This paper analyzes the situation and features of the development of industry-university-research cooperative education in developed countries,such as America,Japan,England, etc., puts forward that we can get enlightenment from the industry-university-research cooperative education of developed countries and learn well about the problems we should try to solve. It will play a role in the promotionto the practice and development of china cooperative education. We should make the higher education adapt to the development of the situation, and seek after educational principle to meet the needs of the times.