As the grand university of the province, university of Bojnord was founded on October 2005 at the center of North Khorasan, Bojnourd, in order to fulfill its main mission of educating young people in different levels and fields of study in line with the programs approved by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

The approval for the establishment of the University of Bojnourd, with four faculties of engineering , humanities, art and agriculture was issued by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology at  1383/11/11 (01/31/2005) under the letter No. 22/8621. Thus, on October 2005, with the assistance of various provincial organizations, including the General Governor of North Khorasan, Bojnourd Governorate, North Khorasan Education Organization, Islamic Council of Bojnourd, Bojnord Municipality and Khorasan Petrochemical Company, University of Bojnord enrolled 210 students in three fields of study, as the beginning step.

In the academic year 97-98, about 4000 students are under the tuition of 164 faculty members in 45 academic fields (18 graduate and 27 undergraduate degrees).