The Faculty of Civil Engineering (SvF) was founded in 1938 as the first faculty of the Slovak University of Technology (STU). It was originally located in both Košice and Martin. The launching of its first departments laid the foundations not only for the present Faculty, but also for technical education as a whole in Slovakia. Instruction was given by three departments: the Department of Building Construction and Transportation, the Department of Water and Cultural Engineering and the Department of Surveying.