Abstract:In a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, to improve students’ ability of solving complex engineering problems in industrial microorganism breeding under the background of emerging engineering education and guided by the education philosophy of strengthening the patriotism, interdisciplinary integration, and innovative practical abilities, we have constructed and implemented a three-in-one (morality shaping, innovative thinking motivation, and practice improvement) path for cultivating new-quality talents in industrial microorganism breeding through competitions. The ideological and political education of professional teachers was promoted to improve the ideological and political literacy of college students. We constructed a pyramid training model to motivate students’ innovative thinking in accordance with their aptitude. A three-level practice platform was optimized to gradually boost students’ engineering practice abilities. By the integration of competition, training, and research, we have achieved in cultivating new-quality talents in industrial microbial breeding, which might provide references for fostering new-quality talents in other fields.