Serving the society is one of the three functions of high education, and serving the local economy is the inevitable trend and mission of the connotative development of provincial university. In this paper, based on the polymer material and engineering experiment course of Yantai University and the characteristic industry of polyurethane materials in Yantai, a comprehensive experiment on the preparation and properties of waterborne polyurethane emulsion is designed. Combined with the research development of polyurethane emulsion and polyurethane enterprise’s production practice, the design reform in both the teaching content and the teaching form are carried out, which not only improves the analytical ability and the practical ability of the students but also achieves “teaching according to the need” to cultivate talents for the polyurethane industry in Yantai and improves the employment competitiveness in the special area of the students.