The study aimed to emphasize the role of digital learning in developing university students under hard circumstances and challenges. The descriptive analytical approach was used. The study tool was a questionnaire distributed to (306) students in institutions of higher education and scientific research. The study concluded that the reality of applying digital learning management to achieve competitiveness in higher education institutions from the viewpoint of its employees was of a moderate degree. Also that the role of digital learning in developing the learning of university students with a medium degree. However, there are a number of obstacles in the application of digital learning, which differ in their proportions. In addition to that there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 ≥ α) between the average scores of the sample members’ assessment of the role of digital learning in developing university student’s learning due to the variables (practical qualification).