Brief History

Higher education in civil engineering in Romania came into being in 1818 with the “School for Land Surveyors” founded in Bucharest. In 1867 was established in Bucharest, too, “The School of Bridges, Roads and Mines” transformed in 1888 into “The National School of Bridges and Roads”, the first proper technical university of the country. In 1920 “The National School of Bridges and Roads” became “The Polytechnic School of Bucharest”, with a Division of Civil Engineering which was named Faculty of Civil Engineering in 1938. As a result of the Education Reform in 1948, the Faculty of Civil Engineering separated from the Polytechnic School and was transformed into an autonomous higher education establishment called “The Civil Engineering Institute Bucharest” which adopted the present name in 1994: The Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (T.U.C.E.B.) is the only Romanian university entirely devoted to education in civil engineering and related fields (such as building services, construction machines and equipment, environmental engineering, geodesy).