The sense of gain in ideological and political education for university students refers to the gain of university students in the process of receiving ideological and political education or after the act of ideological and political education, and the satisfaction of their needs in material, spiritual and behavioral aspects, which leads to the subjective positive psychological experience and the objective psychological state formed on this basis. The sense of gain in ideological and political education for university students has the characteristics of initiative, individuality, positivity and continuity. And its structures include material gain, spiritual gain and behavior gain.