In 1988, due to the lack of specific educational institutes in the field of geomatics and surveying engineering in the country as well as the increase in demand for human experts in this field in society, and by considering the unique position and role of the college of engineering of university of Tehran in presenting technical and educational services to motivated youth in Iran, the faculty of surveying and geospatial engineering was established.

On account of qualitative and quantitative development of the faculty, especially in the number of faculty members, equipment, offering undergraduate, master, and PhD degrees in its subfields and considering the acceptance rate of graduate students in national higher education entrance exams as well as achieving tenure in key posts, now the school of surveying and geospatial engineering of college of engineering of university of Tehran is acknowledged as one of the most outstanding and salient faculties in Iran's technical society and plays an important role in training surveying experts for the country and the other countries.