The Southeast Asian Education Trust Was established in the year 2000 with the main objective of providing academic excellence to all sections of the society. The trust focuses on imparting quality education, disciplined integrated personality development, research, management skills to face global challenges.

The campus at South East Asian Education Trust with its extensively landscaped garden is widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful in Bangalore, harmoniously combining building and open spaces. S.E.A.E.T prides itself on its world-class facilities intermingled with the heritage-protected buildings and state of the art teaching and research facilities, including lecture and performance theatres tutorial spaces studios, and laboratories. S.E.A.E.T has computer laboratories through the campus carrying the latest software and hardware in general and subject-specific.

Initially, it started functioning with Computer Science, Electronics and Communication, Information Science and Mechanical Engineering branches, offering 4 years duration Degree Programme in Engineering. A two years duration Masters Programme in Business Administration (MBA) was added in the year 2008-09 where a 4 years duration degree program in Civil Engineering was introduced in the year 2009-10. The approved intake for the courses are as follows; Computer Science & Engineering: 60; Information Science & Engineering:60; Electronics & Communications Engineering:90; Mechanical Engineering:90; Civil Engineering:60; and MBA:60, with a total approved intake of 420 students per annum. All the programs are affiliated to Visveswaraya Technological University, Karnataka, and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi.