With the establishment of Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun, officers commissioned from IMA were attached to Bengal Sappers and Miners and attended a three-year Engineering Course at Thomson College, Roorkee.

Land had been acquired for the College and the pristine site acted as an incentive to the engineers and the architects.

Soon labour and materials swamped the once barren ground and the Harris Bridge site became a busy hive of construction activity.

By about the middle of 1951, the Field Engineering and the ‘E & M’ wings as well as residential accommodation and three squash courts, were completed.

CME offers training for both Officers , Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and Other Ranks (OR) of the Corps of Engineers, other arms & services, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, central armed police forces, State Police and also civilians; students also include soldiers from Friendly Foreign Countries (FFC) such as the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and African Nations.

The college is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for its combat training and B.

It is situated on the banks of Mula river,is a well maintained and environment friendly campus and with a population of approximately 8000, has evolved into a small township.