The Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties, with the participation of civil engineering faculties from non-European countries, was established on 14th of September 1992 (http://kps.fsv.cvut.cz/aecef/). It was the idea and initiative of Professor Jiří Witzany from Czech Technical University in Prague to provide a means of cooperation and transfer of technologies among civil engineering faculties, their research workers, teachers and students, and among civil engineering specialists and institutions from different countries.  
The goals of the Association are:
•    to establish conditions for close cooperation among civil engineering faculties, their research workers and teachers, among civil engineering specialists and institutions from different countries;
•    to contribute to the dissemination and application of the latest civil engineering research and teaching, especially in the finding of improvements to the environment;
•    to support the Europe-wide development and spread of new construction technologies;
•    to work toward compatibility among the curricula of civil engineering faculties as a starting point for the exchange of students and the mutual acceptance of graduates in civil engineering practice in Europe;
•    to work toward the implementation of study and lecture visits to foreign universities by teachers, research workers and students.
The AECEF International Symposiums have been regularly organized since 1995 every two years. The basic idea of these events is to bring together a group of educators and practitioners for a joint discussion on various topics of civil and environmental engineering education and training.
Since 2017, in the 25th anniversary, the ACEEF headquarters were moved to the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (https://web.fe.up.pt/~aecef/).

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology is the leading scientific and educational centre in Poland. Its position among technical universities in both Europe and the rest of the world is increasing every year. Development of the University is confirmed by research potential, didactics at the highest level, innovation and also cooperation with industry. The University educates specialists who are valued and sought after in the labour market.
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology is an inheritor of the tangible property of the German University Königliche Technische Hochschule Breslau, and also the intellectual and scientific heritage of Lviv Polytechnic. The University, as Wroclaw University of Technology, has been operating since 1945. Its creators and organizers were scientists from Lviv and Warsaw. From the very beginning it was an important centre of technical education. Today it is one of the biggest and best technical universities in the country with 28 815 students being educated by 2165 academic teachers in 16 faculties: Architecture; Civil Engineering; Chemistry; Electronics; Electrical Engineering; Geoengineering, Mining and Geology; Environmental Engineering; Computer Science and Management; Mechanical and Power Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Fundamental Problems of Technology; Microsystem Electronics and Photonics; Pure and Applied Mathematics; Technology and Computer Science; Technology and Engineering; Technology and Natural Sciences (http://pwr.edu.pl/en/).

The Faculty of Civil Engineering was established by a resolution of the University’s authorities in September 1945 as one of the first four faculties of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
Currently, the Faculty consists of the following units:
•    Department of Geotechnology, Hydrotechnology, and Underground and Hydroengineering
•    Department of Building Structures
•    Department of Mechanics of Structures and Urban Engineering
•    Department of Bridges and Railways
•    Department of Construction Technology
•    Department of Roads and Airports
•    Department of Building Physics and Computer Design Methods
•    Department of Technology and Management in Civil Engineering
•    Department of Strength of Materials
The Faculty of Civil Engineering is a member of the Association of European Civil Engineering Faculties (AECEF) and the European Civil Engineering Education and Training Association (EUCEET).
In 2004, 2011 and 2016 the Faculty was given an outstanding evaluation by the Polish Accreditation Commission as the only faculty delivering education in building construction engineering degree programs, as well as in 2012 a distinction granted by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the best faculty providing civil engineering field of study.