The institution was established in 1920 in Kolkata, West Bengal, and was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1935.

This mutual relationship promotes the advancement of the engineering profession in general and recognition in particular amongst all the members attached to these professional societies.

IEI plays the leading role in engineering activities across the world and provides an international platform to its members, Link=> https://www.ieindia.org/webui/IEI-Network.aspx#international-links.

The Foreign Credential Service of America considers it to be equivalent to a bachelor's degree in engineering.

[3] AMIE is also recognized by UK-NARIC as a British bachelor's honors degree.