The Department of Textile Technology educates undergraduate and graduate students for careers in the fibre, textile, apparel retail and also in interdisciplinary applications industries. The mission of the department is accomplished by offering Bachelor of Textile Technology (full-time & part-time), Master of Textile Technology (full-time & part-time), and Doctoral programme (PhD). The department is one of the oldest departments started in the year 1965. National Board of accreditation of AICTE has accredited B.Tech and M.Tech Textile Technology Programmes for maximum years since 1997, and the latest is 6 years for B.Tech from 2018 to 2024 and M.Tech from 2017 to 2023.

These programs are designed to provide the student with a thorough knowledge in fundamental concepts and the students will have the ability to serve the technology and management by defining and solving the challenging technological and managerial problems. An essential component of the department's activity is the development of new knowledge through research and the subsequent transfer of this knowledge to both the textile industry and society.

All the laboratories in the department are approved for carrying out research leading to Ph.D. Degree/(Full time and Part time) by Anna University Chennai.

The department library has about 527 Indian and International books for reference. So far 74 PhDs have been completed and 14 are in progress in the department. The proximity of a large number of textile industries in and around Coimbatore ensures mutual growth of the department and industry. The department is well known for its extensive extension activities, in several key sectors of Textile Technology including industrial textiles, nonwovens, hosieries, silk and non-traditional areas like jute and coir based products. There are several sponsored projects currently being undertaken in the department and the signature amount achievement is the Centre of Excellence on Industrial and Home Textiles Sponsored by MoT for 30 crores. . The major facilities in the department include Dry Jet Wet Spinning Machine, Nuovo Pignone Flexible Rapier loom with Stauble Electronic Dobby, Grosse Electronic Jacquard Air jet loom, Ruti-C high speeds automatic loom, Braiding machine, Two for one twister, Open end spinning machine, Sulzer Ruti Flexible Rapier Loom, DILO Nonwoven needle punching machine, Resin Transfer moulding machine, Zwick Roell Universal Tensile Tester 10kN and 100kN, Contact Angle Tester, Kawabata Fabric Handle Evaluation system, Air Permeability Tester, Thermal Conductivity Testes, Mini RF dryer, Spectrophotometer with Computer Colour Matching system. There is ten technical staff to ensure proper functioning of the laboratory.