With the continuous development of the "Belt and Road" strategy, a large number of international students are attracted to China for graduate studies. In order to deeply explore the training mode of postgraduates in transportation engineering specialty, selected overseas students in transportation engineering specialty of Southeast University to conduct questionnaire survey and analysis. Through the principal component factor analysis method, obtained the status quo in four aspects: the participation of graduate students in campus activities, the relevance of scientific research topics, the grasp of learning focus, and the degree of scientific research task commitment; through sample testing, the similarities and differences of the adaptability of overseas graduate students from Asian and African countries to the university training mode are analyzed. The survey results reflected the living and learning status of international students in the School of Transportation of Southeast University. This research then conducted data analysis to explore the weakness of the cultivation of international postgraduate and putted forward corresponding suggestions.