The school traces its roots back to the Garowe School of Management, a women's school in Garowe offering courses in accounting, computer skills, business English and business management. After a year of operation, which saw the graduation of 60 women, the school was expanded to a two-year structure and renamed to Puntland Community College. In 2004, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program and USIU Nairobi, PCC was expanded to include four-year programs. It was also renamed Puntland State University (PSU).

Degrees offered at PSU include:

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BBA): two- and four-year programs
• Bachelor of Science
  • Information technology
  • Public administration
  • Journalism
  • English language
  • Sharia and Law^[1]

The school is participating in the Puntland Resource and Service Center, which began construction in January 2007 in Garowe.

• Faculty of Business and Economics
• Faculty of Social Science
• Faculty of Computer Science
• Faculty of Health Sciences
• Faculty of Shari'a and Law

Puntland State University has entered into a sister institution relationship with the Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States.^[2]

• Puntland State University
• East Somalia University