In the whole process of executing the universities construction project,the cost controlling in the early stage plays a great influence on the overall cost.Therefore,the editing department of universities should pay special attention to the cost editing in the early stage.However,the application of cost editing in universities is still in the primary stage,without a mature operation system.This paper studies the cost editing strategy from investment decision-making,designing and budgeting,to provide a train of thought and practical basis for editing staff in the universites,and tries to effectively control the project cost from the beginning to improve the investment benefits.