Urban comprehensive planning is one of the core courses in urban planning programs.This subject aims at developing student’s skills for dealing with complex factors using various methods in urban comprehensive planning.Urban planning requires the processes of many urban factors,which need integrative analysis and research.Considering these features of urban comprehensive planning and making effective teaching in urban comprehensive planning,this paper analyzes urban comprehensive planning education in China,summarizes the practical experiences,and discusses deeply the methods of urban comprehensive planning.The results show that the choice of the theme,the structure design of the knowledge and the teaching method affect teaching outcomes mostly.These findings suggest that new methods such as case study,classroom discussion,and design report and presentation and posters may play an important role in perfecting student’s knowledge structure.We should train the integrating skills during the comprehensive planning course.