Department of Civil Engineering is actively engaged in disseminating civil engineering education for the last thirty years. Whereas plans are also underway to establish the Department of Environmental Engineering. The Department of Civil Engineering has an academic staff of 22, nearly 70% of whom contribute to postgraduate teaching and are involved in PhD research work. Approximately 400 undergraduate and 75 postgraduate students are registered in the department. Civil engineers cater to the national needs for buildings, highways, dams, bridges, irrigation network and water supply systems, and are the world's largest users of building materials.

TAXILA INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (TITE)
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Department of Civil Engineering has established a new institute by the name of “Taxila Institute of Transportation Engineering (TITE)”. It is a unique institute of its own kind in Pakistan and will prove to be a focal point for providing education and research facilities in the field of Transportation Engineering. The institute provides facilities like research laboratories, lecture rooms for postgraduate students, conference room, computer laboratory and a library. A wide range of state of the art equipment has been provided to facilitate high tech research work. The mission of the institute is to develop and implement innovative method, materials, and the technologies for improving transportation efficiency, safety and reliability as well as improving, the learning and innovative environment for students, faculty and staff in transportation related areas.