In recent 10 years, architecture education abroad has been developing vigorously. Based on the core database of Web of Science, this paper uses bibliometric software to explore the overview, research highlights and development stages of architecture education. In recent years, the overall trend of architecture education research abroad has shifted from preliminary design to design research, engineering practice, knowledge system, and the use of technology and scientific means for teaching. The research highlights mainly focus on the architecture design studio and theoretical course innovation and diverse teaching evaluation; teaching concepts like thinking ability, interdisciplinary, sustainability and practice; teaching methods like Bloom Taxonomy, student interest, project based learning and ICT development; as well as diversified teaching evaluation. Through the analysis of foreign research highlights and in combination with the dilemma of domestic architecture education, in the aspect of architecture teaching reform, based on innovation in design and theoretical courses, teaching concepts, and teaching methods, the courses should integrate multidisciplinary, technical, and practical comprehensive knowledge that meets the needs of the times. In the field of architecture teaching research, curriculum should construct the teaching mode with students as the main body, allowing students' learning outcomes to supplement research projects. In addition, teachers should take architecture "identity" research as the core and form the interdisciplinary research system. Establishing a benign supply relationship between teaching and research in the context of new engineering in China can serve as a concept and means for sustainable development of architecture in university. This article aims to provide ideas for current architecture teaching research and teaching reform in China by sorting out and tracking relevant literature on architecture education in the past 10 years abroad.