Under the direct leadership of the Chinese Association Against Epilepsy (CAAE), the preparation of the “Training and examination syllabus of competency-based epilepsy education” was officially launched in March 2020. The Epilepsy Education Task Force of CAAE made reference mainly to the “Roadmap for a competency-based educational curriculum in epileptology” proposed by the report of the Epilepsy Education (EpiEd) Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy, considered the actual situation of specialization in epilepsy at the different level hospitals in China, and finished the final draft after full discussion by the experts in relevant fields. The syllabus was divided into two parts: primary and intermediate level, in which a modular and layered design was adopted and the teaching requirements according to mastery, familiarity, and understanding were proposed. After the syllabus was finalized, it was used as a guideline in the subsequent online training and the primary and intermediate level examinations, which played an important role in cooperating with the smooth implementation of the “competency-based epilepsy education”.