艺术设计教育可以培养学生的感知力、鉴赏力、审美力以及创造能力的教育,它可以促进学生关注人们精神和心理上对美的需求。艺术设计教育是一门很感性的学科,也是一门人文学科,艺术着眼于美,是视觉艺术的体现,用一种生动形象,鲜明直观的艺术形式呈现出艺术的真谛。本文分析了我国理工科院校艺术设计教育所处的现状,并提出改革办法,使艺术设计教育在理工科院校有一个更好的发展 Art design education can cultivate students ’perception, appreciation, aesthetic power and creative education, which can promote students’ attention to the spiritual and psychological needs of the United States. Art design education is a very emotional discipline, but also a humanities, art focuses on the United States, is the embodiment of visual arts, with a vivid, clear and intuitive art shows the true meaning of art. This article analyzes the status quo of art design education in science and engineering colleges in our country and puts forward the reform measures to make art design education have a better development in science and engineering colleges