RSET is managed by the Sacred Heart Province of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) congregation. RSET is a part of the Rajagiri Vidyapeetham (transl. "seat of knowledge").
In 2020, the college was granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission, being among the first technical institutions in Kerala to have such a status.[5]
Accredited with an 'A' grade by NAAC in its second cycle, Seven out of RSET's nine undergraduate programs are accredited under NBA Tier 1 accreditation. RSET is ranked in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for 2020 and 2022 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. 1st amongst private engg. colleges in Kerala Institutional Ranking Framework 2024. The institution also offers postgraduate programmes in engineering and research programmes (Ph.D.) in science and engineering.