Inception
The idea of establishing the university was linked to the holding of the first conference of Arab police and security leaders in the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates (1972 AD/1392 AH). Then the second conference of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, held in Baghdad in 1978, issued a decision to establish the Arab Training Institute, and then its name was changed to The Arab Center for Social Defense Studies in 1979, and during the third conference of Arab Interior Ministers in the city of Taif in 1980, a decision was issued to change the name to the Arab Center for Security Studies and Training.
With the generous initiative of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the patronage of its leadership, the university’s headquarters was hosted in the city of Riyadh, and it enjoyed it from that time until the prosperous reign of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and His Highness the Trustworthy Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed. Bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - may God protect them - with unlimited material and moral support, and with constant follow-up from His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Minister of the Interior, President of the Supreme Council of the League, Honorary President of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers, and his fellow owners Your Highnesses and Excellencies the Arab Ministers of Interior.
During the fourth session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers (Tunisia - 1997), the name of the Arab Center for Security Studies and Training was changed to the Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences, and with the developmental stages the academy witnessed, represented by the elevation of the institutes it includes to colleges, the name was reconsidered. The Academy to keep pace with these qualitative developments; The Council of Arab Interior Ministers issued a decision in 2004 to change its name to Naif Arab University for Security Sciences.