Yadanabon University

Yadanabon University (Burmese: ရတနာပုံ တက္ကသိုလ် [jədənàbòʊɰ̃ tɛʔkəθò]) is a public liberal arts and sciences university in Mandalay, Myanmar. Located in the outskirts of Mandalay in Amarapura by Taungthaman Lake, the university offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in liberal arts and sciences, mostly to students from Mandalay suburbs and vicinity.

For other uses, see Yadanabon (disambiguation).
Yadanabon University
ရတနာပုံ တက္ကသိုလ်
Mottoပညာပြည့်ဝ နှလုံးလှ
Typepublic
Established2000 (2000)
RectorDr. Aung Aung Min
Students22,000 (2003)[1]
Location
Amarapura, Mandalay
Mandalay Division, Myanmar[1]

21°53′28.9″N 96°4′18.82″E
Websitehttp://www.ydbu.edu.mm

History

Yadanabon University was opened in 2000 as Yadanabon College in Amarapura in southern Mandalay to serve students from the city's surround suburbs. The move was widely believed to be part of the Burmese military government's plan to disperse university students across many universities and colleges around the country. All arts and science universities in Myanmar, attended by the bulk of the university students, were closed down from December 1996 to July 2000, following student demonstrations in Yangon.[2] When the universities reopened in 2000, students who would have attended Mandalay University in central Mandalay now have to attend Yadanabon University.

In 2003, Yadanabon College was "upgraded" to Yadanabon University by the military government. The first convocation of the Yadanabon University was held in January 2003. The university conferred degrees on 4,148 graduates.[1]

Programs

Classified as an Arts and Science university in the Burmese university education system, Yadanabon University offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in common liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Its regular Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) degrees take four years to complete and honors degree programs BA (Hons) and BSc (Hons) take one years. The master's degree programs take two years.

Program Bachelor's Master's Doctorate
Myanmar BA MA
English BA MA
Geography BA MA
History BA MA
Archaeology BA MA
Oriental Studies BA MA
Library and Information Studies BA MA
Philosophy BA MA
Psychology BA MA
Anthropology BSc MSc
Botany BSc MSc
Microbiology BSc MSc
Geology BSc MSc
Chemistry BSc MSc
BioChemistry BSc MSc
Industrial Chemistry BSc MSc
Computer Science BSc
Mathematics BSc MSc
Nuclear Physics BSc
Physics BSc MSc
Zoology BSc MSc
International Relations BA MA
Law LLB LLM
Sport Science B.Sc M.Sc

References
  1. "Secretary-1 attends opening of main building of Yadanabon University". The New Light of Myanmar. 2003-07-09. Archived from the original on 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  2. "Myanmar university classes resume for 1st time in 3 years". Kyodo News International. 2000-07-31.
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