The Department of Civil Engineering was established in August 2014 under Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology, with affiliation to Assam Science and Technology University. The department began functioning as the “Department of Civil Engineering” under the School of Engineering and Technology of Girijananda Chowdhury University (GCU), Assam, from the academic year 2023-24.

Vision

To provide trained human resources in the field of Civil Engineering for industry and society through excellence in technical education and research.

Mission

• To produce civil engineers of high caliber, technical skills and ethical values to serve the society and nation.
• To make the department a center of excellence in the field of civil engineering and allied research.
• To provide knowledge base and consultancy services to the community in all areas of civil engineering.
• To promote innovative and original thinking in the mind of budding engineers to face the challenges of future.
• Interaction with industry with emphasis on Research and Development

Programmes offered:

• Bachelor of Technology (BTech): 4 Years
• Master of Technology (M Tech): 2 Years
• PhD in Civil Engineering

The programme has a curriculum that includes practical, seminar, training, projects etc. covering a broad spectrum of engineering: starting from geotechnical sciences to structural engineering, environmental to hydraulics, transportation to hydrology. Thus a number of different fields of engineering come under the single domain to make Civil Engineering as the most versatile branch of engineering. The department is very much concerned about the overall development of the budding civil technocrats by giving exposure of practical and real life problems through organizing construction-site visits and industrial training, conducting expert lectures by renowned personalities of different fields apart from the well-equipped laboratory facilities.