针对应用型高等院校办学定位特点，依据实际教学情况，阐明了地下工程专业方向人才培养特色与思路，论述了开展以提高工程能力为导向的专业人才培养模式的基本思想及可行性，提出了构建统一关联的实践教学培养体系及有效实施工程实践教育的诸多举措，并分析了今后面临的问题与对策。实践证明，紧密围绕工程实际，着力强化实践能力培养，是实现素质教育的有效途径之一。

According to the orientation features of application-oriented universities, the paper illustrated characteristics and direction of the talent training mode of underground engineering specialty, discussed on basic ideas and feasibilities of talent training mode to improve engineering ability, proposed the construction of unified related training system of practical teaching, and presented effective measures combined with the actual teaching situation. In addition, the paper also analyzed problems and countermeasures in the future. Practice result shows that focusing on the engineering practice and strengthening practice ability are effective ways to achieve quality education.