Graduate education is an important part of education system in China, which is also the highest level. Different from other education level, the characteristic of graduate education is that a graduate student not only needs complete the basic courses, but also needs to do some scientific research. The scientific research is an important source of technological innovation. This study used questionnaires designed by the author to survey the current situation of universities graduates' scientific research. One hundred and thirty graduate students from seven famous universities participate in this survey. The results showed that about 60 percent of graduate students don't work hard enough in research and innovation activities and don't put high degree of enthusiasm to research activities, 79 percent of instructors give students a general research direction and tell them to do research by themselves. Graduates don't communicate with their instructors frequently, the majority of graduate students have problem consciousness, but whose creative thinking and critical spirit is still less.