The Department of Civil Engineering was established in 2014 with the aim of preparing engineers in the field of structural engineering, building materials, roads, bridges, dams, constructing water purification plants, designing steel structures, and treating weak and gypsum soils on which engineering projects are built. In its policy, the department attempts to connect students from the first stage with the practical reality by organizing visits to sites under construction, organizing additional lectures, training them, and informing them of presentations of advanced projects and technologies to qualify them for the practical reality and helping them to have a practical understanding of the theoretical lessons. The duration of study in the department is four years, during which the student obtains a certificate. Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering to be qualified to work in the local market in everything related to the construction aspects of buildings, bridges, dams, roads, airports, water filtration plants, etc. The department’s staff consists of four doctoral holders, two master’s holders, and five bachelor’s degree holders, in addition to external lecturers selected from rare specialties from the executive and design departments in state departments and Iraqi universities to raise the engineering cultural level of graduates of the Civil Engineering Department at Al-Rafidain University College. The department is equipped with laboratories with modern equipment and from prestigious German and Italian companies, and teaching assistants were chosen from those with executive experience to raise the scientific and practical level of our graduates

The department is looking forward to graduating groups of engineers interested in the practical aspects to qualify them to enter the workplace directly after graduation, and to qualify them by raising the academic level of the graduate to complete his postgraduate studies in master’s and doctoral degrees.

The department also aims to develop the scientific research aspect of the faculty member to enhance the knowledge process and provide the necessary resources to carry out engineering experiments at the highest quality level to reinforce the concepts of the academic program vocabulary among students.

1. Preparing female engineers with scientific and professional excellence by increasing the duration of summer training in engineering projects under implementation and in cooperation with engineering agencies specialized in housing, construction of roads, dams, sanitation projects, filtration and treatment units and complexes, and the relevant ministries, and qualifying the graduate to work in research institutions and training in research work.
2. Preparing consultants and contributing to providing scientific and engineering consultations, through the consulting office at Al-Rafidain University College, in addition to direct consulting work with all state ministries and for a very large number of construction, service and investment projects in Iraq and its various institutions. This includes design, supervision and management work. As well as conducting laboratory and on-site tests of materials used in construction and various building products, and evaluating the suitability of these materials and the works carried out through thousands of laboratory tests.
3.  Contributing to scientific progress through scientific research or participation in local, Arab and international conferences.
4.  Continuation of social contribution and research to ensure the highest levels of understanding for students in the summer training plan and their follow-up after graduation

The Civil Engineering department at Al Rafidain University follows the same curriculum as the Civil Engineering department at the University of Baghdad. Upon graduation, students will receive a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, qualifying them to work in ministries, departments, and companies related to various fields of civil engineering such as structural design, road design, sanitary engineering, dam and reservoir construction, steel structure design, soil testing, building materials, and working as a resident engineer in construction projects. This degree also enables them to take on independent project execution work not tied to government agencies.