Abstract: This paper analyzes the requirements of CDIO mode and OBE concept on civil engineering practice teaching and graduation design, analyzes the current situation and characteristics of traditional subject-oriented civil engineering graduation design and the problems of graduation design under the requirements of engineering education certification standards and CDIO mode. On this basis, from the OBE and CDIO concept, and around the graduation requirements, students' learning effects of reference foreign vertex course approach to rebuild, graduation design and graduation design practice content is given list of activities, in order to overcome the current problems existing in the graduation design, improve the quality of graduation design.

Key words: CDIO, OBE, Engineering education certification standards, Graduation design, Reform