Department of Petroleum & Mining Engineering (PME)

The mission of the Dept of PME is drawn from the vision of MIST. The four-pronged mission of the Dept of PME is as under.

·     To provide a comprehensive education in diverse fields of petroleum and mining engineering

·    To produce technologically advanced professionals with high moral and ethical values to meet the domestic and global needs in the field of petroleum and mining engineering.

·    To provide consultancy, advisory, and testing services to public and private organizations including personal in the areas of petroleum and mining engineering.

·   To conduct collaboration and research activities with national and international academia and industry.

Undergraduate level: BSc in PME 

Short Courses: Based on the requirements from the students, government establishments and industry. Dynamic short courses of few days are conducted by the department of PME.

The Dept of PME provides for an intensive learning environment for the students in the form of state of the art classrooms and well-equipped laboratories. While the classrooms provide an opportunity to learn the technical aspect of the subject, the laboratories provide an opportunity for the students to have a “hands-on" experience on technology and thus innovate. The air-conditioned classrooms, projection system, document readers are an ideal place for collaborative learning. Besides the existing Petroleum and Mining Engineering Laboratory and Simulation Laboratory, more facilities for upcoming laboratories are likely to be functional by the end of 2020 and will provide an ideal platform for students to specialize in the field of petroleum and mining engineering.

The Dept of PME facilitates the students to improve their professionalism and communication practices through arranging various conferences and seminars. The department got the honor to arrange a seminar on ‘Energy Scenario and Prospect of Petroleum and Mining Engineering in Bangladesh’ in 2017 where the Hon’ble Minister of State, Nasrul Hamid, MP was the chief guest with many renowned speakers from the govt. and industry. Moreover an intensive and constructive seminar on ‘Sustainable Energy Sectors Development and its Challenges and Energy Security of Bangladesh’ was arranged by the Dept of PME, where the chief guest was Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Ph.D., Hon’ble Adviser of Power, Energy and Mineral Resource Affairs. Besides the conferences and seminars, the department also arranges relevant guest lectures from which the most recent being on ‘Potentials for Higher Studies and Research Opportunities in Australia’ where the keynote speakers were Dr. Mofazzal Hossain, Assoc. Prof and Head of Petroleum Engineering Discipline, Curtin University, and his associate Ms. Kavita Ganesh, Regional Recruitment Manager.

Dept of PME always encourages and gives support to the students to take part in different activities through which they can nurture there social, leadership, and managerial skills. Dept of PME is not only focused on academic development but also on the development of communication and leadership skills of its students. Our students promptly take part in cultural competitions, debate competitions, leadership development programs, etc. and have certainly proved their capabilities in the above activities. Our students have represented MIST on prestigious national and international platforms such as Hult Prize, Pioneros, Young Social Entrepreneur by SIF, World Asian Case Competition, Asian English Olympic, and so on. Their papers have received awards on an international scale and they have proven their worth by securing the champion position is esteemed competitions. During each of the events, they have received the support and all the necessary technical help from PME Dept. Here they will surely get enough opportunities to test and develop their skills through various extracurricular activities.