The university topped Saudi universities in the International University Greening Ranking 2023, out of 8 Saudi universities that qualified for the competition. The university ranked second in the Arab world and 62nd globally out of 1183 ranked universities from all over the world, advancing more than 90 places after it was ranked 153rd last year.

This achievement comes as a continuation of Qassim University's excellence locally, regionally and globally, and as a result of achieving sustainability standards in the indicators of scientific research, educational process, infrastructure and student activities, and activating environmental initiatives such as afforestation, water treatment and energy efficiency.

The university continues to advance in this ranking at an accelerated pace over the past years, as it started in 2019 in 342nd place globally, then reached 293rd place globally in 2020, advanced to 151st place globally in 2021, and last year 2022 ranked 153rd globally out of 1,050 international universities.