With the development of economic globalization, the number of students studying in China has been increasing in recent years. This has brought opportunities and challenges to the development of international student education. How to improve the cross-cultural adaptation ability of international students and enable them to have a better study life in China is a huge challenge to the receiving institutions, and it also plays a decisive role in the implementation of the national economic strategy. Especially in recent years, in order to strengthen exchanges between China and Malaysia, the Malaysian government has vigorously promoted Chinese cultural education, which has led to an increasing number of students studying in China. This paper investigates the study and life of Malaysian students from 8 universities in Tianjin, and systematically analyzes the countermeasures from the three aspects of psychological adaptation, social and cultural adaptation and academic adaptation, so as to improve the management ability of international students of the universities in Tianjin.