Basavakalyan Engineering College was established in the year 1999 as a private institution imparting higher education in the fields of engineering and technology. The college was set up under the Basavakalyan Educational Trust. The college is recognized by the Government of Karnataka and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. It is affiliated to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum.