With the in-depth promotion of digital transformation, the field of higher education also ushers in unprecedented changes. The digital construction of human resource management in colleges and universities can effectively improve the management effectiveness of colleges and universities, and then optimise the allocation of human resources in colleges and universities. In this regard, based on the background of digital transformation, this paper analyses the necessity of the digital construction of human resource management in colleges and universities, describes the direction of the digital change of human resource management in modern colleges and universities, and explores the path of digital construction of human resource management in colleges and universities, in order to provide more reference to the digital transformation of human resource management in colleges and universities.