| Mymensingh Engineering College (MEC) | |
| Native Name: | ময়মনসিংহ ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং কলেজ |
| Principal: | Professor Dr. Md. Mizanur Rahman |
| Students: | Around 700 |
| Campus: | Urban, 7 km from divisional city 7acres |
| Campus Size: | /5.5/ |
Mymensingh Engineering College (bn|ময়মনসিংহ ইঞ্জিনিয়ারিং কলেজ), commonly referred to as MEC, is a public undergraduate engineering college in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, and was established in 2007.[1] [2] This is a constituent college of the University of Dhaka. Every year, around 180 students get accepted to undergraduate programs in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Civil Engineering (CE) and Computer Science and Engineering (CSE).[3]
In January 2004, then Finance Minister M. Saifur Rahman approved the creation of Mymensingh Engineering College and Sylhet Engineering College. On 9 May 2006, a budget of ৳56 crore was proposed for Mymensingh Engineering College project in the meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC).[4] The two Engineering College project works continued from July 2004 to June 2007. After this time it was handed over to the Ministry of Education. During the revised Budget fixation for Sylhet Engineering College, the Minister hinted about a plan to merge these two colleges into an engineering university.[5] The college was inaugurated by Former Minister Motiur Rahman on 4 July 2009.After that, a project of ৳27cr was taken in hand for development of Mymensingh Engineering College. The project was fully completed in 2011.
The administration admitted 60 students (by admission test) into the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department on 4 July 2009. In the 2008–2009 session, EEE department was introduced as the 1st batch of Mymensingh Engineering College. In the 2014-15 session, the CE department was introduced.[6]
There is a hope that in future it will be upgraded into a full-fledged public engineering university called Mymensingh University of Engineering and Technology (MUET).[2] [7]
Mymensingh Engineering College is affiliated with University of Dhaka under the Faculty of Engineering & Technology. The University of Dhaka oversees MEC's admissions process.
Mymensingh Engineering College is located about from the main city of Mymensingh towards the Tangail road. Every building is accommodated in a multi-storied building over an area of about land. There are 13 buildings including an administrative building and faculty buildings. There are also quarters for teachers and staff.
The central library is within walking distance from the academic buildings and student residences. It is in a compact building with limited built-in facilities to provide teaching aids such as a reading facility, book lending, and journals to the students and teachers of Mymensingh Engineering College. The college has an Auditorium Complex having a seating capacity of about 200 which is capable of holding conferences, seminars, and other cultural programs. Besides this, there are a seminar and conference rooms with limited capacity in engineering degree awarding departments.