The Department of Urban Management was founded in 2003 through restructuring of the former civil-engineering departments (Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Civil Engineering Systems) and the Department of Environmental Engineering. Details of this restructuring are given below. "he civil-engineering departments and the Department of Environmental Engineering, from which the Department of Urban Management was formed, originated from the Department of Civil Engineering of Kyoto Science and Engineering University, which was founded in 1897. These departments were founded at the very beginning of Kyoto University. The Undergraduate School of Civil Engineering at the time of its establishment consisted of three courses: Bridge Engineering, Railway Engineering, and Sanitary Engineering. Since then, the department has steadily upgraded its curriculums in accordance with the demands of time. The Department of Sanitary Engineering was founded in 1958. In 1974, the Department of Civil Engineering ran 12 courses."