Military Institute of Science and Technology


Military Institute of Science and Technology is a military engineering institution in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is an institute under the Ministry of Defence which is run by Military of Bangladesh and is affiliated with Bangladesh University of Professionals. Though a military institution, both military and civil students study in MIST.

History

MIST came into existence on 19 April 1998 and academic programs were launched in January 1999. The initial batches included only selected military students. However, feeling the necessity of spreading quality engineering education, the authority decided to admit civil students and from 2002, civilian students were admitted in different departments through passing a rigorous admission test.
The maiden department of the institute is the Civil Engineering department, which started functioning in 1999. In 2000, Computer Science & Engineering department was established. Mechanical Engineering department and Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering department were established in the year 2003. MIST started its Masters program in different disciplines from 2012 and MPhil/PhD from year 2014.

Campus

MIST is located at Mirpur Cantonment, on the northwest edge of Dhaka City. Students' hall and teachers' quarters are at the last end of the campus. The academic buildings of MIST are on of land. This area is confined, with officers' mess, four tower buildings, cafeteria, library, two fields for the civil students, medical center, physical center and administrative buildings. Halls for students and teachers are situated outside the campus. Recently more land was issued for the campus for residential accommodation.

Aim of MIST

The aim of MIST is to conduct undergraduate, post graduate/Masters and Ph.D. program on various disciplines of engineering.

Student's dress

Civil students are to wear dress with displayed identity card as per 'Dress Code' prescribed by MIST authority. Military students put on uniform as per Dress Regulation of respective services.

Affiliation

MIST was previously affiliated with the University of Dhaka. However, at present all academic programs of MIST are affiliated with Bangladesh University of Professionals. All examinations are conducted as per the schedule approved by BUP. It also approves the results and awards certificates to the qualified students.

Procedure of admission

The undergraduate admission process at MIST has several steps. First, students are screened based on their grade point average in HSC or equivalent examinations. Every year, 10,000 candidates are short-listed from approximately 20,000-20,500 applicants to sit for the admission test. Besides the admission test, SSC and HSC results are taken into consideration while evaluating candidates. Students who have passed in minimum five subjects in GCE O-Level and three subjects in A-Level, obtaining minimum C-grades in all subjects are also eligible for the admission test. Foreign students may be admitted against a reserved quota of 3% of overall vacancies available. Vacancies will be offered to countries through Armed Forces Division, Prime Minister's Office, of the Government of Bangladesh.Admission to Ph.D. and M.Phil programs requires a master's degree from relevant branch from a recognized university. Admission to a Master's program requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized institution. Admission is based on written admission test & interview/viva voce on the relevant departments. Admission is highly competitive in postgraduate programs as only few aspirants are selected every year from a large pool of applicants.

Academics

Faculties and departments

Academic activities are undertaken by 12 departments under four faculties. Twelve departments offer undergraduate programs.

Postgraduate programs

Eight departments of MIST offer postgraduate courses and other three departments of Science and Engineering Faculty offer M.Phil.
  1. Civil Engineering
  2. Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering
  3. Computer Science & Engineering
  4. Mechanical Engineering
  5. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
  6. Aeronautical Engineering
  7. Nuclear Science & Engineering
  8. Biomedical Engineering
M.Phil. degrees are now offered for:
  1. Physics
  2. Mathematics
  3. Chemistry

    Diploma courses

Council of MIST

Chairman

Chairman

Chairman

The number of seats for 4-year bachelor's degree in Engineering Programmes and 5-year bachelor's degree of Architecture Programme is given below:
SerialUnitDepartmentSeats
1.ACivil Engineering60
2.AComputer Science and Engineering 60
3.AElectrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering60
4.AMechanical Engineering 60
5.AAeronautical Engineering 50
6.ANaval Architecture and Marine Engineering 40
7.ABiomedical Engineering 40
8.ANuclear Science and Engineering 40
9.ACivil & Environmental Engineering
Civil & Water Resources Engineering		60
10.AIndustrial and Production Engineering 50
11.APetroleum and Mining Engineering 25
12.BArchitecture 25
Total570

Teacher's quarters

MIST has two Teacher's Quarters for the permanent teachers with families. They are:

Fitness Center

Fitness Center provides making muscle and keep your body and mind fit for study.

Cyber Cafe

Cyber cafe provides internet browsing facilities to students and faculties.

Cultural programs

To break the monotony of study different cultural programs are arranged at regular intervals.

Cafeteria

Cafeteria provides competitive but healthy meal with different types of cuisine on offer. It also offers special meal on special occasions and with superior quality.

Halls of residence

MIST has dorms for male and female students. Hostel administration is performed by the provost who is selected from one of the senior teachers of the 11 departments. The hall organizes many creative works and tournaments.

Osmany Hall

Osmany Hall is named after the Bangabir General M.A.G. Osmany, the Commander-in-chief of Bangladesh forces during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Osmany Hall is an 8 stored building with female and male wings, having a capacity of 558 students. There are 20 staff for each wing. Osmany Hall is known for the security of the students compared to the other hall in the country. Students get various modern facilities such as 24-hour electricity, internet service, gym, games and sports facilities.

Students organizations

Each department is equipped with modern lab facilities. The various laboratories available under each dept are given below:

CE Dept

MIST library has a resourceful collection of 65,000 books, 1,680 CD-ROMs, and a good number of magazines, periodicals, journals and articles from home and abroad. The library gives access to online journals through Library Consortium of Bangladesh . The central library uses KOHA, Dspace. VuFind and Drupal as a part of the Integrated Library Management System. It also subscribes a number of Bangla and English newspapers and periodicals. In addition to that, each dept has its own library enriched with adequate text and reference books. Start of each semester library issues reference books of that particular semester to students of every department. There is also a Cyber Center for Internet browsing.

MIST journals and magazines

Awarded to the best student amongst all the MIST Medal holders.

MIST Medal

Awarded to first position holder in each department with a minimum CGPA of 3.80 out of 4.00.

Research Medal

Awarded to the student of different departments for the best Research work in their Graduation.

Dean's List of Honour