Abstract:

With the strengthening of the sovereign concept，countries across the world have paid attention to national defense
education in peace time. The quality of national defense education in universities determines to a large extent the quality of
talent cultivation and reserve that can meet the requirements of national defense. A questionnaire survey from two dimensions
of the national defense education was carried out among first year students of Southwest Petroleum University（SWPU），which
showed that defects exist in national defense education. In order to improve the effectiveness of the national defense education
in SWPU，modifications should be made to the curriculum system. And we suggest using the new media to create positive
environment for national defense education so as to arouse students’sense of patriotism，and to promote China’s national
defense.

Key words: institutions of higher education, national defense education, national security, national defense education curriculum
system, national defense construction