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Pakistan Army training formation on signals & computers. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Military College of Signals (reporting name: MCS) is a direct reporting detachment and the military college located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (December 2018) |
| Military College of Signals | |
|---|---|
| Constituent College of | |
| National University of Sciences & Technology | |
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| Location | Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Abbreviation | MCS |
| Established | 1947 |
| Previous names | Army School of Signals (1947–77) |
| Colors | |
| Sister college | Navy School of Signals |
| Freshman dorm | Companies |
| Colonel-Commandant | Sajjad Haider |
| Membership | PEC, HEC |
| Website | mcs |
The military college provides training and engineering education on signals intelligence and processing, cryptography, cyber security, computers, electronics, and telecommunication engineering for its cadets to be commissioned in the Corps of Signals of the Pakistan Army.
However, the admission to the college is not restricted as civilians can also apply and granted admissions to the college as the Military College of Signals is also a constituent college of the National University of Sciences & Technology.[1]
The Military College of Signals (MCS) is located in the suburbs of the Rawalpindi Cantonment, near the close proximity of the Chaklala Cantonment where the JS HQ is currently based in.[2] The college is approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) from the Rawalpindi Railway Station with the nearby shopping center which is about 2 km (1.2 mi)[2]
The British Army administrators in the Pakistan Army established the direct reporting detachment to provide education and training on the signal intelligence in 1947 in Rawalpindi. Originally, it was established as "Army School of Signals" which was mandated with providing training to the enlisted army personnel before gaining commissioned in the Corps of Signals. It was one of the two school of signals in the country; other detachment known as the Navy School of Signals based in PNS Himalaya in Karachi coast.[1]
The first commandant of the school was Lt-Col. C.W.M. Young from the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army. Due to the absence of the training facilities in its early years, the Pakistan Army's enlisted members had to be educated in United Kingdom and subsequently in the United States Army's U.S. Army Signal Center at the Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
Since then, the Military College of Signals has gone various expansion phases to meet the service requirements of the Corps of Signals.[1] In 1977, the Pakistan Army's Corps of Education upgraded its status from school to staff college when the military signed a contract with the University of Engineering & Technology in Lahore (UET Lahore) to help start the accrediting of degree programs in electrical engineering with sub-disciplines in signal intelligence, digital signal processing, electronics and telecommunication engineering as well as starting the teachings on the electrical and computer engineering to the army officers.[1]
In 1991, the Military College of Signals became a constituent college of the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) 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.
The Military College of Signals is managed through the civilian contractor through the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) though military discipline is evident in the Military College of Signals. 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.
There are two military Companies for the Gentleman Cadets (GC)- the Liaqat Company and the Iqbal Company. For civilians, the Jinnah Company and GK hostel are for male students; the ]Fatima Company is designated for the female students.
There are seven different categories of students at college.
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.
The Military College of Signals offers the undergraduate programs in three streams, namely electrical (signal processing), computer, software engineering signals intelligence (military-only), and the information and computer security.[3] Before the fiscal year of 2019, the college was only offering the electrical engineering degree with telecommunications concentration; followed by introduction of the undergraduate degree in computer and information security in 2020. Each year a standard NET (NUST Entrance Test) is conducted for undergraduate enrollment in these courses, only open for the civilian prospects which they have an option to take the American SAT subject tests.
The Military College of Signals offers graduate studies in computer and information security besides marketing its graduate programs in electrical (telecommunications and signal processing concentration), software, computer, signal intelligence, and the system engineering. The College also offers the doctoral program (PhD) in electrical engineering.[4] The civilian students are enrolled after passing the GAT (Graduate Assessment Test).
The college has four departments.[5]
The MCS has about seventy faculty members who are responsible for teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses. As of May 2024, Dr. Asif Masood is the acting dean of MCS. Dr. Adil Masood Siddiqui is the current Head of Electrical Department while Dr. Adnan Ahmad Khan heads the Department of Computer Science and Dr. Abdul Razzaque is responsible for heading the Department of Humanities and Basic Sciences. Dr. Faisal Amjad heads Department of Information Security while Dr. Adnan Ahmed Khan heads the Research department.[6]
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