Abstract: Based on an explanation of the mechanism of coupling coordination between digitalization and higher education， the coupling coordination degree model is used to measure the status of the coupling coordination of digitalization and higher education in various regions in China， and a Tobit regression model is constructed to verify the influence of various factors on the coupling coordination degree of digitalization and higher education. It is found that the level of the coupling coordination of digitalization and higher education in China is generally low and developing slowly， spatially in a stepped， agglomerated geographic distribution， and that the trend of coupling coordination has not improved significantly during the study period. The extent of the development of the technology market， the level of governmental support and the strength of school-enterprise connections all have a significant positive impact on the coupling coordination degree of digitalization and higher education. However， the impact of the quality of social human capital and the level of regional economic development is not obvious.

Key words: digitalization; higher education; coupling coordination degree