In view of the current severe employment situation of the specialty of electric engineering and automation,the characteristics of the specialty in the domestic colleges and universities are researched in this paper.Based on the “core competence theory”, the concept of the core competence of the corporation is introduced to higer education,the reform idea of training students’ four core competencies is put forward,the relenvant cultivating plans are established,and the exploration and practice have been carried from the five aspects which include the curriculum system seting,the teaching methods improving,the practice teaching link reforming,the teaching material constructing and the teachers troop constructing,a good rerult has been achieved finally.