文章结合当前中国高等教育对培养大学生创新能力的要求，分析了工程地质学的学科特点，论述了工程地质学中工程地质思维的内容，讨论了工程地质思维与创新思维的联系。通过工程地质学的教学实践可以逐步培养学生正确的专业思维，完成由专业思维到创新思维的转变，并且在培养学生良好的专业素质的同时，使他们掌握整个学科领域的思维方式与特色，在今后的实践工作中少走弯路,为真正成为具有创新能力的高素质工程地质工作者打下坚实的基础。

Characteristics of engineering geology and the connotation of engineering geological thinking were analyzed based on innovation training requirements of Chinese higher education. I discussed the relation of engineering geological thinking and innovation thinking, and found out that practice of engineering geology teaching can gradually develop students’ correct professional thinking that can be transformed to innovation thinking. At the same time, students can grasp professional quality and master thoughts and characteristics of engineering geology to be high-quality engineering geology workers.

三峡大学教育研究项目（07022）及三峡库区地质灾害教育部重点实验室工作基金（20082RJ02）