The School of Civil Engineering of Huaqiao University was established in 2004, and its predecessor was the Department of Civil Engineering of Huaqiao University founded by 1964. The College now has jurisdiction over three departments, namely, Civil Engineering Department, Construction Management Department and Municipal Engineering Department, and there are 10 R&D institutions such as Civil and Environmental Engineering Institute, Steel Structure Institute, Real Estate Institute, Engineering Structure Diagnosis and Disaster Prevention Institute, Geotechnical Engineering Institute, New Building Materials Institute, New Structural System Institute, Civil Engineering Testing Center, Wind Engineering Institute and Sino-Thai R&D Center. And the experimental centers for earthquake resistance and disaster prevention, mechanics and engineering structure, materials and survey, and urban water engineering jointly established by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Fujian Province.
The college offers four undergraduate majors: civil engineering, engineering management, water supply and drainage engineering and land resource management (civil engineering is a national major and engineering management is a provincial major, all of which have passed the national professional education evaluation); It has a master's degree in civil engineering, six master's degrees in structural engineering, engineering mechanics, disaster prevention and mitigation engineering and protection engineering, geotechnical engineering, management science and engineering, and municipal engineering, three master's degrees in architectural and civil engineering, project management and engineering management, and a doctoral degree in structural engineering; He also holds a master's degree in structural engineering for university teachers and two master's degrees in engineering fields such as architectural and civil engineering and project management. Structural engineering is a key discipline of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and Fujian Province. Students come from all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions and many countries in Southeast Asia.
At present, the college has 88 vocational education employees and 65 full-time teachers, including professors 16, 20 associate professors and 42 teachers with doctoral degrees. 1 person was selected into the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education, and 2 people enjoyed the special government allowance of the State Council.
The College has successively won the honors of "Advanced Collective of Education System in Fujian Province", "Small Family of Advanced Teachers in Fujian Province", "Advanced Collective of May 1st Labor Award in Fujian Province" and "Advanced Grassroots Party Organization in Fujian Province". Eight research and teaching teams won the second and third prizes for scientific and technological progress in Fujian Province, the second prize for technological invention in Fujian Province and the second prize for teaching achievements in Fujian Province.
The college pays attention to the cultivation of students' innovation and practical ability, and has built 27 practice bases, creating scientific and technological innovation platforms for students, such as structural design competition, electronic bridge design competition, graduate research forum and extracurricular scientific and technological works competition, which has stimulated students' enthusiasm for scientific and technological innovation and achieved good results in many competitions.
Civil alumni are grateful to their alma mater, giving generously, and setting up scholarships such as Huagang Scholarship, European and American Land Scholarship, Civil Education Fund and Xiamen Zhonglian Construction Scholarship to encourage students to study hard and study hard.
In 2006, the School of Civil Engineering opened in the new campus of Xiamen City, Fujian Province, which ushered in a new round of development opportunities.