The present study describes the private undergraduate university transition development background, analyzing training applied talents, characteristics and typical patterns. By taking Qingdao Huanghai University as an example, explores problems during the transformation regarding curriculum establishment, industry-education cooperation, teaching, and faculty team, and etc. Thus the paper puts forward some transformation suggestions and builds a pattern in the process of restructuring and development of application-oriented training model. A school-based education system needs to be established by giving the school enough decision-making power; the government should give more policy support; the enterprises and the school should establish a long-term cooperation system; the transformation of school talent training system should focus on curriculum establishment, forging an all-around teaching system and establishing a double-identity teacher team.
