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*School of Military Engineering at Chatham, UK (1812) Colonial expansion resulted in a centralised establishment to teach civil engineering and architecture to officers destined for the colonies.
*The Royal Engineering College at Cooper’s Hill, UK (1871) specifically trained [[Civil Engineers]] heading out to [[India]] to join the PWD.
*Thomason College, [[Roorkee]]. From around 1870 Assistant Engineers are drawn from civilian staff or the [[Corps of Royal Engineers|Royal Engineers]], Artillery or line Officers were trained at Roorkee. New Engineering Officers to India spent a year at Roorkee serving with the Bengal Sappers and Miners, to acclimatise and become linguistically fluent.
Thomason College was a small training college, with a staff of five. It offered a two year Engineering Course for potential Assistant Engineers.
