Abstract: Starting from the development of aesthetic education in colleges and universities, based on the curriculum, teaching system, and faculty, explore the problems of aesthetic education, find new outlets for aesthetic education, and provide ideas for building aesthetic education curriculum systems, building aesthetic education teachers, and optimizing aesthetic education systems, and then propose suggestions for reform of aesthetic education in colleges and universities. In the reform, it is necessary to focus on the penetration of aesthetic education in various disciplines, lead students to understand and create beauty in scientific practice, and continuously optimize construction measures according to the aesthetic education of various universities, in order to form a full coverage, diversified, and high-quality a modern school aesthetic education system with Chinese characteristics.

Key words: Chinese universities, Aesthetic education, Status quo, Reform countermeasures