The combination of general education and professional education is suitable for the basic national conditions of higher education in China. In order to explore the combination mode of general education and civil engineering education, the future development trend of civil engineering was firstly introduced, and professional capabilities of future civil engineers and training points were also discussed. Subsequently, some teaching reforms conducted by Chongqing Jiaotong University were introduced, such as curriculum reform based on the return to engineering teaching concept, duties of academic instructors, graduation design reform for practical engineering, and extracurricular practice activities.