The College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University was established in September 1985. Its predecessor was the Department of Structural and Municipal Engineering, and it was one of the earliest departments enrolling undergraduate students in Shenzhen University. In September 2006, the College of Civil Engineering was established in response to the rapid development of the discipline. In January 2019, it was officially renamed as the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering. The college now includes three departments: department of civil engineering, department of construction management and real estate, and department of transportation engineering, which enroll three undergraduate majors in civil engineering, engineering management, and transportation engineering. The civil engineering major and engineering management major are national first-class undergraduate majors and key majors in Guangdong Province. The civil engineering major has passed the engineering certification of the Higher Education Civil Engineering Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the engineering management major has passed the National Housing Urban and Rural Construction Department of professional evaluation for three rounds.

The college has established a complete training system from undergraduate to doctoral degree, including Ph.D. in civil engineering, M.S. in civil engineering, M.E. in management science and engineering, M.E. in construction and civil engineering, and M.E. in transportation engineering. Furthermore, civil engineering has been rated as a key major in Guangdong Province.

The college has an excellent faculty team. There are 3 full-time academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, 1 academician of the Japanese Academy of Engineering, 1 chief scientist of the National 973 Program, 1 chief scientist of the Innovation Research Group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 National Teaching Faculty Member, 1 National Excellent Science and Technology Worker, 2 National First-Class Candidates for the New Century Talent Project, 2 Heliang Heli Science and Technology Progress Award Winners, 1 Changjiang Scholar, 3 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2 National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Winners, 3 Excellent Nanyue Teachers and 1 Star Teacher in Guangdong, and 3 "Pengcheng Scholars" in Shenzhen. The college has 26 doctoral supervisors, 35 professors and 31 associate professors. More than 96% of the faculties have doctorate degrees and all the faculties graduated from distinguished universities in and outside China. More than 71% of the faculties have overseas study and work experience.

The college has good research environment and facilities. The research labs and centers include four provincial key laboratories: the Key Laboratory of Coastal Urban Resilient Infrastructures (MOE), the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Durability for Marine Civil Engineering,the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization, and the Key Laboratory for Geo-Environmental Monitoring of Great Bay Area, MNR. In addition, the International Joint Laboratory for Coastal Civil Engineering Materials built with Microlab of the University of Delft in the Netherlands, and the Building Internet and BIM Research Center / Sino-Australia Joint Research Center in BIM and Smart Construction built with the China Building Information Modeling Industry Development Alliance and the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, have carried out a wide range of international industrial-university-research cooperation. Besides, the college also has a Guangdong Civil Engineering Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, and has established close talents cultivation and project collaboration with famous construction enterprises such as Shenzhen Airport, Shenzhen Subway, Shenzhen Construction Engineering Department, Country Garden, Zhengzhong Group, Coastal Group, China Construction, and Huaxi Group, and 37 internship bases have been established, which lay a solid foundation for the cultivation of engineers with an international perspective and innovative spirit. Through years of hard work, the college has cultivated a large number of technical backbones, who are active in the field of construction, and a large number of outstanding talents emerged represented by Deng Xueqin, Li Yibiao, and Lin Xuechun.

The college has a strong academic atmosphere and gratifying scientific research results. The Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Sciences and Geothermal Energy Exploitation and Utilization is led by Prof. Heping Xie, the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Urban Smart Transportation and Safety Maintenance is led by by Prof. Yanliang Du, the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The Underground Polis Academy is led by Prof. Xiangsheng Chen, the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the dean of the College of Civil and Transportation Engineering. In recent years, there have been over 110 national projects undertaken by faculties, including the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Major International Cooperation Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (first awarded in civil Engineering field of Guangdong Province), the Key Projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China, International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of Ministry of Science and Technology (Sino-Japanese), and sub-projects of the National 973 Program. The research achievements won the second prize of National Technology Invention Award in 2014, 2015, and 2017 respectively. Besides, the faculties’ research results have been applied in many mega projects such as Yantian International, Shenzhen Airport, Shenzhen Metro, Shanghai-Kunming and Hangrui Expressway Guizhou Section, and achieved good social and economic benefits. The college attaches great importance to the cultivation of students' innovation ability. Students have achieved excellent results in various domestic science and technology competitions, including the 1^stprize of the National College Student Structural Design Competition, the final champion of the National Real Estate Planning Competition, the 1^stprize of the National College Students Surveying and Mapping Skill Competition and a large number of other academic innovation awards.