DAV Institute of Engineering & Technology Jalandhar got established in year 2001 under the aegis of DAV college Managing committee. The institute is approved by AICTE and affiliated to Punjab Technical University,Jalandhar. This is the first degree level Engineering Institute started by the DAV College Trust and Management Society.The DAV College Trust and Management Society is the largest non-government educational organization in India managing a chain of 700 institutions in India and abroad.

The institute is located in the heart of city on a prime piece of land adjacent to DAV College,Jalandhar on the left side of Jalandhar-Amritsar National Highway spread over an area measuring about 18 acres possessing extremely beautiful landscape with a running canal on its back and historical BurltonPark on its front. DAVIET is carrying out original research of significance and technology development at the cutting edge. It imparts training to students to make them competent, motivated engineers and scientists. The Institute not only celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision and encourages growth, but also inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the society.