The purpose of this article is to describe the need for critical thinking skills of Civic Education teacher candidatess in the digital era in PPKn department of Pasundan University. Through a qualitative approach with descriptive methods and data collection using observation, interviews and documentation, the results show that the critical thinking skills of Civic Education teacher candidates in the PPKn department of PasundanUniversity are needed to face the challenges of the digital era. Therefore critical thinking skills for teachers candidates must be improved to prepare graduates as teachers who are ready to use in the school environment. This is reinforced by various efforts by the PPKn department of Pasundan University in improving the thinking skills of teacher candidates through curriculum updating, improving the quality of human resources and utilizing technology in learning process with the concept of blended learning.