The university was founded in 2000 as a small
non-profit educational institution by Dr. Saeed Sheikh Mohamed. It was formerly known as the
Hargeisa College of Applied Arts & Technology (CAAT). The CAAT was an approved center of
City & Guilds and
Edexcel. The Somaliland University of Technology is situated in a campus of 20 hectares donated by Dr. Mohamed. Building construction was funded by the
Islamic Development Bank based in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and opened in 2007. The university has two partnership agreements with the
University of Khartoum and
Ahfad University for women in Sudan. The Somaliland University of Technology signed an agreements of cooperation with three African universities. The four universities agreed to work together as full partners within the framework of Intra-ACP Academic EU Funded Program. The main objective of the program is to develop and/or enhance the graduate studies programs of each university (Master's degree and PhD), and to exchange staff, faculties, and students. ==Faculties and institutes==