[2] On 7 July 2008, SPA Vijayawada was established as an autonomous Centrally Funded Technical Institution (CFTI).

[3] In 2014, Lok Sabha passed a bill to make all the three SPAs "centre of excellence" on the pattern of IITs and IIMs, now it is a Institute of national importance.

In 2011, the foundation stone of the Vijayawada campus was laid by Daggubati Purandeswari, Minister of State for Human Resource Development.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is in the process of allotting nearly 60 acres of land, spread over two locations in and around Vijayawada, for the development of the school.

in the following areas: Admissions to the under graduate programme is through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the National Testing Agency, India.

For the first three-year students, a separate hostel has been set up that can house almost 200 — future proof for the substantial increase in intake planned.

The common rooms at the hostels have a 20" LCD TV with satellite cable, in addition to the facilities for playing indoor games.