[2] The university provides management and engineering degrees through affiliated colleges[3] and in-house departments.

[4] An expert committee was set up on 31 December 1998 by the Government of West Bengal, under the Chairmanship of Ashesh Prosad Mitra, for establishing a university of engineering and technology in West Bengal.

[8] The university has a main campus covering approximately 40 acres at Haringhata, provided by the Government of West Bengal.

[9] The university is located in between Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya and IISER Kolkata.

[15] In 2024, NIRF's newly introduced parameter, "State Public University" it ranked within 51-100.