Model Institute of Engineering and Technology was established in 1996 after approval of the AICTE was received, making it the first engineering college in the private sector in J&K. However, the first batch of students was admitted in 1999 subsequent to the formulation of policies of the J&K Government governing higher technical education. Since, then MIET has graduated 12 batches of engineering students and made significant progress while adhering to its founding ideals. MIET is the flagship institution of the MIER Group (Model Institute of Education and Research) which has a glorious legacy of over 80 years, being established in pre-independence 1936. The MIER group started out as the first private school in J&K, the Model Academy. The school has produced alumni of the Stature of Gen. J.J Singh, Former Governor of Arunachal Pradesh and Former Chief of the Indian Army, Dr. A.S. Anand, Former Chief Justice of India, Admiral Arun Prakash, Former Chief of the Naval Staff of India and Dr. Jitender Singh, Union Minister, Govt. of India. The MIER group also operates the MIER College of Education ( http://www.miercollege.in), set up in 1981, J&K's first private college of education and the only college of education in J&K to be accorded with the "Autonomous Status" and "College with Potential for Excellence" by the University Grants Commission (UGC). It was recently re-accredited with high "A" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). It offers the M.Ed, B.Ed, B.Ed Special Education (Mental Retardation) and MA Education programmes. Having graduated over 50,000 learners over seven decades, today the MIER group meets the educational needs and aspirations of over 4500 learners from the pre-school to the doctoral levels. The MIER group is managed professionally by a leadership team comprising experts in diverse domains such as education, liberal arts, science, and engineering. The leadership team which has a combined experience of over 350 years includes former Vice Chancellors and former Registrars of State Universities. The leadership team has put in place a strategic plan to ensure that the MIER group continues to build on its past to reach new heights.
The MIET campus spread over 25 acres has received accolades from all visitors as being the greenest campus in the region. The accreditation team from NAAC comprising of senior most academicians from reputed institutions
in India and is recognized the "Green Campus" as one of the 3 strengths of the Institute. Located at a distance of 13 Kms from Jammu Tawi Railway Station, 10 Kms from the City Bus Stand and 17 Kms from the Jammu Airport,
it is well connected by public transport. The land has been developed to retain much of the natural landscape with over 1000 trees, manicured gardens and natural foliage providing a calm and serene environment conducive
for education.
The infrastructure includes 22,000 sq.m of the built-up area comprising classrooms, tutorial rooms, seminar rooms, laboratories, common rooms, auditorium, library, cafeteria and student amenities.
Ample parking facility is available throughout the campus. Adequate facilities for sports, games and physical activity are available in the form of a multi-purpose sports field, basketball and volleyball courts besides
indoor games like table tennis, chess, and carom.
MIET offers state-of-the-art computing facilities through specialized computer labs housing over 500 networked computers. Several high-end servers cater to the computing requirements of both the staff and the students. The entire MIET campus is wi-fi enabled with the fibre-optic backbone for seamless connectivity. Specialized computing laboratories include the IBM Software Center of Excellence, EMC Center of Excellence, Cisco Networking Lab, Mobile Computing Lab, Center for Software Development, Advanced Database Systems Lab and the Simulation Lab.
MIET has a modern laboratory setup in all disciplines as per prescribed norms and standards. An entire Laboratory Block houses specific laboratories catering to the Electronics and Communication and Electrical Engineering. The Workshop spread over 650 sq.m. houses different shops equipped with modern machines and tools to provide students an introduction to various manufacturing and fabrication processes enabling them to undertake real-world projects.
The institution maintains a well-equipped and fully automated library with over 34,000 books from reputed publishers. The library has a rich collection of online resources. It subscribes to the IEEEXplore Digital Library, Springer, EBSCOHost and Tata-McGrawHill Engineering reference which provide access to over 4000 international journals. Besides this, a large number of print journals, magazines, newspapers, periodicals, encyclopedia, reference books and research publications are procured to keep the readers abreast with the latest knowledge in their domains. The library also operates a Book Bank offering loan facilities to students.
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