Sarvajanik Education Society's proposal for state university was accepted by Gujarat assembly on 30 March 2021.
[1] Founded in 1995, the college is situated in Surat, Gujarat, on RK Desai Marg in the Athwalines area, directly across from Jawaharlal Nehru Udhyan (Chaupaty).
It was the first college to offer engineering degrees in Textiles, which is the major industry of Surat.
It was selected by the Department of Science and Technology (India) to set up an environmental based project, Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council, Centre of Relevance & Excellence (TIFAC-CORE) under the mission REACH of the president of India Dr. A.P.J.
SCET has been identified as Resource Institute by the National Programme on Earthquake Engineering Education (NPEEE) launched by Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) to train teachers of architecture for introducing Earthquake Engineering in West and Central Zone with IIT Kanpur.