Abstract: Innovation and entrepreneurship are being widely promoted and made popular as new job strategies for university graduates to relieve the pressure of employment. Colleges and universities in ethnically diverse places are significant components of higher education institutions in our nation and offer special advantages for instructing in innovation and entrepreneurship due to their national cultures. As a result, educating university students from many ethnic backgrounds about innovation and entrepreneurship has become crucial and integral to our nation's innovation and entrepreneurship strategy. This paper proposes strategies to enhance the innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of university graduate students in ethnic minority areas combing with the research and analysis of the innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of university graduate students majoring in food science and engineering in the college of agriculture, Yanbian university. These strategies includ: Improving the comprehensive quality and awareness of innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of university graduate students in ethnically diverse areas, strengthening teaching staff of innovation and entrepreneurship in minority areas and also completing the curriculum system of innovation and entrepreneurship education as well as socially responsible support policies.