The Bachelor's degree course offers a broad programme oriented towards the fundamentals and covering all areas of civil engineering. The extensive research activities of the participating institutes guarantee students a wide range of insights into current developments in civil engineering.

The Master's degree programme allows students to supplement and deepen the qualifications they acquired in the Bachelor's degree programme. In addition to the application of scientific knowledge and methods, these include, in particular, the ability to develop new solutions to problems that go beyond the application of established rules of construction engineering or building science, and thus break new technical ground. The extensive research activities of the participating institutes guarantee students a wide range of insights into current developments in civil engineering.

The faculty offers the Master's degree programme in Water Science and Engineering taught in English. In addition, there are numerous Erasmus collaborations for study visits to European universities and other international collaborations.

Civil Engineering at KIT is characterised, among other things, by the integration of large materials testing and research institutes into all areas of teaching. The Research Institute for Steel, Wood, Stones, the Theodor Rehbock Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory and the Materials Testing Institute for Building Materials and Concrete Construction, Concrete Materials have a long tradition and are constantly evolving in line with the requirements of science, research and practice. The faculty's computer cluster rooms are equipped with modern PCs as well as monitors with USB-C docking function for private devices.

In close cooperation with other departments and non-university research institutions, the following research fields are worked on: Energy-efficient and resource-efficient structural design and engineering and building materials; Natural and technical solutions for the sustainable management of water as a resource; Needs-based and sustainable mobility concepts and traffic systems; Environmental compatibility and sustainability in the construction, operation, maintenance and demolition of buildings; Mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of soil and rock in underground construction

The goal of teaching at the KIT is the training of young people based on an intensive scientific and research-oriented education and the acquisition of interdisciplinary competences. To achieve this goal, the KIT pursues a strategy of research-oriented teaching aligned with the standards of the (classic) disciplines. On the one hand, students are involved in research projects at an early stage, including in the large-scale research area of the KIT, and on the other hand, the teaching quality is sustainably improved, taking into account the principle of "teaching follows research".