Based on the in-depth understanding of the current situation of personnel training of energy and power engineering and the social demand for talents in the direction of energy and power engineering, combined with the characteristics of running a school of Xi'an University of technology and the characteristics of the course introduction of energy and power engineering, the paper introduces the characteristics and training objectives of energy and power engineering, analyzes the necessity of opening the professional introduction course, and discusses the energy and power engineering The teaching method of combining theory and practice of professional introduction course.