Undergraduate research is a new approach of education reform, about which the United States of America walk in the forefront of the world. We analyzed the history of American undergraduate research and domestic development situation and pointed out that organization management and training mode are the basic conditions of undergraduate research. It is necessary to improve research ability cultivation in the following five aspects, which are setting relevant research courses, perfecting knowledge structure, advocating research teaching, heightening teacher research ability, and encouraging students to take part in research training activities.