Military Institute of Science and Technology

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 (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 is 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 & 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]

An aerial view of MIST 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 (two of them are completed, known as Faculty Tower-1 and Faculty Tower-2; as of December 2019, the other two are in construction), 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.

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.

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 schedule approved by BUP. It also approves the results and awards certificates to the qualified students.

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]

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:

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

• Polash (পলাশ)
• Shapla (শাপলা)

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.

Osmany Hall, MIST

• MIST Robotics Club (MISTRC) <http://mistroboticsclub.com//>
• MIST Literature and Cultural Club (MISTLCC)
• MIST IEEE MIST Student Branch
• MIST Debating Society (MISTDS)
• MIST Photographic Society (MISTPS)
• MIST Film and Drama Society (MISTFDS)
• MIST Sports Club
• MIST Aeronautics and Astronautics Club (MAAC)
• MIST Computer Club <https://computer-club.mist.ac.bd/>

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

Central Library, MIST

MIST library has a resourceful collection of 65,000 books (as of 2018), 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 (LiCoB)[previously Bangladesh INASP-PERii Consortium (BIPC)]. The central library uses KOHA, Dspace. VuFind and Drupal (open source software) 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.[11]

• 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.
• "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.

• 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.

• Mist computer club website
• Mist robotics club