Abstract: Design thinking is one of the important qualities in the process of innovation, and the use of design metacognition also affects innovation The relationship between design metacognition and design thinking level is explored through a questionnaire survey of the students in the courses of Design Thinking and Innovative Methods and Introduction to Information and Communication Engineering at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications The results show that there is a close relationship between design metacognition and design thinking level; design metacognition levels of students with different design thinking levels are significantly different, and the design metacognition level increases with the increase of the design thinking level; design thinking levels of students with different design metacognition levels are significantly different, and the design thinking level increases with the increase of the design metacognition level Design metacognition and design thinking influence and complement each other in the design process.

Key words: design thinking, design metacognition, correlation, regression analysis