Modern engineering practice has higher and higher comprehensive requirements for the knowledge,technology and ability,thus its influence on the ecology,environment and energy has become more and more obvious.A lot of researchers at home and abroad have explored the modern engineering practice and reformed the modern engineering education,and then the idea of “macro-engineering” was founded.This paper explores the teaching reform of the urban planning major from the following perspectives: renewing teaching content and enriching engineering knowledge; creating practice education and improving engineering ability; intensifying the education of engineering ethics and enhancing the engineering quality.