The department, formerly named the Road and Building Engineering Institute, was one of the four original institutes of the Tehran Polytechnic, which graduated its first student in 1962. The polytechnic’s four institutes included
-        Road and Building Engineering Institute,
-        Mechanical Engineering Institute,
-        Electrical Engineering Institute, and
-        Mining Engineering Institute.
 
Following the fundamental changes in the educational system of the nation after the Islamic Revolution in the country, the polytechnic and the institute were renamed into the Amirkabir University of Technology and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering respectively.. The faculty has achieved significant quantitative and qualitative growth in teaching and research and is currently able to consolidate its leadership in the development of the country through its 20-year strategic program. Nowadays Master's and PhDs in the fields of "Geotechnic Engineering", "Road and Transportation Engineering", "Transportation Engineering", "Structural Engineering", "Earthquake Engineering", "Water and Hydraulic Engineering", "Hydraulic Structures Engineering"," "Environmental Engineering" and "Construction Management Engineering" provide extensive educational and research services. Meanwhile, interdisciplinary "industrial design" groups as well as "marine structures" have been established under the management of the faculty.

2018 - 2020