With the growth of science and technology, the competition for talents has become increasingly fierce. The higher education is an important key to talent development. The status of higher education and the teaching method of German engineering are introduced. The training objectives, professional curriculum setting, learning simulation and evaluation system of German civil engineering majors are elaborated. The civil engineering under the higher education engineering certification in China are compared with the system in Germany. The current situation of education was compared, and the gap between the current and international engineering certification targets was proposed. The suggestions for training mode and evaluation system were proposed.