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 department is well known for quality education and training with International standards in teaching, research and consultancy. The Department has several ongoing projects funded through BRICS, SPARC, IMPRINT, DST-SERB, USIEF, DRDO etc. The Department has a good placement record and has a strong and active global Alumni network.

The department offers one undergraduate program in Civil Engineering, seven post graduate programs in Construction Technology & Management, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Structures, Geotechnical Engineering, Geoinformatics, Transportation Engineering, and Water Resources Engineering, and offering Doctoral Programs in all specializations.Almost all the PG programs are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation.

The department has highly qualified and committed faculty members who are well recognized and are members of many national and state level policy making and advisory bodies and Board of studies of various universities. The Department generates the largest amount of consultancy through its Industrial linkages. The department has been recognized by the MHRD, GOI, as a QIP center for the faculty of other technical institutions to pursue their PhD and postgraduate degrees since 1978.