随着全球化进程的加速，国家间的交往日益加深，世界范围内对公民素质的要求逐步增强，公民教育逐渐被各国接受和认同，并受到更多国家的重视。 改革开放以来，我国同国外的经济、政治、文化领域交往的不断加深，公民教育的重要性也越来越得到政府、社会及专家学者的认可，加强公民教育对个人、对社会都是十分有必要的。 本文通过对公民、公民教育概念及其特征等相关问题的梳理，选取比较具有代表性的高校思想政治教育与公民教育进行比较，理清两者之间的关系，并且力图通过借鉴国外公民教育开展的经验，结合我国的实际，探讨符合我国社会发展需要的公民教育发展方向及可行的途径。 文章从四个方面对公民教育融入高校思想政治教育研究做了分析、研究和探讨： 阐释公民、公民教育概念的内涵及公民教育特征等相关问题，并对公民教育在我国的历史演进作简要的回顾。 阐述公民教育在我国发展的现状，提出当前公民教育在实施过程中存在的问题，并对问题产生的原因加以分析，同时，将公民教育与高校思想政治教育进行关系比较； 在比较分析专家学者对于公民教育与高校思想政治教育关系观点的基础上，着重分析将公民教育融入高校思想政治教育的可行性及必要性； 通过对国外公民教育内容和经验的借鉴，基于我国的实际需求，提出我国公民教育的价值定位取向，积极探索公民教育融入高校思想政治教育的途径。

With the rapid pace of globalization, the international exchanges are deepening , the demands for the quality of citizens are gradually increasing in the world. The civic education was gradually accepted and recognized by most of countries, and is paid more attention by more countries. Since 1978, with the deepening interaction between our country and abroad in economic, political and cultural fields, the importance of civic education is increasingly to be recognized by our government, the society and experts. It’s necessary for individuals and our society to strengthen civic education In this paper, by elaborating the concept of citizens, civic education and its characteristic, the writer compares the civic education with the university’s ideological and political education, and clarifies the relationship between them, then tries to make a reference from the experience of foreign countries and combines our reality, in order to explore the development direction and possible means of the civic education which is in line with China's social requirements. The writer analysizes, studies and explores the integrating the civic education into university’s ideological and political education from the following aspects. At first, elaborate the concept of citizens, civic education and its characteristic, and make a brief review of the historical evolution of the civic education in China. Then, describe the status quo of civic education development in our country, and present problems in its implementation process, and analysize the reasons. In this part, the writer also compares the civic education with the university’s ideological and political education. On the basis of the comparison, the writer analyzes the feasibility and necessity of integrating civic education into university’s ideological and political education. In the last part, by making a reference from the content and experience of foreign civic education and combining our actual needs, the writer puts forward the value orientation of civic education to explore the means of integrating the civic education into university’s ideological and political education actively.