Civil Engineering College, originally called Department of Architectural Engineering, was one of the earliest departments in the university and was renamed as Department of Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering College in the years of 1993 and 2002 respectively. Through more than 60 years’ construction and development, there are 5 bachelor's degree programs, 3 master programs of first-level discipline and one doctor program of first-level degree. The college has 3 departments, 11 teaching and research sections, 11 research institutions, 1 experiment education center, 1 engineering inspection and testing center and 125 faculty members.
The 5 bachelor's degree programs are Civil Engineering, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (science), Surveying and Mapping Engineering， Safety Engineering and Road and Bridge Engineering. Civil Engineering has passed the education evaluation of national civil engineering with good marks four times, respectively in the years of 1997, 2002, 2007 and 2012. What is worth mentioning, the validity period of the evaluation certification obtained in 2012 is eight years.
Civil engineering is the authorization discipline of first-level master degree. 8 doctor programs of second-level discipline are respectively Structural Engineering, Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering and Protective Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Bridge and Tunnel Engineering, Municipal Engineering, Heating Supplement Engineering, Gas Supplement Engineering and Ventilation and Air Conditioning Engineering. And the Civil Engineering Construction and Management and Engineering Material are also contained in the program. 3 master programs of first-level discipline are Civil Engineering, Communication and Transportation, and Engineering Mechanics. There are four master program of second-level discipline in communication and transportation, namely Highway and Railway engineering, Vehicle Operation Engineering, Transportation Planning and Management, and Traffic Information Engineering and Control. Five master programs of second-level discipline in the field of engineering mechanics are: Solid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, General Mechanics and Mechanics Foundation. At the same time, there are two fields, respectively Architectural and Civil Engineering and Traffic Engineering enrolling students for engineering master degree.
Structural Engineering is the key discipline of National Ministry of Construction and Liaoning Province. It is a doctoral program of dual culture approved by Ministry of Education and has the right to enroll domestic visitors.
Three departments are Department of Architectural Engineering, Department of Highway and Bridge Engineering and Department of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering. 11 teaching and research sections are Engineering Mechanics Teaching and Research Section, Concrete Structure Teaching and Research Section, Steel Structure Teaching and Research Section, Structure Resistant Teaching and Research Section, Construction and Management Teaching and Research Section, Highway and Railway Traffic Construction Teaching and Research Section, Bridge Engineering Teaching and Research Section, Geotechnical Engineering Teaching and Research Section, Surveying and Mapping Engineering Teaching and Research Section, Safety Engineering Teaching and Research Section and Computer Application Teaching and Research Section.
11 research institutions are Structural Engineering Research Institution, Disaster Prevention and Reduction Engineering and Protective Engineering Research Institution, Geotechnical Engineering Research Institution, Engineering Mechanics Research Institution, Highway Construction Research Institution, Bridge and Tunnel Engineering Research Institution, Structural Inspection and Reinforcement Technology Research Institution, Steel Structure Engineering Research Institution, Engineering Survey Research Institution, New Type of Concrete Engineering Technology Research Institution and Construction Safety Research Institution.
Experiment education center has 7 laboratories, they are respectively mechanics laboratory, engineering structure laboratory, geotechnical and highway engineering laboratory, bridge engineering laboratory, structure numeral simulation laboratory, surveying and mapping engineering laboratory and safety engineering laboratory.
Experiment education center of civil engineering is judged as provincial demonstration center of experiment education. Structure engineering laboratory is the key laboratory of Ministry of Construction and Liaoning Province and the structure engineering and geotechnical and highway laboratory are the key laboratory of Liaoning campus.
Engineering test center of civil engineering undertakes the scientific research items as well as it has the ability of consulting, detection, test and evaluation at the aspects of engineering structure, geotechnical engineering, highway and bridge and underground engineering, etc..
The college has an enrollment of more than 2170 undergraduate students, 520 doctor and master students and it also trains international students.
Civil engineering is the demonstration profession in Liaoning Province and the national key profession construction point. Civil Engineering College has trained thousands of undergraduation, college students and master students in 60 years. College has provided many senior professional and technical talents, contributing to the economic construction and social development.
Among the teachers, 30 are professors, 33 are vice associate professors, among which there are 9 doctoral supervisors, and 65 master supervisors. There is one national distinguished expert authorized by Organization Department of the CPC, along with National Human Resources and Social Security Ministry in the “Thousand People Planning”. And there are 6 committee members of National Civil Engineering Education Supervising Committee who enjoy special government allowance, and once are selected into National New Century Millions of Talents, at the same time getting excellent staff support program of education department; 2 have won Renowned Teachers in Liaoning Province Award, 6 Provincial Young Backbone Teachers; and 60 teachers work as superintendents or trustees (committee members) of international, national or provincial academic organizations.
In the Millions of Talents Project of Liaoning Province, 8 are selected into hundred-level, 13 are selected into thousand-level while more than 50 teachers have won advanced titles such as Outstanding Party Members of national, provincial or municipal level, Prominent Teachers, and Excellent Scientific Workers etc.
In the last five years, our college has achieved remarkable accomplishments in various aspects such as scientific research, setting up projects in teaching and research, winning awards, and issuing papers etc. We have been in charge of more than 300projects includingProject of NationalNatural Science Foundation, Project of National Science and Technology Support Program, Project of Provincial Natural Science Foundation, Project of Tackling Hard-nut Problems in Science and Technology of the Construction Ministry, key projects of provincial Housing and Construction Department, provincial Department of Education and Fund Project of Shenyang Technology Bureau, finishing various horizontal issues more than 200, and the total technology funds is RMB over 73 million Yuan. We are also in charge of more than 230 scientific and research topics of national, ministerial, provincial and city level, getting 75 provincial (department) and municipal Prize for Progress in Science and Technology;
Among which are 2 Second Prize for Science and Technology Progress of national level; 3 First Prize for Science and Technology Progress of provincial level; 1 Second Prize forTeaching Achievements of national level; 3 First Prize for Teaching Achievements of province level; 6 Second Prize for Teaching Achievements of province level; 5 Third Prize. More than 960 papers in scientific and technology or teaching are issued, while 232 papers are embodied by retrieval institutions such as SCI, EI etc. We have issued monographs (compiling and translating) and textbook total up to 36 and authored or co-authored 41 national or provincial construction industry standards. In 2009, the Civil Engineering College was rated as Advanced Group in China Engineering Construction Standardization Association (CECS).
The college has established cooperation relationship with more than 20 universities in countries and areas like America, Finland, Japan, Russia, Korea and Hong Kong etc. in the aspects of scientific research and personnel training etc. The college has also established relationship with many universities and colleges, industrial enterprises, designing (investigation) institutes, as well as scientific research and manufacture departments in our country in the aspects of academic exchange, scientific and technology cooperation, and dual culture. At the same time, our college has employed a number of famous scholars to be the Honorary Professor and Adjunct Professor.
Nowadays, Civil Engineering College of Shenyang Jianzhu University is carrying down the glorious tradition and striving collectively as well as blazing new trails in a pioneering spirit with the school motto “Be Erudite and Well Constructed; Be Virtuous and Well Achieved” forging ahead towards the goal of “Compete for excellence and make first class”.
