Jadavpur University has set up the School of Education Technology(SET) in 1988 with own resourses to carry out research and development work in various aspects of Teaching Learning Process for improving the quality of education.

In 1992, Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) identified SET as one of the nodal centres for working professionals for Continuing Education Programme.

In 1996, MHRD/AICTE identified SET as one of the nodal centres for Nationally Co-ordinated project on Education Technology.

In 1998, Dept. of Electronics, now the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, established "Multimedia Training & Development Resource Centre" (MTDRC) at SET.

In 1998, Dept. of Electronics, now the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, established "Multimedia Training & Development Resource Centre" (MTDRC) at SET.

In 2003, SET has started a project entitled "Multimodal Digital Distance Education for IT & Other Critical Technologies" with the approval of the Ministry of Communication & Information Technology.

In 2003, Distance Education Council, Govt. of India has selected Jadavpur University (JU) to establish a centre / directorate of Distance Education at JU.