Govt. College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Serampore, is one of the pioneer institutions in India in the field of Engineering and Technology. The college was formerly known as College of Textile Technology, Serampore and it was established in 1908.

The Institute started with a certificate course in Weaving. After that in the year 1926 Women's section started in separate premises. Institute started B.Sc(Tech) degree course in Textile Technology. Meanwhile, B.Sc degree turned into B.Tech in the year 1962 and started M.Tech in Mechanical Processing of Textiles.

In the year 2000, It opened new stream Information Technology, Next year i.e. 2001 Computer Science & Technology stream was opened successfully.

After that, It added a brand new stream Apparel Production Management in 2007.

Institute now has M.Tech courses on Mechanical Processing of Textiles(1994) & Chemical Processing of Textiles(2008).

The usual hours of attendance of all the classes are form 10-00 A.M. to 4-30 P.M. from Monday to Friday and from 10-00 A.M. to 1-00 P.M. on Saturday. Classes for visiting / part time teachers or special teachers may extend beyond the scheduled hours of attendance.

For courses of B.Tech each eligible candidate shall be required to appear for Joint Entrance Examination being conducted by the West Bengal Board of Examination for Admission to Engineering, Medical & Technical Degree Colleges (WBJEE). For course of M.Tech, students are selected through GATE.