Abstract: Many colleges and universities in the past have begun to actively carry out the cultivation of student craftsman spirit. Through the investigation and analysis of 40 higher vocational colleges that have been implementing the cultivation of craftsman spirit, it is found that the understanding of the connotation of craftsman spirit is different and the cultivation ways are different. The analysis states that the first step in the cultivation of craftsman spirit is to clarify the connotation of craftsman spirit, and enterprises should jointly clarify, cultivate and evaluate. Through the questionnaire about craftsmanship spirit of 60 school-enterprise-cooperation enterprises, this paper clarifies the connotation of craftsmanship spirit that the students of intelligent manufacturing major in our university should have at present by "expert definition + enterprise demand".

Key words: Craftsman spirit, Higher vocational colleges, School-enterprise cooperation, Current status, Practical exploration