Dynamics of explosions is an important research project in civil engineering and mechanics professional courses in universities. It contents the occurrence and development of explosion, the propagation of explosion wave and the deformation, destruction, casting and vibration mechanics effect. The paper studies the development of dynamics of explosions course of domestic universities such as Tongji University, Guangzhou University, Beijing Institute of Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, foreign universities such as UC Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After discussing and researching the curriculum design, curriculum requirements and curriculum content, it is found that the curriculum design of different universities is related to their training mode of talents and their emphasis on dynamics of explosions. According to the research results, teaching reform schemes suitable for China's national conditions are offered.