Department of Civil Engineering is a recognized Research Center under Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi. The center gained its recognition in the year 2004. A total of 04 Research Guides are available in the Research center and 11 Research Scholars have registered for their Doctoral studies under the Departmental Research center. The thrust areas of research are Earthquake engineering, Bridge engineering, Steel structures, Soil structure interaction, Geotechnical engineering, Geo-environmental studies, Geopolymer Technology and Concrete Technology.
| Sl. No | Name | Research Area | No. of Candidates Pursuing | No. of Candidates Completed | |
| 1 | Dr. Vinod Hosur | v_hosur@git.edu | Earthquake engineering, Bridge engineering, Steel structures, Soil structure interaction | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Dr. V. G. Mutalik Desai | vgmdesai@git.edu | Soil structure interaction, Geotechnical engineering, Geo-environmental studies | 3 | |
| 3 | Dr. G. S. Manjunatha | gsmanjunath@git.edu | Geopolymer Technology and Concrete Technology | 4 | |
| 4 | Dr. Vinod K. Parvati | vkparvati@git.edu | Concrete Technology | – | |
| 5 | Dr. Nitendra Palankar | nnpalankar@git.edu | Transportation Engineering | 2 | |
| 6. | Dr. Vaibhav Chate | vrchate@git.edu | Environmental Engineering and Nanotechnology | 1 |