Abstract: With the rapid development of China's economy, the large-scale construction of highways, railways, urban subways, and rail transit projects has pushed the development of tunnel engineering to a new height. In order to meet the talent needs of the current engineering industry, it is necessary to cultivate students to become innovative and applied tunnel technical talents. Therefore, there are new and higher requirements for the teaching of tunnel engineering courses in universities. This article proposes a teaching model for the“one body with six wings” tunnel engineering course, with the main goal of cultivating students to become innovative and applied talents. Through modularization of teaching content, visualization of theoretical teaching, case-based construction accidents, advancement of teaching content, syllabus, lecture notes, lesson plans with the times, diversification of teaching methods, and evolution of teaching methods and training methods, the teaching effect is improved through six aspects, improve the quality of talent cultivation.

Key words: Tunnel engineering, Higher education, Teaching reform, “One body with six wings”, Application type, Personnel training