Military Institute of Science and Technology or MIST is an engineering institute in Bangladesh. Currently it is under the affiliation of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), a university governed by the armed forces of Bangladesh.[1] MIST and other 8 institutes are now under BUP.
History
Establishment of a technical institution for Bangladesh Armed Forces had been a long desired need. It had been very strongly felt since 1980's in view of growing demand for technical personnel in military service. In the absence of such an institution in the Armed Forces, the military demand for technocrats was being supplemented by nomination of military officers to undergo graduation and post graduation courses at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), former Bangladesh Institutes of Technology (BIT) and other foreign technical institutes. MIST came into existence on 19 April 1998. It throbbed into breathing when the academic program was launched on 31 January 1999 with the maiden batch of Civil Engineering (CE). Though the pioneer batches comprised only military students (session 2001-2002), civil students (both male and female) were admitted to various disciplines from the session 2002-2003. At present most of the students are civil.
Department of CSE started from the academic session in 2000-2001 as department of CSIT with only military students. Civil students were
admitted from the next session. It was renamed as Department of CSE in January 2003.
EECE Department started its journey in 2003 with 45 students. The main focus of the EECE Department is on three major areas: power, electronics and communication in the undergraduate curricula.
ME Department commenced undergraduate program from January 2003 with 45 students. Mechanical engineering is generally understood to emphasis on energy, its transformation, transmission, utilization, and applied mechanics & design. With its excellent professional views and capabilities of teaching, BSc in Mechanical Engineering (BSc ME) degree program has received accreditation from BAETE, IEB on March 2010 with a grade as "Good".
To fulfill the service requirements and facilitate space based research MIST has started Aeronautical Engineering (AE) program from Feb 2009 with 65 students. The AE undergraduate program provides an excellent technical background for persons who want to work in the field of aviation.
To fulfill the service requirement and also the need of technical expertise at home and abroad, MIST will step forward with a new department, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from 2012 – 2013 session. Initially NAME will start with 30 students.
MIST envisages to create facilities for military as well as civil students from home and abroad dedicated to pursue standard curriculum leading to graduation and post graduation degree. As an institution without any gender bias, MIST is already on steady stride upholding its motto "Technology for Advancement". The institute remains committed to contributing to the wider spectrum of national educational arena and plays a significant role in the development of human resources.
Campus
MIST campus
MIST is located at Mirpur Cantonment, on the northwest edge of Dhaka City.Mirpur Cantonment is well known to be as an 'Education Village' of Bangladesh Armed Forces, a hub of knowledge for military professionals. Prestigious institutions like National Defence College (NDC) and Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) are co-located in this cantonment. It's quiet and serene environment offers very congenial academic atmosphere in all the campuses. Its picturesque surrounding with lake, overhanging trees alive with chirping birds and green fields add splendor to the panoramic beauty of Mirpur Cantonment. Nature's bounty makes MIST an enchanting campus - ever endearing to the young.
Student's hall and teacher's quarters are at the last end of the campus. The academic buildings of MIST are on 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land. This area is confined with Officer's mess, four tower building (one is completed, known as Tower Building-1 and 2nd one is in under construction), cafeteria, library,two vast 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.
The aim of MIST is to conduct undergraduate and post graduate courses on various disciplines of engineering.
Objectives
To establish a prestigious academic institute for studies in different fields of engineering and technology for military personnel and civil officials/ students of home and abroad at degree and post graduate levels.
To organize courses on military science, technology and management in various arenas of interest.
To hold examinations and confer certificates of diplomas/degrees, other academic distinctions, to and on persons who have persuaded a course of study and have passed examinations conducted by the institute.
To confer research degrees, award fellowship, scholarship, exhibition, prizes, medals and honorary degrees to persons who have carried out research works under conditions as prescribed in the MIST regulations.
To establish teaching Divisions (Div), Departments (Dept), Centers, Faculties etc. and to make necessary arrangements for their maintenance/management/administration.
To make provisions for advisory, research and consultation service including supervision, material testing and to enter into suitable agreement with any persons/organizations for this purpose.
To co-operate with Universities/ Technical Institutions (both military and civil) including memoranda of understanding at home and abroad, in the manner and purpose as the institute may determine.
To do such other acts, related to above-mentioned objectives, as may be required in order to expand the objectives of the institute.
Code of conduct
During their stay in MIST all students are required to abide by the existing rules, regulations and code of conduct. Students are strictly forbidden to form or be members of any student organization or political party, club, society etc, other than those set up by MIST authority in order to enhance students' physical, intellectual, moral and ethical development.
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
All academic programs of MIST are affiliated with the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP).It may be mentioned here that BUP was
established as the 30th public university of Bangladesh on 05 Jun 2008. Ten colleges/ academies/ institutions are affiliated to BUP
including National Defence College (NDC), Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), etc. All examinations are conducted as per the schedule approved by the same university. BUP also approves the results and awards certificates to the qualified students.
Procedure of admission
Undergraduate admission process at MIST has several steps. First, students are screened based on their GPA in HSC or equivalent examinations. Every year, 2,000-2,500 candidates are short-listed from approximately 10,000 applicants to sit for the admission test.[2] Besides the admission test, SSC and HSC results are taken into consideration while evaluating candidates.[3] Students who have passed in minimum five subjects in GCE O-Level and three subjects (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry) in A-Level, obtaining minimum C-grades in all subjects are also eligible for the admission test.[4] In 2013, MIST had an intake of 355 students including 291 civil & 64 military students [5] in its six departments.These are CE-15, CSE-13, EECE-11, ME-11, AE-5 and NAME-1.
Foreign students may be admitted against a reserved quota of 3% of overall vacancies available (6% of civil seats). Vacancies will be offered to countries through Armed Forces Division (AFD), Prime Minister’s Office, of the Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.
Academic activities are undertaken by seven departments. Six departments offer undergraduate programs. CE department offers post graduate program. Six departments are :
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
Department of Science & Humanities
Undergraduate Acceptance
Undergraduate Programs leading to B.Sc. Engineering degrees in the following disciplines:
Civil Engineering (CE)
Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)
Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering (EECE)
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Aeronautical Engineering (AE) in two disciplines:
Aerospace
Avionics
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)
Post Graduate Acceptance
Post Graduate/ Masters Program leading to M.Sc degrees in Civil Engineering in the following disciplines :
General Division
Structural Division
Environment Division
Geo-Technical Division
Transportation Division
Diploma Courses
Certificate Course on GIS and Remote Sensing
Diploma courses in surveying & mapping
Diploma & Certificate courses in CSE.
Professional advance courses.
Laboratory Facilities
Each department is equipped with modern lab facilities. The various laboratories available under each dept are given below:
CE Dept
Environmental Engineering Lab
Geo-technical Engineering Lab
Structural Mechanics Lab
Concrete Lab
Transportation Engineering Lab
Water Resource Engineering Lab
Survey & Mapping Lab
Estimating & Drawing Shop
CSE Dept
Network Laboratory
Software Engineering Laboratory
Artificial Intelligence and VLSI Laboratory
Micro Processor and Micro Controller Laboratory
Digital Laboratory
Interfacing Laboratory
Image Processing Laboratory
Multimedia and Graphics Laboratory
Teachers’ PC Laboratory
EECE Dept
Electrical Circuit Laboratory
Electrical Circuit Simulation Laboratory
Computer Programming Laboratory
Electrical Machine Laboratory
Power System Laboratory
Electronics & Digital Electronics Laboratory
Electronics Circuit Simulation Laboratory
Power Electronics Laboratory
Instrumentation & Measurement Laboratory
Communication Laboratory
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
Microprocessor and interfacing Laboratory
Control System Laboratory
Switch Gear & Protection Laboratory
VLSI Laboratory
Digital Communication Laboratory
Power System Protection Laboratory
Microwave Engineering Laboratory
Numerical Methods Laboratory
ME Dept
Measurement & Quality Control Laboratory
Thermodynamics Laboratory
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Laboratory
Heat Transfer Laboratory
Energy Laboratory
Machine Tools Laboratory
Material Production Process Laboratory
Drawing Shop (CAD Lab)
Heat Engine Laboratory
Applied Mechanics Laboratory
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
AE Dept
Applied Aerodynamics Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Radar Engineering Laboratory
Avionics and Ground Electronics Laboratory
Aero-structure Laboratory
Aero-Composite Material Laboratory
Aero-Weapon System Laboratory
Airborne Electronics Laboratory
Aero-Instrumentation Laboratory
NAME Dept
Ship Design Laboratory
Marine Machinery Laboratory
Computer Aided Ship Design Laboratory
Heat Engine Laboratory
Ship Structure & Fabrication Laboratory
Instrumentation Laboratory
Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Laboratory
Fluid Mechanics Laboratory
Applied Mechanics Laboratory
Sc & Hum Dept
Physics Lab
Chemistry Lab
Central Library
MIST library has resourceful collection of 58,242 book (as of 2012), 1,200 CD-ROMs, and a good number of magazines, periodicals, journals and articles from home and abroad. The library gives access to online journals through INASP-PERI. The central library uses KOHA(open source software) as a part of 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. There is also a cyber center for Internet browsing.[7]
MIST has an annual technical journal titled "Galaxy" (ISSN: 2073-6444) whose concern is to provide a firm ground for students and faculty members to share their research and knowledge.
"AEROMIST"-A departmental magazine of Aeronautical Engineering department.
Halls Of Residence
MIST has dorms for male and female students. Hostel administration is performed by the provost, one of the senior teachers from the six 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, each wing having a capacity of 260 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.
Osmany Hall,MIST
Teacher's Quarters
MIST has two Teacher's Quarters for the permanent teachers with families. They are:
Polash(পলাশ)
Shapla(শাপলা)
Facilities & Services
Medical Support
Civil students are provided with medical support by MIST medical centre. MIST Medical centre provides required medicine and other necessary support as prescribed by the Medical Officer. Civil student can be sent to Azmol Hospital (Mirpur 10), 3 km away from MIST for further treatment.
Fitness Center
Fitness Center provides ample opportunity for the students to keep their body and mind fit.
Cyber Cafe
Cyber cafe provides internet browsing facilities to students and faculties.
Sports & Recreation
MIST has got adequate facilities for both indoor and outdoor games including table tennis, badminton, football, and cricket. Students can also enjoy a wide variety of athletic pursuits. Besides, picnics, cultural competition, celebration of national days are also arranged regularly in befitting manner.
Mizanur Rahman (AE-1) Won Runner-Up Trophy in "International Public Speaking Competition-2011" held in England.
MIST programming contest teams MIST_Kernel participated in the "4th IUT ICT Fest-2012", placed 8th( 5th in institution ranking).
MIST programming contest teams MIST_Kernel participated in the "ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest Dhaka Regional 2012",achieved 17th position ( 9th in institution ranking).
MIST Lunabotics Team participated in "3rd Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition 2012" held in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
Mobile Apps "Save Life" developed by the Students (Ishtiak Ahmed & Kazi Munshimun Nabi) of CSE Dept of MIST secured 2nd runner-up position in the Mobile Apps Development Contest by EATL Apps among 188 projects.
MIST Aero Thunder Team participated in "SAE Aero Design Competition(West)-2013" & placed 19th position in world ranking, held in California, USA from 12 to 14 April, 2013.
Two Teams from CE Dept.(Team VIVE & Team STORM) participated in "ACI Mortar Workability Competition 2013" held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in April 14 & Team VIVE placed 4th among all the universities & 1st contestant from Bangladesh & whole Asia.
Team "MIST Dreamer's Fin" from Aeronautical Engineering Dept. participated in 2013 AIAA/Cessna Aircraft Company/Raytheon Missile Systems Design/Build/Fly Competition held in Tucson,Arizona,USA from 19 to 21 April,2013 & placed 40 out of 90 team from all over the world (placed 4th in whole ASIA region). "MIST Dreamer's Fin" is the 1st team from Bangladesh participate this competition.
