Abstract: Ruling university by law is the concrete embodiment of ruling country by law in the field of higher education, it is also an important content to promote the legal construction of education. In the background of ruling country by law, ruling university by law has gradually become the basic principle of today's university management. There are specific requirements in assessing subjects, indicators and methods. Different subjects, indicators and methods have an important impact on the scientific nature of the assessment results. In the face of the current problems in the assessment of ruling university by law, which still need to promote the assessment work with legal thoughts and methods, more scientific assessment tools and methods, and useful practices and experience of absorbing and learning from the relevant domestic and foreign assessments.

Key words: School administration by law, Assessment subjects, Assessment indictors, Assessment methods