College students’ safety awareness education is an important part of maintaining campus security and stability. It plays a vital role in building a "safe campus, harmonious campus" and lays a foundation for the all-round development of college students. This study combines literature research and survey method to investigate the current state of college students' safety awareness, the level of safety education in universities and the causes of safety issues. At present, the safety problems in colleges and universities are: fire accidents, traffic accidents, information leak, mental health issues, food hygiene and more. Based on the current state of safety awareness and its causes, this paper explores strategies to improve students' safety awareness and advance safety education. First, universities should strengthen the safety education for students and perfect the safety education system. Second, universities need to reform traditional safety education methods, establish a sound safety education plan and carry out a variety of safety education formats. Finally, schools and students should both play active roles, establishing a triple educational linkage mechanism involving society, schools, and families to ensure coordinated efforts in safety awareness education. Managing safety issues is not only the responsibility of school security and administrative departments, but also concerns all campus departments, requiring the full attention of university leadership and collaborative efforts from faculty and students to establish a long-term safety management system.