Overview
The Department of Civil Engineering aims to create a safe and secure society in harmony with the environment, through the planning, construction, and maintenance of infrastructure. Civil engineering education is fundamental to creating urban and regional environments that are safe from natural and social disasters, and that coexist with nature, through the preservation, lifetime management, and revitalization of social facilities. Our department admits students who intend to be in charge of the public services that are much-needed in society and educates practical, highly skilled talent with comprehensive, cross-disciplinary perspectives and technical knowledge across traditional civil engineering areas.
Areas of Emphasis
The Department of Civil Engineering consists of two divisions: the "Engineering of Human Safety" division and the "Engineering of Environmental Symbiosis" division. The division of "Engineering of Human Safety" conducts education and research about urban safety against natural disasters and social disasters such as terrorism and accidents. The division of "Engineering of Environmental Symbiosis" conducts education and research to create environments in which cities and territories coexist with nature through the preservation, lifetime management, and revitalization of social facilities.
Educational and research fields are summarized as follows.
Engineering of Human Safety
- Structural Engineering for Urban Safety
- Geotechnical Engineering for Urban Safety
- Transport Systems Engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Reduction
- Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Engineering
- River System Engineering for Disaster Reduction
Engineering of Environmental Symbiosis
- Environmental Fluid Engineering
- Water Environment Engineering
- Geo-environmental Engineering
- Global Environmental Engineering
- Urban Preservation Engineering
- Urban Systems Engineering and Management
Bridge Corrosion Survey
Inspection of Kobe City Sewer Tunne
Flood flow observation at the Uono River
Horizontal Force Loading Test on a Pier
Experiment on Ground Constraint Forces Acting on Buried Pipes
Auto-Generation of Soil Models for Earthquake Response Analysis
Faculty and stuff
Faculty and stuff of the Department of Civil Engineering are listed here.
Entrance examination
Information on the entrance examination for Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University can be seen here.