The School of Civil Engineering (SCE) is a part of the institute since its inception.The school has grown tremendously over the past thirty years and is now recognized as one of the major engineering schools in VIT.

The school has 46 faculty members from elite institutions across the globe. Besides high quality teaching and research at both UG and PG levels, faculty members of the school are actively involved in executing a number of R&D and Consultancy projects from government agencies including DST, ISRO, UGC, AICTE, and also from many reputed industries. The School of Civil Engineering, with its multifaceted faculty members, continues to maintain and cultivate its strong link with the infrastructural industry such as L&T, HCC, DLF, RAMCO, CCL, Godrej, TATA Consultancy, etc. The Strength of Materials laboratory is one of the best with accredition by NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) for the period of two years from OCT -2018 to OCT -2020- NABL Certificate. The school has also regularly benefited from international linkages facilitated by the university level MoUs with a number of leading foreign universities such as Deakin University, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), West Virginia University, North Dakota State University, etc. It was a great honour to receive the award titled “Excellence in Civil Engineering and Architecture Education” at the 6^th Construction Industry Awards 2018.
Engineering and Technology are ranked within the top 12 in India and top 450 in the world as per QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021.In the Engineering and Technology "Civil Engineering" is ranked within top 501-600 in the world as per THE World University Ranking by Subject 2021.