In order to improve the development of the postgraduate education of transportation planning and management major and make the postgraduate cultivation meet the social needs, this paper analyzes the knowledge structure and requirements for the degree of master of transportation planning and management specialty,and concludes the goodness, default and the rule of the cultivating of postgraduates of transportation planning and management specialty. Based on the survey of employers’ requirements and the innovation education theory, new curriculum setup of transportation planning and management specialty is provided.