Heat transfer is an important fundamental course for building environment and energy engineering major. According to the requirements of the engineering education accreditation and concepts of outcome-based education, the teaching objectives and calculation methods of the goals’ achievement degree for the heat transfer course are investigated combining with the curriculum teaching effect and the present situation in recent years. Corresponding teaching method reform is carried out from three aspects including engineering knowledge, problem analysis and research ability, focusing on the combination of theoretical teaching with engineering practice, as well as the cultivation of students’ ability of teamwork and solving complex engineering problems. It is found that the achievement degree of engineering knowledge, problem analysis and research ability are 0.77, 0.68 and 0.8 respectively. A continuous improvement mechanism is built to ensure that teaching reform is always closely aligned with graduation requirements. The results of this study can provide reference for the teaching reform and curriculum quality standard amendment of heat transfer course under the background of engineering education certification.