The theme of the doctoral dissertation can be seen from its title - digital transformation and success in the context of higher education. This defines the main goal of the doctoral dissertation: to determine the relationship between digital transformation and the success of higher education institutions, and to examine their correlation. With the knowledge of the mentioned relationship, recommendations can be given for improving the level or degree of digitalization (digital maturity) and increasing the success of higher education institutions. Two hypotheses also emerged from the defined goal. The first assumes the existence of a correlation between digital transformation and the success of higher education institutions, and the second assumes that the characteristics of higher education institutions are predictors of the relationship assumed by the first hypothesis. In order to examine the validity of the hypotheses, an empirical study was conducted among employees of public higher education institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The research technique was a survey, and a survey questionnaire was used as an instrument. The sample included 665 employees of higher education institutions from all 8 public universities (103 organizational units/faculties). The collected data were analyzed by methods of descriptive and inferential statistics. The results confirmed both hypotheses. A statistically significant, positive correlation was found between digital maturity and the success of higher education institutions. The analysis of connectivity within different characteristics of higher education institutions also showed a significant correlation between digital transformation and success. The obtained correlation coefficients with their characteristics indicate a positive correlation, medium to strong. The direction of correlation implies that a higher assessment of digital maturity most likely means a higher assessment of performance, ie digitally more mature institutions are most likely and successful. In future research, the established connection should be checked and confirmed, and additional predictors of the researched relationship should be investigated, both in higher education and in other areas. In practice, these results impose the need to pay special attention to digital transformation, ie the need to invest in digital technology and take the necessary steps to transform the existing way of business in order to achieve greater success.