With the growth of science and technology, the competition for talents has become increasingly fierce. The higher education is an important key to talent development. The status of higher engineering education in Germany is introduced. The training objectives, professional curriculum setting, learning simulation and evaluation system of civil engineering specialty in Germany are elaborated. The civil engineering education under the engineering certification in China is compared with the system in Germany. The gap between the international engineering certification targets is proposed. The suggestions for training mode and evaluation system are proposed.