According to the orientation features of application-oriented universities, the paper illustrated characteristics and direction of the talent training mode of underground engineering specialty, discussed on basic ideas and feasibilities of talent training mode to improve engineering ability, proposed the construction of unified related training system of practical teaching, and presented effective measures combined with the actual teaching situation. In addition, the paper also analyzed problems and countermeasures in the future. Practice result shows that focusing on the engineering practice and strengthening practice ability are effective ways to achieve quality education.