[Purpose/significance]Developing intelligence discipline is the important measurement to fulfill "Overall National Security Concept",and is the historic mission for our higher education.[Method/process]By analyzing the big picture of both American Classification of Instructional Programs(2020) and American National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator Database(2017-2018),found there are characteristic such as valuing applied professionals,clear core instruction content,small and good program.[Result/conclusion] Considering of the fact of Chinese intelligence higher education,put forward on constructing intelligence discipline structure based on functions of governmental department,building the job-oriented educational pattern,designing learning goal and core instruction content,and making the associate and master mainly,small scale developing situation for intelligence major.