Mandalay Technological University

Mandalay Technological University COE
မန္တလေး နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်
Motto Industrialization Empowers Country
Type Public
Established 1 October 1991
Students 2000 (2004)
Location Patheingyi, Mandalay,
Mandalay Division, Myanmar

Coordinates: 21°58′21″N 96°11′10″E / 21.97250°N 96.18611°E / 21.97250; 96.18611

Mandalay Technological University (MTU) (Burmese: မန္တလေး နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced: [máɴdəlé nípjɪ̀ɴɲà tɛʔkəθò], formerly, the Mandalay Institute of Technology (MIT)), in Patheingyi, Mandalay, is a senior engineering university in Myanmar. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in engineering disciplines to students from Upper Myanmar. It maintains an annual student intake of at least 300.[1]

As MTU offers only a few doctoral and postgraduate programs, students have to go to Yangon Technological University or abroad for doctoral and postgraduate programs.

Starting from 2012-2013 Academic year, MTU was declared as the Center of Excellence (COE) and reaccepted the undergraduates for Bachelor of Arch (B.Arch) and Bachelor of Engineer (B.E ) .In each Academic year MTU accepts around 300 students and stands as the second most popular university in Myanmar, after Yangon Technological University, YTU .

History

The university was founded as the Mandalay Institute of Technology on 1 October 1991 and became 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 who 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. M.Arch. <none>
Civil Engineering B.E. M.E. <none>
Chemical Engineering B.E. M.E. <none>
Electrical Power Engineering B.E. M.E. <none>
Electronic Engineering B.E. M.E. <none>
Information Technology B.E. M.E. <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]

Engineering departments

MTU's engineering departments are as follows:[5]

Academic departments

The academic departments are:[6]

Research departments

The research departments are:[7]

Supporting departments

Supporting departments are:[8]

Undergraduate diplomas

The university also offers one-year Diploma in Technology degrees in the following:[3]

See also

References

  1. "Mandalay Tech University Relocates Ph.D. Scholars". Mizzima News. 2008-03-20.
  2. MTU (2009). "Historical background of Mandalay Technological University". Ministry of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  3. 1 2 3 Sayne Le Shwe (2004). "Technology and State Development" (PDF). Ministry of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  4. "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009.
  5. "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009.
  6. "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009.
  7. "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009.
  8. "Mandalay Technological University". MTU. 2009.
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