The rapid social and economic development put forward higher diversity demands on the higher education. Consequently, it is urgent that the universities are supposed to take effective measures to deepen their reforms in teaching, improve the capacity and level of talent training by adjusting teaching contents and updating teaching methods. However, due to some historical factors, the teaching reform of universities has been confronted with many difficulties and problems. To enhance the innovative capacity of universities and develop a number of graduates of high-quality, we must overcome problems in the teaching reform. Therefore, finding the main problems and obstacles existing in the teaching reform of universities can break the old patterns of teaching methods and clarify the direction of higher education reform.