The school of Civil Engineering was established in 1985, and enrolled undergraduate students in 1996. In 2009, it was selected as the featured major of Jiangsu Province, in 2010, it was selected as the National Featured Major Construction Point, in 2012, it passed the professional evaluation and became the key major of Jiangsu Province (Civil Engineering), in 2013, it became the pilot major of excellence Plan of the Ministry of Education, and in 2015, it was approved as the Jiangsu Brand Major. In 2017, it passed the professional evaluation (certification) again (valid for six years). In 2019, it was approved as the first-class undergraduate major of Jiangsu Province, in 2020, it was approved as the master degree of Civil Water Conservancy major, and in 2021, it was approved as the National First-class undergraduate major construction point. The major of Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering passed the first certification of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2016, and the second certification of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in May 2021. The four majors of the college are also key construction points of civil engineering in Jiangsu Province. At present, it has built 2 national first-class courses, 2 provincial famous teachers and 2 provincial teaching teams.

The School of Civil Engineering has 18 professors, 43 associate professors and senior engineers, 46 doctoral students and 57 master students. Teachers, a national professional guidance committee, 1 person 1, jiangsu famous teachers, academic leaders in the new century in jiangsu province and jiangsu province cyanine engineering outstanding young academic leaders 2 people, 1 333 cross-century academic leaders in jiangsu province, jiangsu province cyanine engineering outstanding young backbone teacher 8 people, "six big talent peak" of jiangsu province develop candidate 3 people; There are nearly 40 people with national first-class registered structural engineer, first-class registered architect, registered geotechnical engineer, registered supervision engineer and registered real estate appraiser qualifications. The teaching team of the Department of Architectural Engineering is an excellent teaching team in Jiangsu Province. The college attaches great importance to the construction of teachers' ethics, creating a strong "teaching and educating", and has emerged many advanced models.