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Graduates from Cooper’s Hill joined the imperial service, while those from Thomason College were destined for provincial service. Those specialising in Military Building including [[architecture]] would be based in a town, while those choosing the Irrigation, or the Railways would find themselves in a remote rural hinterland. Some students became members of the Survey Dept.
Those students with a particular interest in architecture were encouraged to specialise, as there was a great demand for [[architectsarchitect]]s.
Full-time architectural education did not start in England in1892 (King’s College) so at the time Indian Universities were formed (1860 onwards) they copied the existing Engineering Courses, and naturally PWD engineers endorsed the training of Indian engineers. Architectural critics suggested that engineers had insufficient design education that allowed them to do no more than to copy European styles. This was voiced in the 1868 Bombay Builder magazine - which went on to point out that engineers were never employed to design landmark buildings )Law Courts, Government buildings etc) in Britain.
