic year the College of Arts was opened. Soon, other colleges were opened in the center of Al-Qadisiyah governorate, as well as the center of the governorates of Wasit and Muthanna. From these colleges the nucleus of a separate university was yielded, the University of Wasit, and later another university in Samawah under the name of Al-Muthanna University. Over the years, its faculties have increased, its departments have grown and its laboratories have developed. The University today consists of the following colleges: College of Education, College of Management and Economics, College of Arts, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medicine, College of Physical Education, College of Sciences, College of Computer Science and Mathematics, College of Agriculture, College of Law, College of Engineering, College of Education for Women, College of Pharmacy, and College of Nursing.