Royal Indian Engineering College
The Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) was established at Cooper's Hill, Surrey, England in 1870 to train Civil Engineers for the Indian Public Works Department. From 1885 it also encapsulated an Indian Forestry training school. It closed in 1906 when tis work was transferred to India.
The college was colloquially referred to as Cooper's Hill and "ICE College" (ICE being an acronym for Indian Civil Engineering).
After the college moved out in 1906, the buildings stood empty until bought in 1911 by Baroness Cheylesmore for use as a private home.
Later, the site became Shoreditch College of Education, a teacher's college specializing in handicraft education, before becoming the Runnymede Campus of Brunel University (until 2007). The site was acquired in 2016 by the Audley Group for conversion into a retirement village, due to open in early 2019.
FIBIS Resources
Records relating to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill FIBIS database includes Register of Students Admitted to The Royal Indian Engineering College Coopers Hill 1871-1906
External Links
- Entrance requirements c 1872 Indian Civil Engineering College, page 164 Index Scholasticus: Sons and daughters. A guide to parents in the choice of educational institutions, preparatory to professional or other occupation of their children by R. Kemp Philp 1872 Archive.org
- Royal Indian Engineering College Web page of Shoreditch College displaying various weblinks about the RIEC.
- Royal Indian Engineering College Wikipedia article with, inter alia, list of Presidents (1872-1906) and other academic staff.