The institute(SVNIT Surat), one of the pioneering engineering institutions of the country, was established in 1961 as Sardar Vallabhbhai Regional College of Engineering & Technology and was given a status of National Institute of Technology, in 2002. At present, there are six undergraduate courses, seventeen postgraduate courses and Ph.D. programs in all disciplines of Engineering, Applied Sciences, Management, and English. It has an excellent placement record with a number of top-ranking companies visiting the campus. The whole campus has connectivity of the internet with fiber optic network including faculty quarters and student hostels.

The Department of Applied Mathematics & Humanities (AMHD) has always believed in striving for excellence in research and teaching and succeeded in this endeavor to a large extent. Over the years, the department has evolved as one of the epicenters of research in Gujarat, India. In the pursuit for research the Faculty members of the department have covered a vast area such as Numerical & Classical methods in fluid mechanics, Special functions, Integral transforms, Approximation theory, Operator theory and Fuzzy logic, Mathematical modeling, Numerics of differential equations, Fractional differential equations, Mathematical and computational biology, Bioinformatics, Techno innovation to techno entrepreneurship, General management, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Post-modern fiction and Indian English fiction.

Center for Continuing Education (CCE), SVNIT Surat was established in Feb-2017 at SVNIT with prime objective to imparting skill developing training programs to faculty, research scholars, UG/PG students, industry professional through planning and organizing Workshop/STTP/ STC/Expert talks on the concept of self-sustainability approach as per MHRD guidelines.