Military Institute of Science and Technology

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Military Institute of Science and Technology(MIST)

মিলিটারি ইনস্টিটিউট অব সায়েন্স অ্যান্ড টেকনোলজি(এমআইএসটি)
Crest of MIST
Motto	প্রগতির জন্য প্রযুক্তি
Motto in English	Technology for Advancement
Type	Public Engineering, Research
Established	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
Accreditation	Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh Institute of Architects Bangladesh [1]
Academic affiliation	Bangladesh University of Professionals
Chancellor	President Mohammed Shahabuddin
Superintendent	Bangladesh Armed Forces
Commandant	Major General Muhammad Nasim Parvez
Academic staff	350
Administrative staff	400
Students	4050
Undergraduates	3400
Postgraduates	600
Doctoral students	50
Location	Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka , 1216 , Bangladesh
Campus	Urban, 200 acres (81 ha)
Demonym	MISTians
Colors	Green
Website	mist.ac.bd

Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) is a public engineering institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located at Mirpur Cantonment and is a government engineering and technological research institution under The Ministry of Defence. The Government of Bangladesh established MIST in 1998 for providing B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil. and PhD degrees in engineering. MIST is a PhD granting public research institution in Bangladesh specialized in engineering.^[2]

MIST is the only government engineering institution of the Ministry of Defence of Bangladesh. MIST conducts twelve engineering and architecture departments under four faculties.Major departments have achieved accreditation from the Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE), Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) and accreditation work for other departments is ongoing.

A large number of MIST alumni are active in notable engineering, research and non-engineering roles in Bangladesh and abroad.

A student has to go through a rigorous written admission test examination to get a chance of admission into MIST. A shortlisted number of candidates are selected each year based on the results of Secondary (SSC) and Higher Secondary (HSC) board examinations for participating in the admission test. The eligible candidates for written admission test are selected on the basis of top GPA and marks obtained.