Sea transport accounts for more than 90% of the world's trade traffic. High‐quality college students majoring in navigation are an important source of talents for shipping units, and improving the comprehensive academic performance of college students majoring in navigation is one of the goals of navigation colleges. Combining the particularity and actual situation of the cultivation of students majoring in navigation, this paper deeply analyzes the difficulties faced by college students majoring in navigation in their studies, and proposes corresponding effective solutions.