Deanship of E-Learning and Information Technology

The university achieved first place in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Award for the QSpark adaptive smart learning platform.

The «AI-Powered Smart Institutional Governance Platform for Higher Education» project received the Certificate of Excellence at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) among 1,595 submitted projects.

The Dean of e-Learning and Information Technology at Qassim University honored the «Innovate for Education» Hackathon team, which was organized by the university in cooperation with the National E-Learning Center under the slogan «Innovate Smart Solutions to Serve Education Using Artificial Intelligence.» The competitive hackathon events lasted for three days with the participation of 97 contestants divided into 36 teams, aimed at employing artificial intelligence technologies to serve general and higher education.

The memorandum of understanding has been signed 

This hackathon aims to stimulate innovation in employing artificial intelligence technologies to serve the public and higher education sector, by finding practical solutions that contribute to improving the learning experience, facilitating the tasks of teachers and faculty members, and developing academic programs and curricula.

The Eid al-Fitr greeting event was held at the Deanship, fostering a distinctive fraternal atmosphere that brought together the entity's employees to enhance communication and exchange congratulations on this happy occasion.

A new update has been released for the MyQU interface to comply with the unified code for platforms, which contributes to improving the user experience, unifying the visual identity, and increasing the efficiency of navigation and access to services more smoothly.

With the aim of highlighting the university's digital transformation experience, its achievements, and its impact on improving the quality of services, in the presence of university vice presidents, at the King Abdulaziz Center for Conferences in the university city.

A system concerned with managing faculty promotion applications, starting from the application and review stage in departments and colleges, through the procedures of academic committees, nominating reviewers, and approving review results. .

A system for managing faculty appointment requests through multiple stages, including application, review, committee evaluation, and final decision issuance.

An integrated digital content production environment has been established to support the university's educational process. It includes studios for recording videos, live broadcasting, podcasts, and audio recordings, enabling faculty members and students to produce professional educational content.

As part of the Deanship's role in providing sustainable education, self-training initiatives have been launched with specialized educational programs from leading global platforms. These initiatives allow learners to choose paths that suit their interests and enable them to acquire technical and professional skills flexibly. They include the Flexible Learning and Technical Leaders initiatives.

It is an advanced technological platform that collects and analyzes performance data within virtual classrooms, and provides accurate reports on attendance and engagement, which contributes to enabling colleges and supervisory bodies to improve practices and control and raise the quality of e-learning. .

This investment educational platform aims to provide synchronous and asynchronous training programs and courses for beneficiaries inside and outside the university. It enables trainees to access programs offered by international platforms and entities, in addition to programs specifically designed for the university. Furthermore, this platform allows for obtaining specialized educational and technical consultations.

This AI-powered and gamified smart educational platform was developed with the aim of improving learning quality and enhancing university students' readiness for the job market through an adaptive learning experience tailored to each student.

A unified digital platform that brings together the university's academic and administrative services, enabling beneficiaries to submit and track their requests easily within an integrated digital experience.

The university website has been redesigned in compliance with government platform codes, by developing a modern and unified interface that has improved ease of access to services and increased technical performance efficiency, thereby enhancing the reliability and quality of the digital experience.

Your official gateway to easily manage your university life, from class schedules and grades to attendance tracking, study plans, and rewards, all in a unified and elegant experience.

An awareness campaign implemented at the beginning of each semester to introduce university affiliates to technical and electronic services, and to enable them to use them easily, especially new students.

The memorandum of understanding has been signed 

A digital service for receiving and organizing graduation project proposals, enabling students to easily submit their ideas and facilitating their academic review and approval to ensure quality and academic alignment.

An intuitive tool for easily and accurately creating and updating a university's organizational structure.

A meeting was held at the beginning of the year, during which the Dean delivered a motivational speech, and certificates of appreciation were distributed to the entity's staff.

A tool to analyze student attendance and engagement in virtual classrooms and support academic performance monitoring.

Al-Qassim University achieved the highest score in the 2024–2025 National Digital Education Index, issued by the National Center for E-Learning, for the second consecutive year. The university scored 94.92% in the “Excellence” category, achieving the highest score among the four pillars measured by the index—Progress, Foundation, Excellence, and Implementation—and ranking among the top 7 universities out of a total of 34 public higher education institutions […]

Developing a new interface for Blackboard to improve user experience and better organize e-learning tools.

Recording academic data and displaying research, with an easy interface for communication and updating achievements.

Link shortening and click tracking service, with QR code support and improved digital link accessibility.

Consolidating all technical tools into a single service to facilitate the experience and testing of different tools.

A tool that allows for the integration of different documents within the system while maintaining order and ease of access.

The university achieved a score of 92.31%, placing it among the top-performing government agencies in terms of service quality and national digital content.

The university achieved a score of 92.72% on the Digital Transformation Index, the highest in its history, ranking second in the education sector and fifteenth among government institutions.

Design new pages aimed at enhancing the university's content on Sustainable Development Goals and environmental and social initiatives.

Applying digital analysis techniques to support decision-making via the Power BI platform in monitoring university data.

Provide an interactive tool to display lectures and academic schedules in an organized and easily accessible manner, with the ability to automatically update content.

A prominent leadership presence for Qassim University as one of its cadres was nominated among the elite digital leaders at the Kingdom level.

A university competition to develop cybersecurity skills through practical challenges in vulnerability discovery, cryptography, and reverse engineering, with prizes and certificates for participants.

The Digital Government Authority certifies that the Qassim University portal has implemented the basic elements of the standardized design system "Platform Code", and has therefore been awarded the quality certificate.

Present and follow up on the most prominent academic and administrative events and developments of the university

Adding a new feature in the portal that allows the user to easily switch between their different accounts without logging out.

It was a friendly meeting that brought the team together, including conversations, with the aim of enhancing communication and strengthening team spirit.

Developing a digital index to measure the quality of digital content in university systems and improve the level of information provided.

Launching the first trial version of the university's mobile application to enable quick access to university services.

Enable all university students to use two-factor authentication via access to increase security at single sign-on

Issuance of the second version of the quality system to enhance institutional performance efficiency and follow digital standards.

Launching a new version of the university's website with a modern design compatible with the unified national identity and improving the browsing experience.

Update and review study plans to ensure they align with academic quality requirements and student needs.

For the second consecutive year, the university achieved a “Top Tier” rating in the 2024–2025 National Digital Education Index results, with a score of 94.92%, ranking among the top 3 universities out of the 34 public and private universities included in the index, in recognition of its adoption of sustainable digital technologies in its educational environment.

The university scored 92.53% on the Digital Transformation Index, ranking second in the education sector and fifteenth among government institutions.

The Governor of the Digital Government Authority honored Qassim University for its commitment to implementing the unified design system «Platform Code,» making it one of the first government entities in the Kingdom.

Recognition from His Excellency the Governor of the Digital Government Authority among the best-performing government entities in digital content.

The university continued to lead the education and training sector in the Digital Government Authority Index for the second consecutive year with a score of 90.59%, ranking eleventh among government institutions.

Signing a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation in the field of free software and implement specialized training programs.

The university received the NORA certificate for distinguished government entities from the Digital Government Authority for excellence in applying enterprise architecture standards.

The National E-Learning Center announced the university's victory in the Excellence track within the Higher Education branch of the 2023 E-Learning and Training Innovation Award, and the National Digital Learning Index also classified the university in the “Excellence” category in the university ranking, in appreciation of its implementation of quality and excellence standards in e-learning and training.

The university stood out in the "Creativity" category in the education and training sector with a score of 90%—the first time this level has been achieved in the sector—and ranked seventh among public institutions.

The university obtained the Free and Open Source Software license from the Digital Government Authority for a period of three years.

The Deanship of Information Technology has obtained international accreditation for Information Technology Service Management Systems ISO 20000, Information Security ISO 27001, and Business Continuity ISO 22301.