The Istanbul Kültür University, Faculty of Engineering-Architecture, Civil Engineering Department which was established on July 15, 1997 with the Law No. 4281, accepted its first students in the 1997-1998 Academic Year under the management of Department Head Prof.Dr.Hasan KARATAŞ. Starting education in the main building of the Şirinevler Campus in 1997, the Department has continued to provide education at the Ataköy Campus since 2004 due to the increasing number of students. The Department of Civil Engineering has been offering education in master's degree level since 2001 and Ph.D. degree level since 2002. In 2011, the Department made an application to establish a Turkish program, which started to provide education in the 2012-2013 Academic Year having fulfilled the necessary conditions.