The School of Civil Engineering was established in 1887, as one of the three "Schools of Industrial Arts", within the reorganization of the existing school as an Institution of Higher Education, with a four-year curriculum. The first 13 civil engineers graduated in 1890. In 1914 a new reorganization was performed and the institution was renamed as "Ethnikon Metsovion Polytechneion". In 1977 a major reorganization of the courses took place, while three cycles of studies were developed: Structural Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering and Transportation Engineering. Following the last radical reform, by Law 1268/1982, NTUA was divided into nine Faculties (Departments). Recently, the Faculty of Civil Engineering was renamed to School, thus retrieving its historical appelation, whereas a fourth cycle of study was established, Geotechnical Engineering.