Abstract: Nowadays, there is a trend in higher education towards thematic teaching in the curriculum reform of the module Ideological and Political Theory because of the advantages of this teaching method in accelerating the full transformation from textbook system to teaching system, as well as in improving the pertinence and extending the influence of classroom teaching. The University of Nottingham in Ningbo, as the pioneer in Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools, has been actively applying this thematic teaching method to the module Ideological and Political Theory, including the aspects of curriculum design, teaching, and assessment. Also, the staff arrangement, topic design and content cohesion have been largely improved. This creative exploration on teaching methods is fruitful, and can function well as an inspiring example of the curriculum reform of the module Ideological and Political Theory in higher education.