Abstract: In order to cultivate and improve the innovative ability of graduate students, and to correct the errors in intelligence analysis of graduate students, the paper puts forward and introduces in detail a new method of intelligence analysis: academic characteristics comparison method. In “Integrated Skills and Experiment Class for Graduate Students in Crop Science”, the method is adopted for training, which greatly enhances their ability to identify problems, and helps stimulate independent thinking, innovation consciousness and the subjective initiative, as well as improving scientific research innovation ability. It is believed to provide a new way for college students to cultivate the innovation ability of scientific research.

Key words: Intelligence analysis, Graduate student, Practical training, Innovative ability