Military Institute of Science and Technology
| সামরিক বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি ইনস্টিটিউট,বাংলাদেশ | |
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| Motto | Technology for Advancement |
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| Type | Public Institution |
| Established | 1998 |
| Chairman | Honourable Minister of Education, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh |
| Chancellor | President of Bangladesh |
| Rector | Major General Md. Abdul Quadir (Commandant) |
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Academic staff
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191 |
| Students | 2400 |
| Location | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Campus | Urban, 50 acres |
| Affiliations | Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) |
| Website | mist |
Military Institute of Science and Technology (Bengali: সামরিক বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি ইনস্টিটিউট ) commonly known as MIST(Bengali: এম আই এস টি) is an advanced Engineering Institution of Bangladesh. It is the pioneer Institution of Bangladesh Armed Forces for Engineering education. It is under the affiliation of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), a university governed by the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. MIST and other 9 institutes are now under BUP. It is an Armed Forces institution and there are almost 2500 students in this institution, where both military students and civil students study for taking Engineering degree.
MIST came into existence on 19 April 1998 and academic programs were launched on 31 January 1999. Though the pioneer batches comprised only military students, civil students (both male and female) also started to admit in various disciplines from year 2002 through passing a rigorous 'Admission Test'. The maiden department of the institute is Civil Engineering department which started functioning from 1999. After that on 2000, Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) department established. Mechanical Engineering (ME) department and Electrical, Electronic & Communication Engineering (EECE) department was established on year 2003. MIST started its Masters studies in different discipline from 2012 and MPhil/PhD from year 2014.
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 building (two of them are completed, known as Tower Building-1 and Tower Building-2), 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, post graduate/Masters (M.Sc. Engg./ M. Engg.) and Ph.D. program on various disciplines of engineering.
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.
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