Abstract: Building structure test is a theoretical, practical and systematic professional basic course for civil engineering students. It is of great significance to cultivate students' practical ability and innovation ability. Based on many years of experimental teaching, the architectural structure test teaching team of Tianjin University has explored and practiced the course of architectural structure test, and established the course ideological and political scheme of four stages + three ideas + two exploration + one discussion, so as to cultivate compound, innovative and applied talents for industrial enterprises, scientific research institutes and engineering units. The attempt of this course can provide reference for other experimental courses.

Key words: Building structure test, Personnel training, “Four stages + three ideas + two explorations + one discussion”