Nowadays, with the rapid development of Internet, network ideological and political education has become the focus of work in colleges and universities. Among them, WeChat official account have become an important way for network ideological and political education in colleges and universities. How WeChat official account use visual communication design to achieve the purpose of network ideological and political education is a topic worth studying. On the basis of analyzing the effect of visual communication design on ideological and political education, this article believes that various elements of visual communication design play an important role in the information communication efficiency of articles on WeChat official account. Therefore, the research on the role of visual communication design in ideological and political education, the application of visual communication design in the university WeChat official account, the existing problems and innovative ways are of enlightening significance for the continuous improvement of ideological and political education in the university WeChat official account.