With the booming development of big data, the demand for data management capabilities has gradually penetrated into various fields. Based on a deep reflection on the practical work of data management in universities, starting from the perspective of comprehensively optimizing university data management, three core issues in university data management were firstly analyzed and confirmed. Then, referring to the maturity evaluation model of data management capabilities, combined with the current situation of university data management capabilities, it focused on selecting three capability domains to solve the core issues one by one. Finally, from the above capability domains, it focused on six capability items and plans the implementation path of university data governance.