文章主要从培养模式、专业认证制度和注册工程师制度等三方面介绍美国的高等工程教育。美国高等工程教育以通才教育、开放式教学以及校企联合培养模式为基础，以工程教育与专业认证制度、注册工程师制度的合理衔接为保障，为工业界培养出大量既能满足行业发展需要，又能适应和引领未来工程技术发展的工程师。美国高等工程教育模式为进一步完善中国高等工程教育体制和高等工程教育实践提供了很好的经验和参考。

We studied an overview of higher engineering education in the United States, emphasizing on the cultivating patterns, professional certification system and registered engineer system. The cultivating patterns of universal genius education, opening teaching and university-enterprise cooperation, and the close contacts among engineering education, professional certification standards and certificated engineer system, help the U.S. universities produce qualified engineers, who can solve practical problems and meet the industrial needs. These provide a good experience and reference for the implementation and reform of higher engineering education in China.