Transforming the University Management Model in the Concept of Digital Transformation

The emergence of the industrial revolution 4.0 places higher and higher demands on universities. To create citizens who successfully operate digital technologies, it is necessary to change the model and way of university governance. The smart university development orientation is a development roadmap in line with the 4.0 higher education trend. This orientation is deployed and strongly applied information technology to the work of education - training, scientific research in line with the trend of higher education. The study uses the approach, research from a management perspective, and the method of analysis and synthesis to make judgments and assessments about the digital university governance model. The results of the article have provided the foundational theories of university governance in the context of digital transformation. Thereby, the article proposes and makes some recommendations on innovation in governance at universities in Vietnam.