Military College of Signals

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Military College of Signals
EE Dept, MCS.jpg
Main building of MCS
Mottoتیز و یقینی
Type Military School
Established1947
Rector Lt Gen (Retd.) Javed Mahmood Bukhari
Academic staff
61
Students1334
Location
Nickname MCS
Affiliations
MascotSignalians
Website mcs.nust.edu.pk
Military College of Signals EE Dept, MCS.jpg
Military College of Signals

The Military College of Signals, also known as MCS, is a military school located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a constituent college of the NUST, Islamabad. MCS consists of two engineering departments, EE & CSE. The college puts a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.

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It is located in the heart of Rawalpindi on Humayun Road (Lalkurti) and Adiala Road, close to the Pakistan Army's GHQ and CMH. The college is approximately five km (3.1 mi) from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport and three km (1.9 mi) from the Rawalpindi Railway Station. Prime shopping center of Saddar is about two km (1.2 mi) from the college.

History

The famous Humayun Road entrance of the college. Military College of Signals gate.jpg
The famous Humayun Road entrance of the college.

Military College of Signals was raised immediately after partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 as "School of Signals", with the task of training officers and selected Non-Commissioned Officers of the Corps of Signals of Pakistan Army. The School had to be raised from a scratch because the signal training facilities of undivided British Indian Army were located either at Poona or Jabalpur which became a part of India at the time of independence. Lt Col C.W.M. Young, a British officer of the Royal Corps of Signals was the first commandant of the school. During the early years, due to the shortage of training facilities in the country in the field of telecommunication, a number of officers were trained at School of Signals, UK and subsequently at US Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The college, since its raising has undergone various phases of expansion to meet the requirements of the Corps of Signals.

The status of the school was raised to that of a college in 1977 when it was affiliated with University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore for Telecommunication Engineering degree program.

The college became a constituent campus of National University of Sciences and Technology in 1991 and since then it has progressed phenomenally as a center of quality education. Today the curriculum is not only confined to merely undergraduate level but also MS and PhD level.

Campus life

The college has kept military traditions alive. Military rules are applied and National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) policy is followed too. It provides opportunities to participate in a variety of co-curricular activities. There are students' societies and clubs which organize different activities. Presently, the college has two societies. Both were established in June 2001.

Companies (Dorms)

There are two Companies for GC's, Liaqat Company and the Iqbal Company while Jinnah Company and GK hostel are for civilian Male Cadets. Fatima Company is for civilian female students.

Students

There are seven different categories of students at college.

Organization and administration

The College of Signals is functionally and administratively controlled by the General Headquarters through Signals Directorate. It is headed by Major General/ Brigadier and is sub-divided into four functional groups.

Academics

Undergraduate program

MCS offers undergraduate degrees in three streams, namely Electrical Engineering, Computer Software Engineering & Information Security. [1] Before 2019 batch, only Electrical Engineering in Telecommunication was offered. The program has now been converted to full Electrical Engineering. In 2020, the Bachelor's degree in Information Security was offered for the first time. Each year a standard NET (NUST Entrance Test) is conducted for undergraduate enrollment in these courses. The students are also enrolled via SAT subject tests.

Graduate program

The college also offers master's degrees in Electrical (Telecommunication) Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Security and Systems Engineering. The master's degrees also lead to PhD. [2] Students are enrolled after passing the GAT (Graduate Assessment Test).

Departments

The college has four departments. [3]

Faculty

MCS has about seventy faculty members who are responsible for teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses. As of January 2022, Dr. Asif Masood is the acting dean of MCS. Dr. Adil Masood Siddiqui is the current Head of Electrical Department while Engr. Asim Bakhshi heads the Department of Computer Science and Dr. Abdul Razzaque is responsible for heading the Department of Humanities and Basic Sciences. Dr. Haider Abbas heads Department of Information Security while Dr. Adnan Ahmed Khan heads the Research department. [4]

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References

  1. "Programs - National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)".
  2. "Home". nust.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  3. "MCS Departments". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  4. "Faculty - National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)". 26 March 2021.