Abstract: In view of the problems existing in the cultivation of College Students' innovative ability, some teaching reforms have been carried out in the aspect of training automation professionals. Emphasizes the role of teachers' ability in engineering training. In the teaching content, some theoretical deduction and theoretical exposition have been removed and added practical content. In teaching methods highlight the theory and practice and combine software with hardware. In order to highlight the instant application of knowledge points we break up the whole knowledge into parts and gather parts into a whole in class demonstration. The curriculum adopts the innovative assessment model, which includes usual assessment, experiment, innovative practice and examination. These teaching reforms have made college students' innovative ability improved significantly