Firstly, the faculty was established as the “Higher Commercial Institute in Port Said” affiliated to the Ministry of Higher Education in 1959/1960 (general division), then the institute was turned to “Higher Institute of Commerce and Education in Port Said” to graduate teachers of commercial subjects.
Then, the Faculty of Commerce was established in 1974 with the affiliate of the “Higher Institute of Commerce and Education in Port Said” to Helwan University named as “Faculty of Commercial and Administrative Sciences”. Then, its subsidiary was transferred in 1976 to Suez Canal University, and its name as the “Faculty of Commerce” in 1982, and its subordination continued to Canal University Suez until the issuance of the republican decision to turn the branch of Suez Canal University in Port Said into an independent university in 2010.