It is of great pleasure for me to welcome you in this page of the Department of Civil Engineering at An-Najah National University.
The Department of Civil Engineering aims at becoming a model department in terms of students, faculty and staff in Palestine and in the Arab world. The department was established in 1979 with the department of Architecture. During the first year of its foundation, only (40) students were admitted. Since then the number has increased every year totaling a number around 900 of graduate and undergraduate students in the academic year 2012/2013.
After 32 years, the department remains recognized as one of the most prestigious civil engineering departments, with undergraduate and graduate programs rated among the top in the region.
The Department currently has 26 full time teaching staff: 23 professors and 3 lecturers. The department employs well-qualified faculty members with many years of academic and practical experience both regionally and internationally. The expertise of the academic staff covers the mean disciplines of civil engineering including: Structural engineering, Water resources and environmental engineering, transportation and highway engineering, surveying, geotechnical engineering, and construction engineering.
In addition, the department has laboratory facilities that are furnished with high quality state-of-the-art equipment facilitating advanced experimental work for teaching, research and consultancy. The laboratories are also staffed with qualified and well-trained laboratory assistants and technicians.
