The college has various research and auxiliary centers under its umbrella which include the CPU Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (serves the whole Western Visayas area which is funded jointly by the Department of Energy (Philippines))[1][2] and the CPU Philippine Center for Packaging Engineering and Technology, the first of its kind in the South East Asia (backed by the college's department of Packaging Engineering and the Department of Science and Technology (Philippines).)

The college collaborates since 2012 in the fields of Transportation and Structural engineering research with De la Salle University.

[4] The college is the only Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Philippines School for Western Visayas and is accredited by Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).

[6] CPU PC-PET's construction on-time scheduled finishing in 2012 aligned with the first Philippine International Packiging Engineering convention, the Global Pack 2012, the first of its kind in the South East Asian Region.

The sporting and library needs of the CPU College of Engineering students are served by the university's athletic and bibliothèque facilities.