The specific properties of soft clay are characterized by higher void ratio, lower permeability and higher compressibility, the consolidation settlement of soft clay is affected by the imposed stress history, the stress paths, the consolidation pressure and the soil properties. In this paper, the porous media theory based on the mixture theory was applied in the study on the consolidation settlement of soft clay, which was more rigorous than the conventional consolidation settlement theory and the coupling between soil and water can be taken into account in the analysis.