The main campus is located in the middle of Al-Qassim Province in Mulaida outskirt area 15 km west of Buraydah beside Saudi Aramco (Qassim Branch) and Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz international Airport.

According to the QS report, it has shown excellent potential for strengthening its position by harnessing its core strengths in teaching and Research.

QU has also shown initiative in arranging International Seminars in order to develop relations with global academic peers.

[1] In November 2015, AACSB has announced that Qassim University has earned accreditation for its College of Business and Economics (CBE).

[10] Issues of exploitation and casualization of women labor were reported in local media as female workers demanded better working conditions.

[11] In 2016, a local media website, Sabq, reported that a number of female teachers, who were assigned to teach as casual labor without a signed written contract, were demanding their over due pay for two years.