The tutorial system for undergraduates is an important method to deepen the reform of engineering education, to promote first-class education for undergraduates, to improve talent training quality, and to facilitate individualized development. A case study of the tutorial system of School of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Wuhan Institute of Technology is conducted. The experience and achievements in the past eight years are summarized, and the deficiencies and shortcomings are analyzed. Relevant suggestions such as strengthening theory propaganda, clarifying the connotation of tutorial system, enhancing the rewarding and punishing system to stimulate teachers' and students' enthusiasm, developing individualized and comprehensive plans, promoting team-work collaborations, and increasing corresponding supports to build an interactive platform are put forward, in order to improve the efficiency of the tutorial system, contribute an all-round growth of the undergraduates' competency in learning, scientific research, practice and innovation, and improve the school's education quality. It is also expected to provide references for the other schools and colleges that also conduct the tutorial system for undergraduates.