Military College of Signals
The Military College of Signals, also known as MCS, is a military school located in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a constituent college of the NUST, Islamabad. MCS consists of two engineering departments, EE & CSE. The college puts a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research. It is located in the heart of Rawalpindi on Humayun Road (Lalkurti) and Adiala Road, close to the Pakistan Army's GHQ and CMH. The college is approximately from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport and from the Rawalpindi Railway Station. Prime shopping center of Saddar is about from  the college. History. Military College of Signals was raised immediately after partition of the Indo-Pak Subcontinent in 1947 as "School of Signals", with the task of training officers and selected Non-Commissioned Officers of the Corps of Signals of Pakistan Army. The School had to be raised from a scratch because the signal training facilities of undivided Indian Army were located either at Poona or Jabalpur which became a part of India at the time of independence. Lt Col C.W.M. Young, a British officer of the Royal Corps of Signals was the first commandant of the school. During the  early years, due to the shortage of training facilities in the country in the field of telecommunication, a number of officers were trained at School of Signals, UK and subsequently at US Army Signal School at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The college, since its raising has undergone various phases of expansion to meet the requirements of the Corps of Signals. The status of the school was raised to that of a college in 1977 when it was affiliated with University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore for Telecommunication Engineering degree program. The college became a constituent campus of National University of  Sciences and Technology in 1991 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. Campus life. The college has kept military traditions alive. Military rules are applied and National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (NUST) policy is followed too. 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. Companies (Dorms). There are two  Companies for GC's, "Jinnah Company" and the "Iqbal Company" while "Fatima Company" is for civilian female students. "GK hostel" for civilian male students. Organization and administration. 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. Academics. Undergraduate program. MCS offers undergraduate degrees in three streams, namely Electrical Engineering, Computer Software Engineering & Information Security. Before 2019 batch, only Electrical Engineering in Telecommunication was offered. The program has now been converted to full Electrical Engineering. In 2020, the Bachelor 's degree in Information Security was offered for the first time. Each year a standard NET (NUST Entrance Test) is conducted for undergraduate enrollment in these courses. The students are also enrolled via SAT subject tests. Graduate program. The college also offers master's degrees in Electrical (Telecommunication) Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Security and Systems Engineering. The master's degrees also lead to PhD. Students are enrolled after passing the GAT (Graduate Assessment Test). Departments. The college has four departments. Faculty. MCS has about seventy faculty members who are responsible for teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses. As of January  2022, Dr. Asif Masood is the acting dean of MCS. Dr. Adil Masood Siddiqui is the current Head of Electrical Department while Engr. Asim Bakhshi heads the Department of Computer Science and Dr. Abdul Razzaque is responsible for heading the Department of Humanities and Basic Sciences. Dr. Haider Abbas heads Department of Information Security while Dr. Adnan Ahmed Khan heads the Research department.