Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology (SLIET) has been established by the Government of India to provide technical education in emerging areas of Engineering & Technology. It caters to the technical manpower requirements at various levels by adopting a concept of modular system in imparting technical education with emphasis on practical training in industry.

This institute was set up in 1991 in the memory of late Sant Harchand Singh Longowal and is fully funded by Ministry of Human Resources & Development, Government of India. The educational programmes of this institute are non-conventional, innovative, practical oriented and contain all aspects of new education policy (1986) of Govt. of India. The Institute offers programmes at Certificate, Diploma, Degree, Postgraduate (M.Tech. and MBA) levels in various branches of Engineering and Technology and Ph.D. programmes in Science, Management, Technology and Engineering. The programmes in the Institute provide direct entry at Certificate, Diploma, Degree, M.Tech. and MBA levels and vertical mobility at Diploma and Degree levels of education, besides non-formal education programmes. The Institute has acquired the status of a Deemed-to-be- University in the year 2007 (Notification No.F.9-42/2001-U.3).