Civil engineering specialty was founded at the beginning of Beiyang University 1895, with a long history and profound academic accumulation. 1995, 2000 and 2005 passed the undergraduate professional education evaluation of the Ministry of Construction, and achieved excellent results. 1997 has passed the evaluation of the British JBM expert group, and is an international professional, whose education has been recognized by the UK and other EU countries. Tianjin University is one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in China to offer water conservancy engineering. 1933, Beiyang University took the lead in establishing the first hydraulics laboratory in China, 1934, and the Department of Civil Engineering of Beiyang University established the Water Conservancy Group. 195 1 after the adjustment of colleges and universities, Tianjin university has set up two undergraduate majors: water conservancy and hydropower engineering, port waterway and coastal engineering. The major of ship and ocean engineering was founded in 1. The four undergraduate majors of the college are all majors with national characteristics.

In 2008, combined with the "engineering education reform" of the Ministry of Education, Mao Yisheng class was established to cultivate high-level talents, focusing on high-quality teaching resources, reforming education and teaching concepts, innovating teaching methods, and cultivating top-notch innovative talents in the field of construction engineering (including civil engineering, water conservancy and hydropower engineering, port waterway and coastal engineering, ship and ocean engineering, etc.). ). The class size is 60, which is selected on the basis of the whole school.