Subsequently, after the Institute found itself squeezed between the government's cap on tuition fee increase and the rising costs of providing quality education in engineering, the administration decided to phase it out in favor of computer technology programs and had the Institute of Technology closed in 1996.

[2] On September 30, 1998, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) noted the change of its name to East Asia College of Information Technology (EACIT).

[5] In 2024, the institution has been granted Autonomous Status by the CHED and has also joined the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, placing 118th in Southeast Asia and 10th in the Philippines.

[6] FEU Tech's 17-storey building along P. Paredes Street houses its main operations, facilities, and classrooms following its transfer from the historical Manila campus in 2014.

However, it also occupies some floors at the Engineering Building along Nicanor Reyes Street for computer laboratories and its Innovation Center.