Embankment engineering and its course design are one of the most important compulsory courses for undergraduate majors, such as, transportation engineering and civil engineering, etc. The practical teaching system exploring is an essential way for the development of the new engineering project and the "first-class disciplines". Firstly, the teaching status and the main problems of the embankment engineering course design in Hohai University were pointed out. Secondly, based on the scientific research resources of the Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanis and Embankment Engineering and the country key subject of geotechnical engineering, the teaching plan on "scientific research-experiment-teaching-engineering" was developed, and the practical teaching mode of embankment engineering course design was refined. Finally, the specific and detailed methods of embankment engineering course design in practice teaching were preliminarily explored. The objectives of this research is to improve the cognition and understand of embankment engineering for students in undergraduate majors, and further to improve their professional comprehensive skills and innovation ability.