The development of free trade ports presents new opportunities and requirements for ideological and political education in higher education institutions, with integrated development serving as the core approach to align with talent cultivation needs in this context. Against the backdrop of free trade port construction, this paper analyzes the contemporary significance and rationale for integrating ideological and political education, identifies existing challenges at the content, mechanism, and carrier levels within current integration efforts, and explores pathways for integration through content restructuring, mechanism refinement, and carrier innovation, thereby providing ideological and political education support for cultivating high-quality talents that meet the developmental demands of free trade ports.