Based on certification standards for engineering education, a kind of practice teaching system, combining universities, enterprises or government sectors and projects, was presented according characteristics of environmental engineering specialty in Hubei Normal University. We discussed the reform methods from five respects to improve the students’abilities for engineering practicing and solve complex engineering problems, including teaching system, practice base constructing, practice teachers, teaching management and evaluation. This project provided a reference for reformation of environmental engineering specialty in local universities or other relevant engineering specialty.