The effect of drying techniques on the microstructure,morphology and pore structure of porous silica gels was studied in the paper.The gels were prepared by using sol-gel process and different drying routes:freeze-drying (FD),low pressure drying (LPD),high temperature drying (HTD) and chemical modification & ambient drying (CMD) techniques.Observation under pore distribution and structural properties showed that CMD technique leads to homogenous mesoporous silica material with specific surface area of 745 m2/g,and the average pore size around 20 nm,while LPD and HTD result in loosely packed particles with non-isotropic aggregation pattern.The specific surface areas of LPD and HTD samples are 419 and 513 m2/g respectively,and the pore size distribution of the samples are observed distributing widely in range of 10-100 nm.Freeze drying method is a new but prospective way to prepare mesoporous silica.The specific area of FD sample is around 500 m2/g.By the comparison for the properties of the gels,this paper wants to induce a further interest in finding a proper method to synthesize the porous silica gels for low price use. The effect of drying techniques on the microstructure, morphology and pore structure of porous silica gels was studied in the paper. The gels were prepared by using sol-gel processes and different drying routes: freeze-drying (FD), low pressure drying (LPD ), high temperature drying (HTD) and chemical modification & ambient drying (CMD) techniques. Observation under pore distribution and structural properties showed that CMD technique leads to homogenous mesoporous silica material with specific surface area of ​​745 m2 / g, and the average pore volume size around 20 nm, while LPD and HTD result in loosely packed particles with non-isotropic aggregation pattern. The specific surface areas of LPD and HTD samples are 419 and 513 m2 / g respectively, and the pore size distribution of the samples are distributed distributing widely in range of 10-100 nm. Freeze drying method is a new but prospective way to prepare mesoporous silica. The specific area of ​​FD sample is around 500 m2 / g.By the comparison for the properties of the gels, this paper wants to induce a further interest in finding a proper method to synthesize the porous silica gels for low price use.