he BSCE program at DLSU was re-established in 1987 to meet the country’s need for

top-calibre civil engineers who will spearhead nation building through infrastructure
development. The CE Program was being offered as one of the undergraduate courses
at DLSU in 1950’s, but was later on discontinued for some reasons. The program was
revived by Dr. Romeo Estanero and Dr. Angel Lazaro III, who served as Dean of the
College of Engineering. Among the reasons cited by Dr. Estanero on why there is a
need to open a CE program at DLSU were:

Inadequacy of qualified civil engineers in practice.

Other schools are not research-oriented.

Weak graduate and undergraduate programs of other schools.

The need to address specialized problems in civil engineering.

The first batch of DLSU CE students graduated in April 1991. Since its re-establishment
in 1987, DLSU has produced more than 1200 civil engineers who are presently working
in government, design and construction companies or managing their own
construction or consulting firms. Cognizant of the demand for civil engineers who can
address problems related not only to housing and infrastructure but also to problems
on flooding, water crisis, pollution, urban traffic and disaster mitigation, DLSU
Department of Civil Engineering pioneered a BSCE program with specializations in (a)
Construction Management and Technology (CTM), (b) Structural Engineering (STE), (c)
Hydraulics and Water Resources (HWR), and (d) Transportation Engineering (TRE). The
BSCE Program can be completed in four years and one term, covering four years of
academic training (course work and thesis) and one term of on-the-job training.

The BSCE program started with a generic program in 1987. The specialization program
started with STE and CTM in AY 1992-1993 while HWR, TRE and GTE were introduced in
AY 1996-1997,  AY 1997-1998 and AY 2018-2019, respectively.

The DLSU CE Department also offers the Master’s Degree program in all the fields of
specialization since early 1990’s and has started offering PhD Degree Program in AY
2012-2013. The CE Department is consistently recognized by CHED as a Center of
Development.