The graduation design is a practical exercise before the students start to work, so its quality is directly related to the ability of students in the engineering practice. Through open graduation design, students can exercise how to apply the knowledge to solve flexible engineering, and they are better adapted to new working environment in the post-employment. This paper analyzes the problems encountered in the open graduation design based on the characteristics of graduation design in Fuzhou University, and makes some suggestions on virtuous circle of the mode which can provide a reference for future development.