With the continuous development and progress of society, universities, as important bases for talent cultivation, not only need to impart professional knowledge, but also need to shape students' correct outlook on life, values, and worldviews. This requires universities to adopt up-to-date ways and methods in ideological and political education. Apprenticeship, as a very ancient educational method, has also developed modern apprenticeship under the background of modernization. It is based on practice, focuses on the cultivation of vocational skills and personality qualities, which meets the requirements of ideological and political education in new era universities. This paper analyzes the characteristics and connotations of ideological and political education in new era universities and modern apprenticeship, explores the compatibility between the two, and proposes how universities can promote the modernization and deepening of ideological and political education through the introduction of modern apprenticeship.