COER University is 7 km from Roorkee on Delhi-Haridwar National Highway-58. Roorkee is the gateway to the Himalayas 180 km north of Delhi. It passes through the 19th-century Ganga canal. IIT Roorkee, Central Building Research Institute, National Institute of Hydrology, Irrigation Research Institute, Bengal Engineers Group, and Centre of Indian Army make it an engineer's town. COER, founded by Seth Roshan Lal Jain Trust in 1998 as the first private engineering college in Roorkee and the only engineering institution other than the famed University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), grew by leaps and bounds in the past 24 years under the visionary and dynamic leadership of its founder Chairman Er. JC Jain, a postgraduate (M.E.) in Industrial Engineering from BITS Pilani (1971) and eminent industrialist. Uttarakhand State Government approved COER University as State Private University on February 15, 2021. COER University is its legacy. COER University aims to be Uttarakhand's top university and a global leader in technical, management, and agriculture education. The goal is uncompromising excellence in teaching and research. On the busy highway, the University campus is beautifully designed and built. The academic, administrative, and residential buildings of this 75-acre university are mostly white and welcoming. The university introduces students to emerging technologies to give them the confidence to succeed in their fields. . COER University strives for student development in all areas.