Presidential Decree No. 419 of 1995 was issued to establish the College of Industrial Education affiliated with the Suez Canal University at that time, and studies began there in the academic year 1996/1997. It remained affiliated with Suez Canal University until the issuance of Presidential Decree No. 193 of 2012, which established Suez University. The college is considered the third industrial education college in Egypt in terms of chronological order of establishment. Studies began there to elevate the level of technical education so that it could fulfill its role in meeting the needs of the industrial renaissance for skilled technical labor. It has four main student departments: the Department of Mechanics, the Department of Electricity, the Department of Civil and Architectural Construction, and the Department of Spinning and Weaving. The duration of study at the college is four years. The college contains two buildings, one administrative and the other educational. The college also includes three laboratories for the Production Department, three laboratories for the Refrigeration Department, seven laboratories for the Electrical Department, three laboratories for the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, and there are central workshops at the university for the Spinning and Weaving Department.
The Supreme Council of Universities, chaired by Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, decided in its session on November 25, 2019, to change the name of the Faculty of Industrial Education at Suez University to the Faculty of Technology and Education. The Cabinet approved this name in its session No. (81) on March 4, 2020. The new name allows graduates to obtain a Bachelor of Technology degree in the fields of electricity, electronics, refrigeration, production, construction, architecture, and textiles, or a Bachelor of Industrial Education in the same fields. The graduate with a Bachelor of Technology in the field of industry holds the degree of Third Technology Specialist in their specialization, while the graduate with a Bachelor of Industrial Education works in three- and five-year industrial secondary schools and technological colleges.
The first regulation for postgraduate studies was issued in 2007, and this regulation includes programs for postgraduate diplomas, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees in industrial education across various scientific departments. The system of the preparatory year (credit hour system), in which a number of courses are taught to master's students, began in the academic year 2007/2008. Enrollment for the master's degree in the various departments of the college began in the academic year 2008/2009 without a preparatory year and study courses. The preliminary study for the doctoral degree under the credit hour system began in the academic year 2012/2013, and then registration for the doctoral degree started in the academic year 2013/2014.