The Role of Digital Intelligence in Improving University Performance: A Survey Study at Al-Mussaib Technical Institute, Iraq

This study aimed to shed light on the topic of digital intelligence and understand its importance in raising university performance levels, especially since it can improve educational and pedagogical activities and develop students' abilities and skills in using modern technological techniques. However, universities are currently suffering from a set of challenges in adopting digital transformation and intelligence. In this study, employees working at Technical Al-Furat Al-Awsat University, specifically Al-Musayyib Technical Institute, were surveyed. A sample of 97 individuals was chosen and their answers were analyzed using the Social Statistical Package Program. This study concluded that digital intelligence and its various dimensions represented in digital efficiency, digital security, and digital communication have a statistically significant effect in increasing and improving university performance. A set of solutions were presented, the most important of which were to qualify specialized cadres in higher education institutions, enable them to digitize and innovate, increase awareness among students and professors of the importance of modern technologies, and train students and professors to use modern technology.