The Department of Civil Engineering was established in 1959, along with the setting up of the Regional Engineering College Warangal (RECW), the first among the chain of RECs. The department aspires to be a knowledge nerve center in Civil Engineering Education, Research, Entrepreneurship and Industry outreach for creating sustainable infrastructure.

The M.Tech. programme in Civil Engineering with specialization in Construction Technology and Management was started in the year 2008 with an initial intake of 13 which was subsequently increased to 25 in the year 2010, and the current intake is 30 from the year 2020. The M.Tech. programme in Construction Technology and Management has been accredited for 2 years by the National Board of Accreditation with effect from 2018-2020. The core courses offered include Construction Techniques, Project Planning and Management, Construction Economics and Finance, Contract Management and Arbitration, Quantitative Methods in Construction Management, and Construction Methods and Equipment. Further, students can study six elective courses of their choice from a list of 24 courses. BIM Laboratory is equipped with workstations and software such as Microsoft Project, Primavera and Autodesk Revit are installed. The Construction Technology and Management Program has 3 committed faculty members with Ph.D. from reputed institutes with specialization including Building Technology and Construction Management and sustainable materials. Faculty members from School of Management also support in teaching core and elective courses in this M.Tech program. The Alumni are occupying high positions in Industry, Academia, Research Institutes both in India and abroad. The Construction Technology and Management program interacts on a regular basis with Industry, Professional Bodies, Academic and Research Institutions for training students and solving practical problems. Industrial visits to ongoing Megaprojects in the state of Telangana are arranged for students every year to enhance their theoretical and practical knowledge.

The M.Tech. programme in Civil Engineering with specialization in Environmental Engineering was started in the year 2004 with an initial intake of 25 which was subsequently increased to 30 in the year 2020. The M.Tech. programme in Environmental Engineering has been accredited for 3 years by the National Board of Accreditation with effect from July 2014. The core courses offered include Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Design of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems, Air Pollution and Control, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment and Management. Further, students can study six elective courses of their choice from a list of 24 courses. Laboratories are well equipped with instruments such as UV Spectrophotometer, HPLC, GC, MP-AES, Flue gas Analyser, Stack Monitoring Kit, Respirable Dust Sampler, COD Digestor, Photocatalytic Reactor, Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Kit, Consolidation Test Apparatus, Flame Photometer, Fluid Flow simulation tools, desktops and Workstations. The Environmental Engineering Program has 6 committed faculty members with Ph.D. from reputed institutes with specialization including Environmental Hydraulics, Geo-Environmental Engineering, Solid Waste Management, Air Pollution and are representing in several policy-making bodies. The Alumni are occupying high positions in Industry, Academia, Research Institutes both in India and abroad. The Environmental Engineering faculty constantly interacts on a regular basis with Industry, Professional Bodies, Academic and Research Institutions for training students and solving practical problems.

M.Tech programme in Civil Engineering with specialization of Engineering Structures was started in the year 1967 with an initial intake of 13 which was subsequently increased to 38 in the year 2010, 40 in the year 2013, readjusted to 27 in 2014, readjusted to 25 in 2015 and the current intake is 30 from the year 2020. The M.Tech programme in Engineering Structures has been accredited for 5 years by the National Board of Accreditation with effect from July 2016. The aim of this course is to fulfil the need of growing demand of specialists in Structural Engineering. The curriculum has been so designed as to give exposure to the students on areas of structural analysis, design, detailing and construction. The core courses offered include Theory of Elasticity, Behaviour of Concrete Structures, Structural Dynamics, Structural Stability, Finite Element Analysis of Structures, Theory of Plates and Shells. Further, students can study six elective courses of their choice from a list of 20 courses. Laboratories are well equipped with instruments such as 1000 & 250 kN UTM along with Actuators for testing flexural and compression members in static and cyclic loading, Universal Testing machines of different capacities starting from 2 Ton to 300 Ton, Loading frames of 10 Ton, 20 Ton, 30 Ton, 40 Ton & 60 Ton, Pan type mixer, Drum mixer, NDT equipments like Rebound Hammer and UPSV, Digital Hot Air Oven, Accelerated curing tank, NV Solutions software for dynamic analysis, Shake Table, Jaw crusher, ATENA, Ansys, Abaqus, SAP, DIGIMAT software for 2D & 3D analysis. The Structures Division has 14 committed faculty members with Ph.D. from reputed institutes with specialization of Structural Engineering and are representing in several policy-making bodies. The Division has number of research projects sponsored by SERB, DST, IMPRINT, FIST and DRDO. The Structures Division takes pride in contributing the major share of funds raised through the ICC of the institute. The Alumni are occupying high positions in Industry, Academia, and Research Institutes both in India and abroad. The Structures Division has taken leading role in organising a number of continuing education programmes for the field engineers, faculty of engineering colleges and researchers. A number of Seminars and conferences also has been successfully organised by the structures division to provide a platform for academicians and engineers to share and update their knowledge.

Recognizing the importance of geospatial technologies and their application to Civil Engineering, in the early 1990s the Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Warangal had created the infrastructure for the establishment of M.Tech. Programme in Remote Sensing and GIS (RS & GIS). In the year 1999, M.Tech Programme in Remote Sensing and GIS has been started and it has obtained AICTE accreditation in the year 2007. Till date, 4 PhDs, and 100 Master students have been awarded their degrees in Remote Sensing and GIS specialization. Currently, 12 PhDs and 34 Master degree students are registered in the RS & GIS program. The major laboratories in the RS & GIS program are Surveying Laboratory, Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory, Photogrammetry Laboratory and Geology Laboratory. These laboratories are well equipped with latest instruments and commercial and open-source software. The areas of research in RS & GIS include, but are not limited to, Advanced geospatial applications to Engineering and Science domains, Rural and Urban systems, Climate change studies, Digital Photogrammetry, Total Station and GPS surveys, Smart cities and Drone Mapping, Decision support systems, Web and Mobile GIS applications, Open-source systems, R Programming Applications etc. Centre for Advanced Geospatial Solutions is under the supervision of the RS & GIS group. Recently, from AY 2024-2025 the M.Tech. Programme of Remote Sensing and GIS (RS & GIS) has been renamed as Geoinformatics.

The M.Tech Program in Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering was started in the year 1964 with an initial intake of 3 students which was subsequently increased to 25 in the year 2006, 38 in the year 2008, readjusted to 26 in 2013 and the current intake is 30 from 2020 onwards. The M.Tech Program in Geotechnical Engineering has been accredited for 5 years by the National Board of Accreditation with effect from July 2014. The core courses offered include Advanced Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Exploration and Instrumentation, Ground Improvement Methods, Rock Mechanics, Advanced Foundation Engineering and Soil Dynamics and Machine Foundations. Further, students can study six elective courses of their choice from a list of 12 courses. Laboratories are well equipped with instruments such as Cyclic Triaxial Apparatus, Geotextile Tensile Strength Apparatus, Rock Triaxial Apparatus, Rock Direct Shear Apparatus, One Dimensional Fixed Ring Oedometer Consolidation Apparatus. The Geotechnical Division has 8 committed faculty members with Ph.D.s from reputed institutes with specialization including Geoenvironmental Engineering, Ground Improvement, Rock Mechanics and Seismic Microzonation. The Alumni are occupying high positions in Industry, Academia, Research Institutes both in India and abroad. The Geotechnical Division generates consultancy revenue through various government and private organizations. The division interacts on a regular basis with Industry, Professional Bodies, Academic and Research Institutions for training students and solving practical and societal problems.

The M.Tech. programme in Civil Engineering with specialization in Transportation Engineering was started in the year 1968 with an initial intake of 13 which was subsequently increased to 25 in the year 2006, 38 in the year 2008, readjusted to 26 in 2013 and the current intake is 30 from the year 2020. The M.Tech. programme in Transportation Engineering has been accredited for 5 years by the National Board of Accreditation with effect from July 2014. The core courses offered include Urban Transportation Planning, Traffic Analysis, Pavement Analysis and Design, Public Transportation Systems, Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, Pavement Construction and Evaluation. Further, students can study six elective courses of their choice from a list of 24 courses. Laboratories are well equipped with instruments such as dynamic shear rheometer, rolling thin film oven, pressure ageing vessel, rotational and U-tube viscometers, automatic mixer, gyratory and roller compactor, moisture induced sensitivity tester, corelok, wheel tracking device, rotoevaporator, ignition oven, fatigue test setup, axle mounted roughometer, traffic simulation tools, desktops, video cameras, radar speed guns, and sound level meters. The Transportation Division has 7 committed faculty members with Ph.D. from reputed institutes with specialization including Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering, and Pavement Engineering and are representing in several policy-making bodies. The Alumni are occupying high positions in Industry, Academia, Research Institutes both in India and abroad. The Transportation Division interacts on a regular basis with Industry, Professional Bodies, Academic and Research Institutions for training students and solving practical problems.

The M.Tech. programme in Civil Engineering with specialization in Water Resources Engineering was started in the year 1964 and was one of the first PG programs in the Institute. The program started with an initial intake of 13 which was subsequently increased to 20 in the year 2006, and 25 in the year 2013, and the current intake is 30 from the year 2020. The M.Tech. programme in Water Resources Engineering has been accredited for 5 years by the National Board of Accreditation with effect from July 2015. The core courses offered include Applied Hydrology, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Stochastic Hydrology, Water Resources Systems Planning and Management, Computational Methods and Geohydrology and Groundwater Management. Further, students can study six elective courses of their choice from a list of several courses which include courses from other specializations like Environmental Engineering, Remote Sensing and GIS. The Water Resources Division has 7 committed faculty members with Ph.D. from reputed institutes. The M.Tech students are usually sent for summer training to various research institutions like CWPRS, Pune, CWRDM, Calicut, and WALAMTARI, Hyderabad. The Alumni are occupying high positions in Industry, Academia, Research Institutes both in India and abroad. The Water & Environment Division interacts on a regular basis with Industry, Professional Bodies, Academic and Research Institutions for training students and solving practical problems.