Abstract: With the in-depth implementation of the national innovation driven development strategy in colleges and universities, "integration of science and education" has become the basic talent training concept of higher education in China. As an important position of training high-end skilled innovative talents, higher vocational colleges should also carry out talent training under the guidance of the concept of integration of science and education. On the basis of the previous practice, this paper combs out the key path of the integration of science and education to cultivate the innovation ability of higher vocational students, from the micro level of platform construction, system construction, personnel training plan revision, teaching material construction, teaching reform, diagnosis and improvement, etc., in order to provide new ideas for the vocational colleges to carry out the cultivation of innovative talents.

Key words: Integration of science and education, Vocational education, Critical path, Innovation ability