The Department of Civil Engineering was established at the beginning of the academic year 1979/1980. The Department at present offers a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering that provides graduates with theoretical, practical and applicable knowledge. The program focuses on all areas of civil engineering including structures, water resources and environmental engineering, transportation engineering, soil mechanics and foundation, construction engineering and management and surveying. In addition to this, the Department offers the following master degrees: Structural Engineering, Highway and Transportation Engineering and Water and the Environmental Engineering.
The B.Sc. in Civil Engineering requires 166 credit hours, of which 26 credit hours are university requirements, 21 credit hours are college requirements, and the rest which are 119 credit hours are department requirements. All students must take internship and a capstone course of graduation design project as a requirement for gradation. The typical time of study is five years.
The Department has 19 full time and 9 supporting staff faculty members in all areas of civil engineering. In addition, the department has state-of-the-art classrooms and several laboratories, such as the soil mechanics lab, fluid mechanics lab, construction materials lab, traffic engineering lab, highway and asphalt lab, surveying lab, and computer lab. In addition, the labs are used to provide testing and consulting services for the community.