University of Medicine, Mandalay

University of Medicine, Mandalay
ဆေး တက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး)
Established 1954[1]
Type Public
Rector Than Win[1]
Admin. staff 727[1]
Students 3840 (2002–2003)[2]
Location Chanayethazan, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Affiliations Ministry of Health
Website ummdy.org

The University of Medicine, Mandalay (Burmese: ဆေး တက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), pronounced [sʰé tɛʔkəθò (máɴdəlé)]; formerly Institute of Medicine, Mandalay), located in Mandalay is one of four medical universities in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.) degrees and graduate studies (diploma, master's and doctoral) degrees in medical science.[3] The university is one of the most selective in the country, and accepts approximately 600 students annually based solely on their matriculation (college entrance exam) scores.

University of Medicine, Mandalay is one of three schools in Burma recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.[4]

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History

The University of Medicine, Mandalay began as a Branch Medical Faculty (BMF) of Yangon University in 1954, which in 1958 became the Faculty of Medicine, Mandalay. In 1964, it became an independent Institute of Medicine, Mandalay, offering an undergraduate M.B.,B.S. program to a class of 36 students. Graduate programs began in 1968 with a master's degree program in physiology. Today university now offers a number of graduate diploma, master's, and doctoral programs.

The departments were established in phases:

Campus

The university has been at its present site in Chanayethazan since 1955. The current building complex was completed in 1991. The Mandalay General Hospital (MGH) and the Mandalay Workers' Hospital have been the university's main teaching hospitals since the beginning. Today, the university also uses a 300-bed Teaching Hospital and five specialist hospitals in the city of Mandalay, and five regional general hospitals around the city - 13 hospitals in total.

Admissions

The University of Medicine, Mandalay is one of the most selective schools in the nation as the medical schools continue to be the top choice amongst prospective college students in Myanmar. The school admits about 600 students per year based solely on their Basic Education High School (college entrance) exam scores.

Programs

The university is one of three universities in Myanmar that offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees.[3]

p* Doctor of Medical Science (Dr.Med.Sc.) Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pediatrics,Orthopedics, Cardiac surgery, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery,Radiology, Anaesthesiology. Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Urology, Renal Medicine, Forensic Medicine, Gastroenterology, Paediatric surgery

Physiology, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Public Health,

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