Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) (Bengali: মিলিটারি ইনস্টিটিউট অফ সায়েন্স অ্যান্ড টেকনোলজি) is a prestigious public engineering university in Bangladesh located at Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka. MIST is run by the Ministry of Defence. Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh established it for BSc Engg, MSc Engg/M.Engg, M.Phil and PhD degrees in Engineering. MIST conducts twelve Engineering & Architecture Departments. It was the visionary leadership of Honorable Prime Minister of People’s Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina to establish this institution in 1998 for providing engineering and technical education to the nation. MIST is a PhD granting public research university in Bangladesh specialized in Engineering. MIST is well equipped with advanced engineering la