The core mission of education is to cultivate outstanding talents, making it imperative to define talent development objectives as the primary task in the field of education. In the context of the new engineering disciplines, the field of civil engineering urgently needs to contemplate the type of talents to be cultivated and how to better equip students to adapt to the industry"s evolving demands. This has become a central topic in contemporary civil engineering education. Through the concept of "composite talents," the traits of talents have been clearly defined, encompassing knowledge, skills, and qualities. This comprehensive aptitude not only aligns with the interdisciplinary integration characteristic of the "new engineering" background but also corresponds to the developmental requirements of the civil engineering industry. In China, several higher education institutions have already, within the framework of the new engineering disciplines, closely integrated their institutional positioning and advantages with national strategies, industrial demands, and future development. They have formulated objectives for nurturing composite talents in the field of civil engineering while simultaneously establishing an evaluation system that adapts to such a talent cultivation approach. Furthermore, this article proposes specific measures to achieve the objectives of nurturing composite talents, including reinforcing interdisciplinary collaborative professional education, restructuring the curriculum system based on the cultivation objectives, and fostering a faculty team capable of multidisciplinary integration.