The department has been incepted in the year 1981, which is producing daring and dynamic professionals. Our department is having sophisticated infrastructural facilities, lasting technologies and computer laboratory. Our students are trained with modern instruments like Total Stations, DGPS, Automatic levels, Digital Hardness Testing machine.

Our goal is to impart comprehensive knowledge for the technical advancement in the field of Civil Engineering to face the challenging problems of nature at global level with leadership qualities and better practice abilities.

The department is a gathering of meritorious students with eminent grey matter. The department, besides having well qualified faculty, also has laboratories that are well equipped with modern sophisticated instruments to face new challenges in frontier research. About seven laboratories, managed by respective professors and trained technicians, are well equipped to take up the new challenges in research.

Every year our students are securing University ranks. There are 14 rank holders in our department in 2012-2013. The first three toppers S.CHINDAMBARA SELVI, G. NANDHINI & M.CHELLAPANDIAN have secured 4th, 11th and 13th rank respectively.

The Civil Engineering Association of our department is an important forum in exposing the innovative ideas of our students. CEA is organizing weekly seminars, group discussions, Guest lectures by eminent personalities, Aptitude tests and Quiz programs. A national or state level technical symposium is held every year.