Military Institute of Science and Technology

Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) is a public engineering university in Bangladesh, located at Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka. MIST is a government engineering and technological research institution under the Ministry of Defence. Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh established it in 1998 for providing B.Sc Engineering, M.Sc / M. Engineering, M.Phil and PhD degrees in Engineering. MIST is a PhD granting public research university specialized in Engineering. ^[2]

Military Institute of Science and Technology

মিলিটারি ইনস্টিটিউট অব সায়েন্স অ্যান্ড টেকনোলজি
Crest of MIST
Motto	প্রগতির জন্য প্রযুক্তি
Motto in English	Technology for Advancement
Type	Public Research
Established	1998; 25 years ago (1998)
Accreditation	Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh Institute of Architects Bangladesh ^[1]
Affiliation	Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)
Chairman	Minister of Education Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Chancellor	President of Bangladesh
Superintendent	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Acting Commandant	Brigadier General Md Wahidul Islam, SUP, ndc, psc
Academic staff	350
Administrative staff	400
Students	4050
Undergraduates	3400
Postgraduates	600
Doctoral students	50
Location	Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka , 1216 , Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, 50 acres (20 ha)
Demonym	MISTians
Colors	GREEN
Website	mist.ac.bd

Faculty Tower-2

MIST Admin Block

Osmany Hall, MIST

Central Library, MIST

Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) is the only government engineering university of the Ministry of Defence. MIST is well equipped with country's most advanced engineering laboratories and research facilities for the fulfillment of the technological needs of Bangladesh. All departments have achieved accreditation from Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE), Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), for excellence in high quality of engineering education. MIST has a large number of notable alumni working in prestigious positions in government and non-government sectors in home and abroad. MIST has very strong Alumni Association and Communities actively working in world's largest Tech Giants and prestigious organizations including NASA, Google, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, IBM, Tesla, Boeing, Airbus, Qualcomm, Samsung, NVIDIA, Rolls-Royce, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Volvo, Mitsubishi etc.

MIST conducts twelve Engineering and Architecture departments under four faculties. A candidate has to undergo through a rigorous written admissions test for getting a chance for admission in MIST. Only short listed number of eligible candidates can participate in the written admissions test based on their results in secondary (SSC) and higher secondary (HSC) level.

History

After the liberation of Bangladesh when Bangladesh Military Academy was established, father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expressed that, one day researchers, scientists and engineers from modern countries will come to visit Bangladesh for its technological excellence. He first dreamt of an advanced engineering & technological research institution for Bangladesh Armed Forces. On 19 April 1998 the honorable prime minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina established MIST for studying Engineering in BSc level at Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka. 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 (both male and female) and from 2002, civilian students were admitted in different departments through passing a rigorous admission test.

The maiden department of the institute was the Civil Engineering department, which started functioning in 1999. In 2000, Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) department was established. Mechanical Engineering (ME) department and Electrical & Electronic Engineering department (EEE) which was later renamed as Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering (EECE) department were established in the year 2003. MIST started its Masters program in different disciplines from 2012 and MPhil/PhD from year 2014.^[3]

In the beginning MIST was affiliated with the University of Dhaka (DU).

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 50 acres (200,000 m²) 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 at the last corner of the campus. Total area of MIST campus is nearly about 135 acres (550,000 m²) Recently more land was issued for the campus for residential accommodation.

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 is the only Government Engineering Institution of the Ministry of Defence. The academic programs of MIST was previously affiliated with the University of Dhaka. However, at present all academic programs of MIST are affiliated with Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). All examinations are conducted as per the schedules approved by BUP. It also publishes the results and awards certificates to the qualified students. Not to be confused with that, MIST is a part of BUP. MIST is a part of the Ministry of Defence and its not a part of BUP. The academic programs are only affiliated with BUP.

Procedure of admission

The undergraduate admission process at MIST has several steps. First, students are screened based on their grade point average (GPA) 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.^[4] Besides the admission test, SSC and HSC results are taken into consideration while evaluating candidates.^[5] 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.^[5] 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 Bangladesh.^[6] 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.^[7] Admission is highly competitive in postgraduate programs as only few aspirants are selected every year from a large pool of applicants.^[8]

Academics

Faculties and departments

Academic activities are undertaken by 12 departments under four faculties. Twelve departments offer undergraduate programs.^[9]

Faculty of Civil Engineering	Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering	Faculty of Science and Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil, Environmental, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering Department of Architecture Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering	Department of Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering	Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Aeronautical Engineering Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department of Industrial and Production Engineering	Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering

Postgraduate programs

Eight departments of MIST offer postgraduate courses(M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.) and other three departments of Science and Engineering Faculty offer M.Phil.^[10]

1. Civil Engineering [Structure/Transportation/Environment/Water Resource/Geotechnical Engineering] (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
2. Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering [Power/Electronics/Communication] (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
3. Computer Science & Engineering (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
4. Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
5. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
6. Aeronautical Engineering (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
7. Nuclear Science & Engineering (M.Sc./M.Engg., Ph.D.)
8. Biomedical Engineering (M.Sc./M.Engg.)

Diploma courses

• Certificate Course on GIS and Remote Sensing
• Diploma courses in surveying & mapping
• Diploma & Certificate courses in CSE.
• Professional advance courses.

Regulatory bodies

Council of MIST

Chairman

• Honourable Minister, Ministry of Education, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Vice chairman

• Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army
• Chief of Naval Staff, Bangladesh Navy
• Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force

Members

• Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division (AFD)
• Secretary, MOD
• Vice Chancellor(VC), BUP
• Engineer in Chief(E in C), Army Headquarters(AHQ)
• Commandant, MIST
• Commandant, BMA
• Commandant, BNA
• Commandant, BAFA
• Representative of the VC(Prof eqvt), Faculty of science, DU
• Representative of the VC(Prof eqvt), BUET
• All Dean's of Faculty (CE, ECE, ME, and Sc & Engg), MIST
• Representative of the Ministry of Education
• Representative of the Ministry of Finance
• Representative of the Ministry of Science and Technology

Member secretary

• Colonel Staff, MIST

Governing Body of MIST

Chairman

• E in C, Bangladesh Army/ Commandant, MIST(As per seniority)

Vice chairman

• E in C, Bangladesh Army/ Commandant, MIST(As per seniority)

Members

• Representative of the VC, Faculty of Science, DU
• Representative of the VC, BUET
• Representative of the VC, BUP
• Dean/ Senior Instructor appointed by Commandant BMA / Commandant MIST
• Dean/ Senior Instructor appointed by Commandant BNA / Commandant MIST
• Dean/ Senior Instructor appointed by Commandant BAFA / Commandant MIST
• Director General, Training Directorate, AFD
• Director, Military Training, Bangladesh Army
• Director, Naval Training, Bangladesh Navy
• Director, Air Training, Bangladesh Air Force
• All Dean's of Faculty (CE, ECE, ME, and Sc & Engg), MIST
• Director, Research & Development (R&D), MIST
• Director Administration, MIST
• Representative of MOD
• Representative of Ministry of Education
• Representative of the Ministry of Finance
• Representative of the Ministry of Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology

Member secretary

• Colonel Staff, MIST

Academic Council of MIST

Chairman

• Commandant, MIST

Members

• Representative of the VC, Faculty of Science, DU
• Representative of the VC, BUET
• Representative of the VC, BUP
• All Dean's of Faculty (CE, ECE, ME, and Sc & Engg), MIST
• Representative of Commandant, Engineering Faculty, BMA
• Representative of Commandant, Engineering Faculty, BNA
• Representative of Commandant, Engineering Faculty, BAFA
• Director, Research & Development (R&D), MIST
• Heads of all department, MIST
• Colonel Staff, MIST
• Controller of Exam, MIST
• Representative of Training Directorate, AFD
• Representative of Military Training Directorate, AHQ
• Representative of Naval Training Directorate, NHQ
• Representative of Air Training Directorate, Air HQ
• Representative of MOD
• Representative of Ministry of Education

Member secretary

• General Staff Officer Grade-1 (Academic), MIST

Committee for Advance Studies and Research

Chairman

• Commandant, MIST

Members

• Senior Instructors / Professors from BUET appointed by Commandant, MIST
• Senior Instructors / Professors from MIST appointed by Commandant, MIST
• Dean, Centre for Higher Studies and Research, BUP
• Director, Academic Wing, MIST
• All Deans of Faculty (CE, ECE, ME, and Sc & Engg), MIST
• Director, Research & Development (R&D), MIST
• Heads of all department, MIST
• Controller of Exam, MIST

Member secretary

• Convener, Postgraduate Academic Wing, MIST

Number of seats

The number of seats for 4-year bachelor's degree in Engineering Programmes (Unit-A) and 5-year bachelor's degree of Architecture Programme (Unit-B) is given below:^[11]

Serial	Unit	Department	Seats
1.	A	Civil Engineering(CE)	60
2.		Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)	60
3.		Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering(EECE)	60
4.		Mechanical Engineering (ME)	60
5.		Aeronautical Engineering (AE)	50
6.		Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)	40
7.		Biomedical Engineering (BME)	40
8.		Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE)	40
9.		Environmental, Water Resources & Coastal Engineering	60
10.		Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)	50
11.		Petroleum and Mining Engineering (PME)	25
12.	B	Architecture (ARCH)	25
		Total	570

Facilities and services

Teacher's quarters

MIST has two teacher's quarters for the permanent teachers with families. They are:

• Polash (পলাশ)
• Shapla (শাপলা)

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 (male 260 and female 298). 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.

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

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 High Voltage Engineering Laboratory 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 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 Aerodynamics Lab Applied Aerodynamics Lab Aero-Fluid Mechanics and Machinery Lab Aero-structure Lab Material Science Lab Aerospace Ground Equipment Lab Control (Mechatronics) Lab Machine Tools Lab Propulsion (Aero-engine) Lab Test and Measurement Lab CAD (Computer Aided Design) Lab Vibration and Noise Control Lab Aero-Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDTE) Lab Strength of Material Lab Avionics and Ground Electronics Lab Aero-Electrical and Electro-Mechanical Lab Airborne Electronics Lab Radar Engineering Lab Microwave Communication Lab Electronic Warfare (EW) & Stealth Technique Lab Aero-Satellite Communication & Remote Sensing Lab Aero-Weapon System Lab Aero Control (Dynamic Stability) Engineering Lab Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Lab Aero-Instrumentation (Avionics) Lab 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 NSE Dept Modeling and Simulation Lab Health/Nuclear Physics Lab Radiation lmedical physics Lab Radiochemical Lab Science & Humanities Dept Physics Lab Chemistry Lab

Central library

Overview of Library: Central library was established in 1999. The Central library of the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) can also be hailed as the heart of the institute. It aims to provide quality knowledge and useful resources to the users of the institute. The library is well-organized in terms of its presently available resources. The library plans to incorporate more advanced technology into its functioning in the near future. The MIST Central Library is committed to serving the institution and society. The library follows the Open Access System. In order to the academic and research needs of the faculty, research, scholars, students and staff officers. The library of MIST is a collection of knowledge and built up a blanched and rich collection in Science and Technology. It is an open library system for the student of MIST, which provides a rich collection of e-resources, and books, including journals, newsletters, thesis works and CDs. Student ID cards stand as a library card. The student can borrow any unlimited textbook from the library for 6 months and 5 other reference books for 30 days. At present, the library has more than 65,000 books, 9.8 million+ online books & Journals, 1,670 CDs, thesis paper 2,093 and repository items about 423, and a reading room sitting capacity of more than 120. The book stock is arranged in a classified sequence based on the Dewey Decimal systems (DDC), and the great majority of volumes in the library are on open shelves, available for borrowing. MIST Central The library has an “Integrated Library System” using open-source software Koha, DSpace, VuFind, and PHP; and now the systems are fully operational i.e., students are now getting the modern facilities. The library has a well-equipped cyber centre through which the students and faculty can search for the e-resource that they require. It also subscribes to 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 off each semester library issues reference books for that particular semester to students of every department. There is also a Cyber Center for Internet browsing.

Service: Following services are being rendered from the Central Library, MIST. All registered members of the library users are stakeholders of these services. a. Circulation Service b. Web OPAC Facility c. E-Resources Retrieval Facility d. Current Awareness Services of newly acquired books and other resources. e. Reference / Information Service f. Email & SMS Alert Service g. Reading Facilities h. Book Issue Facilities for Long & Short time. i. Access to E-Book and E-Journals j. Audio-Visual Material issue Facilities k. Photocopy Services l. Browsing & printing facilities through Cyber Centre m. Wi-Fi Service n. Reading facilities of Thesis paper, Journal, Magazine and Newspaper o. Plagiarism Checking Facilities p. Parapresing & Grammarly Checking Facilities

Library Organization: a. Administrative Section b. Acquisition Section c. Processing Section and Classification Section d. Circulation Section and Lending Section e. Reference Section f. Reprographic and Audio Visual Section g. Text Book Section h. Archive Section i. Cyber Section j. Classified Section k. ICT Section l. Family Corner Section m. Liberation War Corner n. Store Section ^[12]

MIST journals and magazines

• 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 outcome and knowledge.
• "The Sail"- Annual magazine published by the students of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department.It has been published 5 editions (as of 2021).
• "IMPULSE"-Annual publication from Dept. of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering. So far, there are 6 editions of this illustrious magazine.
• Osmany Hall Magazine "Prottasha(প্রত্যাশা)"
• "AEROMIST"-A departmental magazine of Aeronautical Engineering department.

Osmany Memorial Gold Medal

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

• All students earning CGPA ≥ 3.75 at the end of each academic level for level 1, 2 and 3
• All graduating students earning CGPA ≥ 3.75 considering results of entire program (level 1 to 4)

Scholarships and stipends

• Chancellor's(BUP) Scholarship
• Vice Chancellors (BUP) Scholarship/ Stipend
• MIST Scholarship
• MIST Stipends
• Osmany Memorial Trust Scholarship
• Buro Bangladesh Stipend
• Chief of Army Staff Scholarship
• Chief of Army Staff Stipend
• Chief of Naval Staff Scholarship
• Chief of Air Staff Scholarship
• Brig Gen Kamal Scholarship
• Brig Gen Kamal Stipend

Achievements

• Md Mijanur Rahman (AE-1) Won Runner-Up Trophy in "International Public Speaking Competition-2010" 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 on 14 April and 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, US, 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.
• MIST Team "BIJOY" became Runners up of the Inter University Design Contest-UAPT jointly organized by Engineering Students Association of Bangladesh(ESAB) & Bangladeshi Systems Change Advocacy Network (B-SCAN) among 82 teams from all over the country on 10 May 2013.
• MIST Lunabotics Team "EKUSH" participated in the "4th Annual Lunabotics Mining Competition 2013" held in Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA & placed 11th in mining Category all over world. And won 1st position in 'Outreach Project',1st in 'Luna World Wide Award' 2nd in 'System Engineering Paper' & 3rd in 'Team Spirit Award'.
• "MIST Aero Thunder Team GREEN" participated in "SAE Aero Design Competition (WEST)-2014" & placed 17th position among 100 universities all over the world. And also placed 4th position in payload section & 10th in flight score
• "MIST Aero Thunder Team RED" participated in "SAE Aero Design Competition(East)-2014" & placed 10th position in world ranking, held in USA from 11 to 13 April 2014. They also placed 5th position in System Engineering Paper & 5th position in Presentation.

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External links

• Mist computer club website
• Mist robotics club