Abstract: Based on analysis and research of employment status of engineering cost specialty，according to students′ employment and combined with demand of current society for engineering cost professionals，teaching model innovation based on integration of learning task design and discipline competition was constructed.With the idea of‘learning in using and using in learning’and applying teaching method of combining knowledge theory with discipline competition，innovative talents of engineering cost major were cultivated，that were badly in need of society and have professional ability and development ability.