Education modernization is the forerunner and important part of socialist modernization in China. It is the inevitable choice to build a strong education country and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The modernization of local engineering colleges and universities is the important support of higher education modernization and regional modernization. This paper analyzes the problems faced by the local engineering colleges in promoting the modernization, and puts forward suggestions of promoting the modernization process of the local engineering colleges by improving the implementation mechanism of moral education, building a high-level discipline and specialty, building a first-class application-oriented undergraduate education, strengthening the ability of applied scientific research, forging a high-quality professional teacher team, and vigorously promoting the path of educational information.