Abstract. To improve the declining training quality of undergraduate student caused by increasing enrollment number year by year, a comparative study on training mode of engineering specialty undergraduate student between American and Chinese universities was proposed in this paper. We selected University of Michigan (U.S) and Xihua University (China) as a main sample, and other several universities were also considered in our study. Some detailed comparisons were conducted from the aspects of training objective, training plan and curriculum system, training quality evaluation system, respectively. Finally, some reform measures and operable proposals on training mode of engineering specialty undergraduate student are discussed, which is beneficial for undergraduate education in our country.