Based on the experience about carrying out engineering education certification, this paper introduces the exploration and practice of experimental teaching system construction for geotechnical engineering specialty in Northeast Electric Power University. To cultivate comprehensive practical ability as the guidance, optimizes and reconstructs practical teaching system of geotechnical engineering courses. Based on the basis practical teaching, intensively develops comprehensive and innovative practical teaching content. At the same time, the students’ basic scientific literacy, social responsibility, innovation spirit can be promoted by further enhancing extracurricular scientific research practices.