Qassim University is the first in the education and training sector in measuring digital transformation 2023

During the forum, the Digital Government Authority announced the results of measuring the Digital Transformation Index 2023, for more than 200 government agencies from various sectors, which is concerned with evaluating and diagnosing the situation of the agencies and following up on the development of their journey in digital transformation through several main indicators that included standards derived from royal orders, Cabinet decisions and circulars. Which included 52 standards, and digital transformation standards, which included 73 standards, by which the extent of government agencies’ commitment to applying these standards and the levels of commitment to their implementation are measured, and the results of measuring these indicators were sorted into 5 stages: (creativity, integration, improvement, availability, construction). The results were comprehensive. Al-Qassim is in the highest stage “Creativity” and among the highest government agencies, and came in first place in the education and training sector with a measurement result of (90.59%).

The university also obtained the National Enterprise Architecture (NORA) accreditation certificate for distinguished government agencies from the Digital Government Authority, which was received by His Excellency the President of the University during the forum, from His Excellency the Governor of the Authority, in recognition of the university’s excellence in applying institutional architecture standards that contribute to accelerating the process of digital transformation.

The university also ranked among the best government agencies with the highest performance in the efficiency of websites and digital content in 2023, and was honored by His Excellency Engineer Ahmed bin Muhammad Al-Soyan, Governor of the Digital Government Authority, during the forum, which was received by His Excellency the Dean of the Deanship of Information Technology, Dr. Saleh Al-Bahili, in the city of Riyadh.