Military Technical College
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The Military Technical College (Arabic: الكلية الفنية العسكرية), in Cairo, is Egypt's scientific military college, whose aim is to supply the army with needed professional engineers. Graduates of the Military Technical College are commissioned as officers in different branches of the Egyptian armed forces.[1]
The commandant is Professor, Major General, Abdel Rahman el-Bardawiny, B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D.
His deputy is Major General, Dr. Ismael Abdel-G'affar.
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[edit] Historical Background
The Egyptian Military Technical College was established to aid in the fulfillment of one basic principle of the 23rd July revolution: to build a strong Egyptian army.[citation needed] As the first step in building this army, the role of recent technologies and modern trends in armament was considered. The idea of establishing a technical military academy became essential to supplying the new army with engineers.
On October 27, 1957, the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces issued an order to establish a scientific military college under the name of "The Military College for Science" and the program took up residence in Abd El-Rehiem Sabry Palace in Dokky, Cairo in 1958.
The educational foundation and teaching plans were established by a group of Czech faculty members and Egyptian university professors in cooperation with the Czechoslovak Military Academy of Brno, Czechoslovakia.
The Military College for Science became the Military Technical College according to the re-organizational instructions that were issued on September 7th, 1959.
The College started to qualify its own Egyptian teaching staff at 1960. The early groups were sent to the Chezkoslovak Military Academy to get their Ph.D degrees in different specialized areas between 1964 and 1975. Later groups were sent to distinguished universities in France, Great Britain, and USA since 1977.[citation needed] The role of the Czech faculty members ended in 1978 and the college began to depend solely on its own staff.
In 1978, the college was assigned to start graduate studies for the professional officers of the Egyptian Armed Forces. Several Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees, as well as graduate professional diplomas, have already been awarded.[citation needed]
Thousands of B.Sc. engineer officers have graduated from the Military Technical College. With the cooperation among Egypt, Arab, and African countries, there have also been foreign cadets who have graduated and finished their graduate studies at the Military Technical College.
[edit] Academic Programs
[edit] Undergraduate
The Military Technical College awards the Bachelor of Science in Engineering in different specializations, for which the MTC cadets have to spend 5 academic years on campus.
After the second year, cadets join designated specializations as follows:
- Electrical Engineering Department
Specializations: Radar, Rocket Guidance , Communications, Computer , Optoelectronics, Electrical Power, Bio-Medical Engineering, and Electronic Warfare.
- Mechanical Engineering Department
Specializations: Tanks, Mechanical Power, Motor Vehicles, Mechanical Equipment, Weapons and Ammunition, and Printing Engineering.
- Chemical Engineering Department
Specializations: Explosives and Rocket Propellant, Chemical Warfare.
- Aerospace Engineering Department
Specializations: Aircraft Ground Equipment, Aircraft Born Equipment, Aircraft Special Systems and Armament, Aircraft Mechanics, Rockets.
- Civil and Architectural Engineering Department
Specializations: Civil Engineering, Architecture
[edit] Graduate Programs
The Military Technical College offers study programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in the following areas:
- Architectural Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Mathematics
- Engineering Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
The Military Technical College offers study programs leading to a professional diploma in Engineering and Operations Research in addition to 145 short courses in different engineering branches.
[edit] Research
The Military Technical College consistently ranks among the top research facilities in the Arab Republic of Egypt.
The college's faculty and students are involved in more than 30 research projects in fields ranging from biotechnology to materials, from the environmentally-friendly power resources to satellite communications to transportation to information technology.
[edit] Public Service
As part of its public service mission, MTC is involved in a multitude of outreach projects that serve not only the army, but the civilian sector as well.