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Mandalay Technological University မန္တလေး နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ် Established 1 October 1991 Type Public Students 2000 (2004) Location Patheingyi, Mandalay,
Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Coordinates: 21°58′21″N 96°11′10″E / 21.9725°N 96.18611°EMandalay Technological University (MTU) (Burmese: မန္တလေး နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced [máɴdəlé nípjɪ̀ɴɲà tɛʔkəθò]; formerly, the Mandalay Institute of Technology (MIT)), located in Patheingyi, Mandalay, is a senior engineering university in Myanmar. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in several engineering disciplines to engineering students from Upper Myanmar. The university maintains an annual student intake of at least 300.[1]
As the university offers only a few doctoral and postgraduate programs, students have to go to Yangon Technological University or abroad for doctoral and postgraduate programs.
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History
The university was founded as the Mandalay Institute of Technology on 1 October 1991, and became only the second senior engineering university to be founded in the country.[2]
Programs
The university's main offerings are six-year bachelor's and two-year master's degree programs. Two-thirds of nearly 7500 students that graduated between 1997 and 2004 received bachelor's degrees, and 7.3% received master's.[3]
Engineering
Program Bachelor's Master's Doctoral Architecture B.Arch. <none> <none> Civil Engineering B.E. M.E. <none> Chemical Engineering B.E. M.E. <none> Electrical Engineering B.E. M.E. <none> Electronic Engineering B.E. M.E. <none> Information Technology B.E. <none> <none> Mechanical Engineering B.E. M.E. <none> Mechatronic Engineering B.E. <none> <none> The following one-year postgraduate diploma, two-year master's and doctoral programs are offered in applied sciences.[3]
Program Post-Grad Diploma Master's Doctoral Engineering Chemistry No Yes Yes Engineering Mathematics No Yes Yes Engineering Physics (Electronics) No Yes Yes Departments
The MTU is organized as follows:[4]
- 15 engineering departments,
- 2 research departments,
- 5 academic departments, and
- 5 supporting departments.
Engineering Departments
Engineering Departments are as follows :[5]
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Aerospace
- Department of Bio-Technology
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electrical Power Engineering
- Department of Electronic Engineering
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Mechatronic Engineering
- Department of Metallurgy Engineering
- Department of Mining Engineering
- Department of Petroleum Engineering
- Department of Remote Sensing
- Department of Textile Engineering
Academic Departments
Academic Departments are :[6]
- Department of Engineering Chemistry
- Department of Engineering English
- Department of Engineering Mathematics
- Department of Engineering Physics
- Department of Burmese
Research Departments
Research Departments are :[7]
- Chemical Research Centre and
- Electrical & Communication and Electrical Power Research
Supporting Departments
Supporting Departments are:[8]
- Administration
- Estate Engineering
- Finance
- Students Affair
- Workshop
Undergraduate diplomas
The university also offers one-year Diploma in Technology degrees in the following:[3]
- Civil
- Electrical Power
- Electronics
- Mechanical
See also
- Yangon Technological University
- Pyay Technological University
References
- ^ "Mandalay Tech University Relocates Ph.D. Scholars". Mizzima News. 2008-03-20. http://www.mizzima.com/component/content/article/4-inside-burma/272-mandalay-tech-university-relocates-phd-scholars.html.
- ^ MTU (2009). Historical background of Mandalay Technological University. Ministry of Science and Technology. http://www.most.gov.mm/mtu. Retrieved 2011-02-2.
- ^ a b c Sayne Le Shwe (2004). Technology and State Development. Ministry of Science and Technology. http://www.uis.unesco.org/TEMPLATE/pdf/S&T/Workshops/SAsia/Delhi_15.2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
- ^ "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009. http://www.most.gov.mm/mtu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26.
- ^ "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009. http://www.most.gov.mm/mtu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27.
- ^ "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009. http://www.most.gov.mm/mtu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28.
- ^ "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009. http://www.most.gov.mm/mtu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=29.
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