In 1955, Civil Engineering School was opened by a society named " Institute of Engineering & Technology ". Late Shanker Saran, retired judge Hon'able High Court of Allahabad and Late Vishwamitra an advocate were respectively the President and Secretary of the society. This school was self sustaining it's actvities. A good number of students were admitted every year. The students were awarded two years' Diploma in Civil Engineering Course by the Board of Engineering College.

In 1962 U.P. Government took over this Institute by constituting a registered society named " Allahabad Engineering Polytechnic, Allahabad. "

The society constituted a Board of Management/Managing Committee constituting of 11 members to manage affairs of the Polytechnic. The state government awarded the status of Grant in Aid to the Institute. The rules and by-laws of the society were accordingly framed and the Director of Technical Education, U.P. became ex-officio Secretary of Management Committee.

Reviewing the multifarious activities and the achievments of the Institute in the country and abroad, the U.P. Government changed the name of Allahabad Polytechnic to"Institute of Engineering and Rural Technology (I.E.R.T) " in 1982 and designated the post of "Director" in place of Principal, and the Institute was simultaneously awarded the Academic Autonomy. An Autonomy Committee was constituted and Secretary Technical Education, U.P. became ex-officio Chairman of the committee.

The Institute Of Engineering and Rural Technology Allahabad (IERT) was established in 1955.In the year 1962 it became the institution of the State under Grant in Aid. Subsequently in the year 1982 the Institute was awarded Academic Autonomy by the State Government. The governance of the institution remains under the predominant control of the State.
The institution had already established itself as a premier institution : rather the best among the very best in the country in diploma engineering programs. The institute maintains the same position.

The Engineering Degree Division of the Institute Of Engineering and Rural Technology, Allahabad was set up in 2001,when the college started offering degree courses in engineering with affiliation from U.P. Technical University , Lucknow (UP). It started it's academic activities from October 2001 with the first batch joining the college on 30th October 2001. The Institute has a highly developed educational infrastructure and good faculty with an international outlook. The Institute aims to have a very active interaction with the industry and has a mission to serve society by training professionals who can be leaders in innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and management.

The infrastructure of iert is rapidly increasing the no. of seats in each branch has increased and facilities provided to students are increasing day by day.

Placement

The Training And Placement Cell of the Institute is headed by Mr. Vijay Kumar Rastogi .It consists of student members from all the branches who look after the aspects of placement .The cell has at its disposal complete information about each student of the institute and is responsible for maintaining links with various organizations.

Many companies visit iert to place iertians.students also go to various pool campuses for their placement.many students got themselves placed in various companies.some of them are:

Accenture, Infosys, Satyam, TCS, Wipro, Hcl, Birla Soft and many other companies like Zuari Cement, Indorama, Syntel, Mahindra & Mahindra, Escorts, L&T Infotech and many more.