INTRODUCTION

As one of the oldest programs at UCH, the Department of Civil Engineering has cultivated many brilliant technical professionals in the civil engineering industry and made significant contributions to the local community. The Department provides comprehensive programs to prepare students with the skills, knowledge and hands-on experience they need to carry out planning, documenting, and supervising tasks in various civil engineering projects. In addition to covering traditional specialties in construction technology, the curriculum features nondestructive testing (NDT) and building information modeling (BIM) to reflect current demands of the industry.

The Department offers a four-year undergraduate program leading to a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering as well as a graduate program to a master’s degree in Geomatics and Disaster Prevention, which is a joint program with the Department of Applied Geomatics. To support the entire program, there are nine faculty members with a wide range of teaching and research interests in the areas of construction, structural, and environmental engineering. The Department has also been actively devoted to fostering long-term, strategic relationships with companies, governmental organizations, and other partners to engage in industrial-academic cooperation. The average of the funding received from industrial-academic cooperation projects during 2011-2014 is about ＄NTD 5.3 million.

The Department of Civil Engineering, which has been founded on a tradition of excellence for half a century, will continue to deliver high-quality technical education for the betterment of society.