Objective To discuss the effect of cooperative education model in elevating the quality of nursing continuing education. Methods The students of grade 2011 and grade 2012 in continuing school of Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) were included, and were divided into two groups according to the campus, such as PLA general hospital campus and PUMC campus. The general information, mean score, the number of people who obtained degree, the number of people who discontinuing study and people who get an excellent paper were retrospectively analyzed and compared between two groups. Results In 301 campus, there were 60 students of grade 2011 and 106 students of grade 2012, and they were all nurses of 301 hospital; there were 252 students of grade 2011 and 245 students of grade 2012 in main campus, and they were nurses of another 7 Beijing hospitals. The mean score of students in 301 campus of grade 2011 was (81.00±3.72), and of grade 2012 was (82.02±3.49), which were significantly higher than that of students in main campus (t=-5.87, -6.20; P<0.05). The ratio of students of grade 2011 who obtained degree in 301 campus was 45%, and the data of students of grade 2012 was 40.60%, and they were all higher than that in the main campus (χ2=15.85, 15.85; P<0.05). Conclusions The model of cooperative education can provide a better platform for bachelor compensation education, theoretical knowledge update and continuous education, which is helpful to improve the quality of nursing education. Key words: Education, nursing, continuing; In-service education; Cooperation in running schools; Quality of education