Every time you step on a sturdy bridge or travel on a smooth road, you are experiencing the work of civil engineers.

Bridges, roads, buildings, railways, distribution systems, canals, dams, even lighthouses. Yes, lighthouses. If you encountered any of these structures today, or stopped to marvel at one on a recent ...

The establishment of pioneering institutions, such as IITs and NITs (then known as RECs), further attracted the brightest minds. Simultaneously, the number of engineering branches continued to ...

Behzad Behnia University of Texas Permian Basin launched its civil engineering program in fall 2025 with 13 students. Ten of ...

Civil engineering is the design and construction of public works, such as dams, bridges and other large infrastructure projects. It is one of the oldest branches of engineering, dating back to when ...