Abstract: Under the background of new engineering, affected by the operation and development needs of modern industry, engineering education in colleges and universities should pay attention to the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality. However, in fact, many colleges and universities still adopt the traditional teaching mode to cultivate students, leading to the phenomenon of outstanding professional quality and low comprehensive quality of engineering talents, which not only leads to the difficulty of employment for students, but also limits the operation and development of the industry. Therefore, the engineering education mode in colleges and universities needs reform and innovation. This paper will carry out relevant research work, expound the current situation and causes of engineering education in modern colleges and universities, and then put forward reform and innovation strategies.

Key words: New engineering, Engineering education in colleges and universities, Reform and innovation