About Department of Geological Engineering

Geological Engineering Department was established in 1972, and it is one of the main departments of Faculty of Engineering. One of the most important goals of the department is to graduate qualified geological engineers in the fields of groundwater, mineral resources, petrophysics and geotechnical engineering, in addition to being an advisory institution for society by providing scientific studies and technical reports for geological engineering projects.The Department includes four divisions: Water Resources, Petrophysics, Mineral Resources and Geotechnical Engineering. It currently has more than 18 faculty members who teach and do research in various fields of geological engineering. A number of teaching assistants and laboratory engineers and administrators also contribute in the department’s work.