Quality education is the main form of modern education in our country. Its purpose is to promote the cultivation of students' good moral quality, the promotion of professional qualities, and the cultivation of professional skills on the basis of promoting the learning effects of students' professional courses. An important basic condition for college students to achieve self-development. The article takes national defense education in colleges and universities as the research object, explores the relationship between national defense education and quality education, focuses on the important role played by national defense education in quality education, and explores various problems facing the current national defense education process. It also introduces in detail the national defense education strategy of college students from the perspective of quality education.