The Department of Survey Engineering was established in 1997. It is one of the leading and distinguished departments in the Technical College of Kirkuk. At that time, the Technical College of Kirkuk was affiliated to the Technical Education Authority. After the restructuring of the Technical Education Authority in 2014 into four technical universities, the college became affiliated to the Northern Technical University.

At the beginning of its establishment, the department relied extensively on external lecturers due to the scarcity of Iraqi specialists. Since then, the department has worked to achieve its goals in preparing educational and scientific students to be qualified engineers for work and specialized in surveying engineering in general. The graduates contributed to work in the various state institutions and the private sector in the engineering work of monitoring and signing sites, in the work of geodetic networks and settlement networks, in the careful monitoring of dams and huge facilities, and in various engineering projects in the accurate signature of sites according to maps and design plans during implementation and in analysis and correction Engineering, eliciting information from satellite and aerial images, and working to improve the possibility of decision-making by preparing maps of all forms, purposes, and scales, and providing information related to them.

Postgraduate studies (Master’s degree in Geomatics Engineering) were created in the department, starting from the 2021-2022 year.

Vision:

Excellence and quality in performance and achieving leadership and excellence in the field of surveying engineering to provide the community with highly qualified surveying engineers.

the message:

Qualifying the graduates of the department and the human cadres in the field of surveying engineering, in a way that contributes to meeting the needs of the country in the various engineering projects (surveying and construction) of all sizes for the departments of the public and private sectors.

Objectives:

Graduation of qualified personnel to carry out ground and photographic survey work and remote sensing techniques, as well as ribbing and leveling works for natural and artificial land surface features using traditional and modern survey devices (Total Station devices) and global navigational and cadastral signature devices (GPS, DGPS) and the ability to maintain and sustain Various surveying devices. In addition to that, the preparation and drawing of topographical, cadastral, real estate, thematic, and detailed maps. As well as the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in order to build a database and produce digital maps in various fields.
Developing the teaching staff in the department by creating the appropriate atmosphere and urging the faculty of the department to scientific research and interest in scientific promotion, and to complete their studies to obtain postgraduate degrees and higher experience.
Seeking to develop the skillful and scientific capabilities of the engineers and technicians of the department and put them in development courses in a way that positively affects their practical performance.
Opening up to the community through the public and private sector departments and providing consulting and engineering studies in the field of specialization of the department.