Rangoon University
| ရန်ကုန် တက္ကသိုလ် IPA: [jàɴɡòʊɴ tɛʔkəθò] |
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| Latin: Vniversitatem Yangon | |
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| Motto | နတ္ထိ သမံ ဝိဇ္ဇာ မိတ္ထံ (Pali: nitthi samaṃ vijjā mitthaṃ) |
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Motto in English
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There's no friend like wisdom |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1878 |
| Rector | Dr. Pho Kaung |
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Academic staff
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1023 |
| Undergraduates | 2,000 |
| Postgraduates | 3,000 |
| Location | Kamayut 11041, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | ASEAN University Network (AUN), ASAIHL |
| Website | uy |
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University of Yangon (also the Yangon University; Burmese: ရန်ကုန် တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced: [jàɴɡòʊɴ tɛʔkəθò]; formerly Rangoon College, Rangoon University and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmar's modern education system and most well-known university in Myanmar since then. The university now offers mainly undergraduate and postgraduate degrees (Bachelor's, Master's, Post-graduate Diploma, and Doctorate) programmes in liberal arts, sciences and law. Full-time bachelor's degree had not been offered at the university's main campus since the student protests of 1996. Yet,the university reoffered the excellent students throughout the country, akin to the most excellent students of a year, the bachelor's degrees right from 2014 academic year. Now even including Political Science for Undergraduate students and other Postgraduate diplomas like social works and geology have been offered there.
Yangon University is the progenitor of most major universities in the country. Until 1958 when Mandalay University became an independent university, all institutions of higher education in Myanmar were under Yangon University. After the University Education Act of 1964, all professional colleges and institutes of the university such as the Institute of Medicine 1, Rangoon Institute of Technology and Yangon Institute of Economics all became independent universities, leaving the university with liberal arts, sciences and law.
From the beginning, Yangon University has been at the centre of civil discontent throughout its history. All three nationwide strikes against the British (1920, 1936 and 1938) began at then Rangoon University. Anti-colonial movement's leaders such as General Aung San, U Nu, Ne Win and U Thant were some notable alumni of the university. The tradition of student protested at the university continued in the post-colonial era—in 1962, 1974, 1988 and most recently in 1996.
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