In order to meet the challenge of the fourth industrial revolution, China has implemented the excellence program 2.0 to continuously promote the development of engineering education. As a traditional engineering specialty, civil engineering needs to actively connect with excellence program 2.0 to realize the upgrading and transformation of traditional specialty, and cultivate excellent engineering talents to adapt to the new situation. The top-level design of talent training program outlines the blueprint of talent training from the professional school-running objectives, personnel training specifications, and curriculum system. Based on the comparative study of talent training programs of eight universities, such as Changsha University of Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, this paper analyzes the degree of fit between the eight universities and excellence program 2.0 and puts forward suggestions for optimizing the talent training program from the aspects of talent training goal orientation, interdisciplinary integration form, international talent training mode, school enterprise cooperation form, etc.