In order to improve the construction of undergraduate curriculum settings in the field of safety engineering，a total of 68 outstanding undergraduate theses (designs) from 38 universities in 2021 were collected and organized in this study. CiteSpace software was used to perform cluster analysis on the keywords of the theses，and the current research topics of undergraduate theses (designs) were clarified. Subsequently，the industry background of safety engineering in the 38 universities was investigated，and the differences of curriculums between representative Chinese and foreign universities in safety-related disciplines were statistically analyzed. The results show that the high-frequency keywords in the 68 theses are mainly related to the following aspects: "numerical simulation"，"disaster warning"，"safety management system" and "resilience". Based on the investigation results of the industry background of universities，among the 68 theses(designs)，the number of theses in the direction of public safety accounts for 45.6%，and the number of papers on mine safety accounts for 8.82%，but nearly 40% of the 38 universities take mine safety as a key service area，which showed that the research directions of safety disciplines theses has shifted from focus on industry safety to "general safety science". However，the characteristic curriculums still primarily focus on industry safety，with some repetition in the content of basic curriculums. Furthermore，there is a lack of numerical simulation curriculums. These factors make it difficult for the currently offered curriculums to support students in conducting their graduation projects. Additionally，compared with safety-related disciplines in foreign universities，it was found that the number of basic curriculums in safety engineering in China is relatively high，whereas the practical curriculums show the opposite condition.