Abstract:Double top-class construction and rural vitalization strategy have put forward new goals and challenges for the reform and innovation of higher education. It is urgent to cultivate high-level applied talents of food major who will lead the development of the new era. According to the new requirements of higher education reform, the construction advantages of first-class disciplines, the planning for double first-class university, and the standards of professional certification, this paper explored the construction of the training mode of professional degree postgraduates in food specialty. Furthermore, based on the current shortage of professional postgraduate talents training, it was put forward that ‘taking innovation as a breakthrough and agriculture processing technology as a foundation’ was an important embodiment of food professional degree postgraduate training under the promotion of double top-class construction and rural vitalization strategy. Meanwhile, the training mode of food professional postgraduate of ‘one mainstay, three wings, two in one integration’ and ‘platform combining four modernizations’ were constructed. The training mode can effectively improve the comprehensive quality, practical ability, and innovation ability of professional degree postgraduates. It is of great significance to promote the connotative and high-quality training of professional degree postgraduates.