Practical teaching is one of the important links in the training of civil engineering talents under the background of emerging engineering education, with new content and target requirements. This article actively explores the coupling of College Students' Structural Design Competition with practical teaching, and explores from the aspects of practical teaching goals, deepening of knowledge, innovation and creation, teamwork, comprehensive quality and ability training, etc., so as to improve students' analysis of problems and the use of professional knowledge to solve problems. As an important platform and effective carrier of practical teaching, the coupling of the Competition with practical teaching will further strengthens the education policy of “undergraduate education-oriented”, and provide ideas and inspiration for practical teaching reform, thereby improving the quality of talent training.