About The Department

Surrounded by lush green forests with majestic hills and the Deepor Beel (Ramsar Site), Assam Engineering College (AEC) is situated amidst the fine beauties of nature. AEC, the first engineering college of north-east India was established in the year 1955 with Civil Engineering as its first department. The Department currently offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes. Its flagship undergraduate programme attracts the cream of students of the state and outside. The first post graduate course with specialization in Watershed Management and Flood Control was started in 1976. In 1988, the second post graduate course on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering was started. The Department has been offering Doctoral degree in various fields of civil engineering since 1993. The department has seven state-of-the-art laboratories and highly qualified faculty members to support the various educational programmes. The department undertakes sponsored research and industrial consultancy on behalf of government, PSU and private sector organisations of repute.