The network patriotism education for college students is still facing severe challenges such as the need to integrate network patriotic elements,strengthen network ideological and political forces,and improve the supply of network culture.In order to cope with these challenges,it is urgent to optimize the path of network patriotism education for college students from the dimensions of nourishing patriotic spirit with traditional culture,cultivating patriotic feelings with network ideological and political education,strengthening patriotic fields online and offline,and enhancing patriotic patterns with rational inclusiveness.