Ethnic minority students are a special group among vocational college students,and providing quality educational programs for these ethnic minority students in vocational colleges is of great practical significance for maintaining regional harmony and social stability.Physical education is an indispensable part of vocational college education and teaching.For ethnic students,it is a stage for them to showcase their skills,and physical education classes are particularly important.In view of this,the article takes Anhui Vocational and Technical College as an example to explore the physical education teaching mode for ethnic students in vocational colleges in the new era,in order to contribute to the promotion of ethnic student education and training in vocational colleges.