Abstract: Food Microbiology is a basic course with many knowledge points, weak coherence, less interesting and practical contents. In order to improve students' interest in learning and cultivate team consciousness and cooperation spirit, the teaching team of food microbiology of Huanghuai university had set up different competition items in three links of theory class, experiment class and semester concentrated practice teaching activities, so as to improve individual competition consciousness and team cooperation spirit, stimulate students' Innovation consciousness, and make the learning be promoted by competition The teaching of food microbiology had achieved good results.

Key words: To promote learning by competition, Model, Food microbiology, Application