Under the background of outstanding engineers, English encompasses the instrumental disciplinary attributes of language acquisition and application. Its international adaptation is integrated with human social culture, breaking through the skill perspective limited by traditional English education spirit. It requires the English subject to have a unified understanding of human culture, help students establish an international understanding spirit, cultivate international coordination and cooperation attitudes in English practical application, and thus adapt to the trend of multi-level development in the world. This article focuses on analyzing the"international understanding" expectations of the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program for the English subject, establishing the rationality and necessity of integrating the English subject into international understanding education under the background of Excellent Engineers, and proposing specific ways for international understanding education to be integrated into English teaching objectives, teaching content, teaching strategies, and other aspects.