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- The 3rd oldest engineering institute in Asia.
- Established in 1854, has a legacy of 170 years.
- The first institute of the Govt. of Maharashtra to be conferred with an autonomous status since 2003-04.
- The first autonomous institute of Maharashtra to be bestowed with the status of an Unitary Technological University in 2022
- Illustrious Board of Governors headed by Dr. Pramod Chaudhari, Founder-Chairman of Praj Industries Limited and the first Asian recipient of Prestigious 2022 William C. Holmberg Award for ‘Lifetime Achievement in the Bioeconomy’
- COEP Tech is the first in the country to have.
- Department of Civil Engineering established in 1908.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering established in 1912.
- BOAT Club & Regatta started in 1928.
- Programme in Telecommunication Engineering in 1948.
- Bharat Ratna Engineer in 1955, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
- Dual degree Programme in India in 1958.
- Female Mechanical Engineer graduate in India in 1967: Mrs. Lila Poonawala, Padmashri awardee.
- Sandwich Pattern of course curriculum introduced in 1979.
- Post-graduate Programme in Manufacturing Engineering and Automation in 1994.
- Tech. in Planning and M. Tech. in Project Management in 2012.
- President of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2020, Mahantesh Hiremath
- Tech Programmes for working professionals other than IITs
- At COEP Tech: It’s “Student Centric and Faculty Driven”
- National Ranking
- First at the national level in the Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award (USVA) 2020 under the “Over All” category and “Counselling / Tele Support” category.
- First at the national level in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020 & 2021 under the category of Govt. / Govt. aided institutions.
- Consistently ranked amongst top 100 technical institutions across the nation as per the results of NIRF 2023.
- Accredited A+ by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)