Abstract:Engineering project management is a course with strong applicability and synthesis, so strengthening students’ practice ability is as important as that of basic knowledge and theory learning. Based on the analysis of previous teaching situation of engineering project management in hydraulic engineering major of Tianjin University, advanced teaching reform methods were explored, such as virtual reality, case analysis and scientific frontier lecture. Practice shows that the teaching reform methods have been implemented successfully to cultivate compound talents with innovative consciousness and practical ability.