Department of Aeronautical Engineering started its journey from 1st February 2009. MIST is only university in Bangladesh which is currently offering B.Sc and MSc in AE program. The aim of AE Department is to provide students with keen knowledge in the areas of aerodynamics space propulsion, aircraft loading & structural analysis, aerospace vehicle design, space Engineering advance aero space technology avionics and analysis of fundamentals as well as applied problems and to groom future engineers for aviation sector of Bangladesh and the world. 

The department is organized into two major divisions: i. Aerospace(mechanical side of an aircraft)

ii. Avionics(electrical side of an aircraft). 

Overseas students from different countries like Palestine, Maldives, Nepal pursued their bachelor degree from this department which was the beginning of wide opportunities for international students. The department is running its 10th batch with successful graduation of 6 batches of 289 students. 23 faculties specialized from different background (both civil, & military) are serving in this department Out of them two are from Indian Air Force. 

The AE department gets direct technical support from the Bangladesh air force and Biman Bangladesh airlines. Industrial visit to air force base and hanger of Biman Bangladesh airlines and many other places are part of this technical support. AE-09 and AE-10 batch made their industrial visit to BAF base Bangabondhu, Kurmitola Dhaka in the current year.

Within only about ten years, the department has participated in many national and international competitions and has clinched praise-worthy results. Mentionable are NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition 2013 (USA), DBF Competition 2013 (USA), SAE Aero-design competition 2013 (USA). NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition 2013 (USA), SAE Aero-design competition 2014 (USA), DBF Competition 2014 (USA), Future Flight Design (FFD) 2015 (Turkey). Aeronautical Engineering Department of MIST has organized 1st National Aero Design Competition in 2014 which is a milestone in the era of aviation in Bangladesh. The Dept has also organized several job fairs workshops and short courses to enlighten the interested people from diverse background about different aspects of Aeronautical Engineering.

The Board of Accreditation for Engineering & Technical Education (BAETE) approved Aeronautical Engineering program of MIST in 2016. AE Department has already signed MOU with Biman Bangladesh airlines. The department is in the process of concluding MOU with Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), US Bangla airlines, SPARSO, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China) and other universities/organizations at home and abroad for the improvement of its academic capabilities

Currently many ex students of this department are persuading higher studies in abroad and many others are working in different airlines.

Edited by,

Sayed Al Rafid

AE-10