NIT Calicut - Department of Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the oldest Departments in this Institute. It was established at the inception stage of the Calicut Regional Engineering College (CREC), which was the forerunner to the present National Institute of Technology, Calicut (NITC) in 1961. Over the years, the Department has grown from a level in which only an undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering was offered to one offering undergraduate, graduate, and research programs. At present, the Department offers an undergraduate program in Civil Engineering leading to the BTech degree and four graduate programs - one each in Structural Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Planning, Offshore Structures, and Environmental Geotechnology leading to the MTech degree of the Institute. In addition to the above, there are a number of students pursuing research at the Department in various fields of Civil Engineering leading to PhD. The Department is a recognized QIP centre of the AICTE for both MTech and PhD programs. At present, the Department is also offering a Post Graduate Diploma course in Construction Management. In addition to the above courses, the Department has been regularly conducting a number of short term training programs for the benefit of faculty of technical institutions and working professionals.The M.Tech. Programme in Structural Engineering was started in the year 1971 with an intention to provide comprehensive education and training to civil engineers based on a holistic approach to Structural Systems Engineering, emphasizing and building on the commonality of engineering structures at the level of materials, mechanics, analysis and design.
The programme is intended to provide
* a thorough training in the design principles and structural action as related to the components and systems over a broad range of application areas and
* a thorough training in methods of analysis, including problem formulation and the use of current mathematical and computational tools.
The programme covers specialized topics such as Theory of Elasticity, Structural Dynamics, Structural Optimization, Analytical Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Advanced Metal Structures etc.