In 1979, it was established as a higher education institution and in 1991, due to the increased demand for resources in the ICT sector, it introduced an engineering cycle.

To support the changes in the telecommunications sector, particularly its liberalization and opening to competition and private participation, and to provide the latter with highly qualified skills, it has implemented several actions focused on three main areas: To accomplish these missions, the institute relies on a permanent faculty of teacher-researchers and trainers, as well as a network of temporary staff from academia and industry professionals in the information technology sector.

[3][needs update] Training programs evolve every year to align with the information and telecommunications technology sector, both technically, economically and legally.

During the 2009 graduation ceremony, the Director General of ANRT, Azzeddine El Mountassir Billah, specified that the agency is working to establish the Soft Centre, a software development center, which is scheduled to start in 2009 at INPT, before its final installation at the Casa Technopolis site.

He also noted during the same ceremony that the 2009–2010 academic year would be labeled Quality and that INPT would undertake the necessary steps to be accredited by the French Commission des titres d'ingénieurs (CTI) to enhance its visibility at European and international levels.