Objective To explore the influences of guided education training on quality of life of long-term inpatients with schizophrenia. Methods A total of 79 inpatients ( at last one year for being hospitalized) with schizophrenia were divided into control group ( routine treatment and nursing ) and observation group ( routine treatment and nursing combined with guided education rehabilitation training ) according to random number table method from April 2013 to March 2014. Patients between two groups were evaluated with insight and treatment attitude questionnaire ( ITAQ) , scale of social function for psychosis in-patients ( SSFPI) , social support rating scale ( SSRS) , generic quality of life inventory ( GQOLI) one day before intervention and twelve, twenty-four weeks after intervention. Results Twelve weeks after intervention, quality of life of patients in observation group was higher than that in control group with a significant difference (P<0. 05), while there were no significant difference among other aspects(P>0. 05). Twenty-four weeks after intervention, the scores of ITAQ, SSFPI, SSRS, GQOLI in observation group were better than those in control group with significant differences (P<0. 05). Conclusions The guided education training can effectively improve the quality of life of long-term inpatients with schizophrenia.