Humanistic education refers to the education aimed at improving the human nature of the educated, shaping their ideal personality and realizing their personal and social values. Its essence is humanistic education, and its core is to cultivate humanistic spirit. Paying attention to humanistic education is also the trend of higher education reform in the world today.

The humanities education undergraduate major was approved by the Ministry of Education in 2005, serving the eighth basic education curriculum reform. It combines the knowledge of humanities and social sciences such as history, sociology, politics, economics, law, geography and human geography, and forms a comprehensive curriculum system of humanities education covering core disciplines such as philosophy, literature, history and art. Paying attention to humanities education is also the trend of higher education reform in the world today. For example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and tokyo institute of technology have all added humanities and social sciences majors and courses, and implemented the infiltration of arts and sciences to improve students' humanistic quality.