The college was established in the academic year (1997-1998).
The college is situated in the north of Samawa city (officially al-Muthanna), on the main road between Samawa – Qadisiyah.
The enrolled college staff is about (80 professors) in addition to (61 employees).
The college has five scientific departments i.e. The Department of Arabic Language, the department of History, the department of Geography, the Department of Qur’an science and the Department of English.
The number of college students in the academic year 2012-2013 was (2559) for both morning and evening studies.
A number of (181) students was graduated in 2012 -2013.
Since 2012-2013, both the departments of Arabic and History have started higher studies granting the master degree