Abstract: In the new century, China's economy and society have experienced a new round of rapid growth.In this course, the materials industry, as one of the basic industries, speeds up its development further, which promotes the progress of the materials specialty greatly, and brings forward new requirements for the talents training.This paper makes an investigation and reflection on curriculum setting and employment status of China's materials specialty, then gives the corresponding recommendations and countermeasures for reference, with a viewto promote the related reform.