With the in-depth integration of the “Internet Plus” and digital technologies in the education sector, information technology has become a vital force for advancing the reform of China’s higher education management system and modernizing national governance capacity. The primary goals of higher education management reform are to optimize resource allocation, promote information sharing, and improve the quality of school running. Information technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence and smart campuses can solve the problems of low efficiency, scattered resources and insufficient collaboration existing in the current management mode. This paper mainly discusses the strategies for promoting the reform of higher education management through informatization, so as to provide references for relevant scholars.