Military College of Engineering
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| Military College of Engineering | |
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| Type | Military |
| Location | Risalpur, Pakistan |
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| Courses Offered | Civil Engineering |
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Military College of Engineering is located at Risalpur, in Nowshera District, NWFP, Pakistan. Military College of Engineering was established by Pakistan Army.
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[edit] About the College
Military College of Engineering, Risalpur, is one of Pakistan's premier civil engineering institutes, and is one of many educational institutues that come under the umbrella of National University of Science and Technology NUST. Its students, upon graduation, are hired by some of the finest construction and engineering firm in Pakistan, and the world. The college has affiliations with some of the finest research institutes in the world, that include CERN, and major North American, and Asia Pacific universities A lot of the academically achieved students are sent abroad on scholarships to prestigious universities across the world
[edit] Location
The College is located in Risalpur, in the NWFP, province in Pakistan, and is located right next to Pakistan Air Force Academy. Its located 5km from Nowshera and 30km from Peshawar which is Pakistan's 6th largest city. The remote location of the college as often posed a lot of problems for the students, since not many shops are located nearby, and cellular phone signals are also pretty weak in the region.
[edit] Grading system
The college, like all constituent colleges of NUST, follow the US semester system, in which a GPA of 2.00 or more is required to stay in the college, if the GPA falls below 2.00 the student get demoted to the previous semester and is put under probation, and if his GPA still doesn't improve, then the students is expelled from the college
[edit] Student categories
- NC (NUST cadet) Civilian students selected through the NUST entrance test, join the university as NCs, and are required to pay the full fees and not are not required to undergo any sort of military training, as they are paying, civilian students
- PC (paying cadet) Students whose parents were or still are members of Pakistan Army, can join the college at a reduced cost as civilan students, and not required to undergo any sort of military training
- TC (technical cadet) Students who are enrolled in Pakistan Army. The enter the college after qualifying the ISSB armed forces selection test. Upon graduation from the college, the students spend one year at the Pakistan Military Academy to receive officer ranks. TCs don't pay any fees, and undergo strict military training
[edit] MES School
MES school is an establishment & training center of E-in-C Branch GHQ for the professional training & development of Military Engineering Service (MES) officers. It is also located at Military College of Engineering (MCE) and Commandant MCE is an administrative head of this Officer training school.
[edit] Discipline
Since it's a military college, the college has a strict discipline policy, which includes uniform inspection every day, course drills and fall ins twice a day, compulsury sports, and military protocols.
| NUST Colleges and Institutes |  |
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| Colleges:Army Medical College, Rawalpindi • College of Aeronautical Engineering, Risalpur • College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Rawalpindi • Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi • Military College of Engineering, Risalpur | |
| Institutes: National Institute of Transportation, Risalpur • NUST Institute of Management Sciences, Rawalpindi • NUST Institute of Information Technology, Rawalpindi • Institute of Geographical Information System, Islamabad • Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Rawalpindi • International Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Islamabad | |
| Centres: Technology Incubation Centre, Islamabad • Centre for Cyber Technology and Spectrum Management, Islamabad • Centre for Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences, Islamabad • Centre for Advanced Mathematics and Physics, Rawalpindi • Research Centre for Modeling & Simulation, Islamabad | |
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