Education plays a vital role in the development of international metropolis.The article explores the concept of international metropolis,points out that in the process of China's high level of opening up to the outside world,the development of international metropolis is facing new opportunities.Education not only supports the economic and technological competitiveness of the city through the training of high-level talents,but also promotes the sustainable development and social progress of the international metropolis through lifelong learning and the construction of learning cities.At the same time,the rich cultural and artistic resources of the international metropolis can feed back education,and the two realize development together in the process of mutual promotion.