Al Azhar College of Engineering & Technology was established under Noorul Islam Trust in Thodupuzha in 2010 as a private sector self-financing engineering college affiliated to Kerala Technological University. The institute has the approval of AICTE and Government of Kerala. The institute is conceived as a center of excellence, providing opportunities to the students for learning through realization, building self-confidence with global outlook, achieving knowledge management with healthy and ethical outlook. The institution focuses on infusing discipline and direction into the future technologists.
At Al Azhar College of Engineering & Technology both the faculty and students are encouraged and given full support to pursue the research on the subject of their choice. The institute also offers exposure in the form of workshops and lectures by imminent industry leaders.