School of Civil Engineering

                                                           School Overview

The School of Civil Engineering at Central South University traces its origins to the Department of Railway Construction and the Department of Bridge and Tunnel Engineering of the Central South Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture, established in 1953. The discipline of civil engineering dates back to the Road Engineering Section of the Hunan Higher Industrial School founded in 1903. Since the establishment of Changsha Railway University in 1960, the school (department) has undergone several name changes: in 1970 it was called the Department of Railway Engineering, in 1984 it was renamed the Department of Civil Engineering, and in 1997 the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture was established. After the founding of Central South University, related departments were merged in May 2002 to form the School of Civil Engineering and Architecture of Central South University. After 2011, it was renamed the School of Civil Engineering. Through more than 60 years of development, the school has grown into a teaching and research entity with a strong faculty, comprehensive programs, a rational structure, outstanding achievements in discipline and degree construction, advanced research levels, and remarkable outcomes.

The school currently has 10 teaching units: Department of Bridge Engineering, Department of Tunnel Engineering, Department of Railway Engineering, Department of Building Engineering, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Engineering Management, Department of Mechanics, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, Department of Road Engineering, and Institute of Civil Engineering Materials. It possesses the National Engineering Research Center for High-Speed Railway Construction Technology, the Key Laboratory of Heavy-Haul Railway Engineering Structures of the Ministry of Education, the Joint International Laboratory for Key Technologies of Rail Transit Safety, the Hunan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Prefabricated Buildings, the Hunan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Advanced Building Materials and Structures, the Hunan Provincial University Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Safety Science, and the Hunan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Black Odorous Water Treatment and Resource Utilization—1 national-level and 6 provincial/ministerial-level innovative research platforms. It also has the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Civil Engineering, the National Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center for Civil Engineering, the National Engineering Practice Education Center of Guangzhou Railway (Group) Company, the National Engineering Practice Education Center of Hunan Construction Engineering Group, the Provincial Demonstration Experimental Teaching Center for Civil Engineering, the Provincial Basic Course Teaching Base of Mechanics Experimental Teaching Center, and the Hunan Provincial Excellent Base for Geological Practice at Loudi of Guangzhou Railway Group—4 national-level and 3 provincial/ministerial-level practical teaching platforms.

The school currently has 313 faculty and staff, including 85 professors and 112 associate professors; 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 4 Changjiang Scholars, 1 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars recipient, 2 leading talents of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program", 2 young and middle-aged leading talents of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 9 national "Four Youth" talents, 9 recipients of the Ministry of Education's New Century Excellent Talents Support Program, 3 Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Leading Talents, 5 Hunan Provincial Distinguished Young Scholars, 1 Hunan Provincial Hundred Talents Program recipient, 4 Hunan Xiang Talents Project recipients, and 6 academic leaders of Hunan ordinary higher education institutions; 1 innovation team of the Ministry of Education, 1 key field innovation team of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 1 Hunan provincial university innovation team.

The school currently has 2 national key first-level disciplines, 3 national key second-level disciplines, 2 first-level postdoctoral mobile stations, 3 first-level doctoral degree authorization points, 11 second-level doctoral degree authorization points, and 14 master's degree authorization points. It offers 5 undergraduate programs: Civil Engineering, Engineering Management, Fire Protection Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, and Railway Engineering. There are over 4,900 students, including more than 3,000 undergraduates and over 1,900 graduate students. As of July 2020, the school has trained more than 30,000 talents for the country, including over 600 doctoral graduates and more than 5,000 master's graduates.