Rock mechanics is a subject with intensive theories and various practices.It is an important fundamental specialized course for postgraduate students majored in geotechnical engineering, hydraulic and hydropower engineering, tunnel engineering and mining engineering.To meet the growing demand of highlevel rock mechanics talents in infrastructure construction, teaching reform of rock mechanics for postgraduates must be put forward.Based on the detailed analysis of the main features of rock mechanics teaching, we discussed problems of current rock mechanics teaching in Chinese universities and colleges.We also presented ideas and guiding ideology of teaching reform for rock mechanics according to the actual teaching situation.