East India Company College
FORMER COLLEGE IN HAILEY, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
East India College; East India College at Haileybury; East India College, Haileybury
The East India Company College, or East India College, was an educational establishment situated at Hailey, Hertfordshire, nineteen miles north of London, founded in 1806 to train "writers" (administrators) for the Honourable East India Company (HEIC). It provided general and vocational education for young gentlemen of sixteen to eighteen years old, who were nominated by the Company's directors to writerships in its overseas civil service.