The purpose of this study was to identify past results and future issues regarding knowledge, skills, emotions, cognition, and behavior in education of water safety among Chinese university students and university swimming teachers. The results of this study are summarized as follows:
(1) Although there were regional differences in the swimming ability of university students, it was clear that the overall situation of education of water safety in Chinese universities is serious and that there are still major problems in the knowledge and skills of university students regarding education of water safety. The cognition of education of water safety among Chinese university students is inadequate, and their behavior regarding “underwater safety education” also needs to be improved.
(2) It is not only a problem that university swimming teachers are not sufficiently qualified to implement education of water safety, but it is also clear that university swimming teachers do not place importance on education of water safety. For the future implementation of education of water safety multifaceted instruction that includes knowledge, skills, emotions, cognition, and behavior related to education of water safety according to the individual situations of university students is required.