Abstract：The conceive, design, implement, operate (CDIO) engineering education design philosophy originated in 2011 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in conjunction with the Swedish Chalmers Institute of Technology, Linkoping University, and the Royal Institute of Technology. CDIO is a new engineering education concept based on the germane production process. Curriculum design options can adapt to the recent rise in innovative courses and interdisciplinary education by offering students multimodal learning via a physical education framework that features the CDIO engineering education design philosophy. This paper conducts a literature review to discuss the feasibility of applying this CDIO model to collegiate physical education curriculum. It explores the current state of collegiate physical education curriculum, introduces the CDIO engineering education framework, and examines current empirical research results in other fields. Finally, the feasibility of applying the CDIO engineering education framework to a physical education curriculum is proposed. It concludes that a CDIO-based physical education curriculum can focus not only on developing students' physical education knowledge and skills, but also on the interaction and empathy amongst students during teamwork. It is recommended that college teachers employ this model in future physical education curricula in order to guide and assist students towards positive and effective learning. (Full text)