Yangon University
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| Motto | With truth and loyalty |
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| Established | 1878 as Rangoon College |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Dr. Soe Yin |
| Faculty | 1023 |
| Undergraduates | 13,500 |
| Postgraduates | 1,000 |
| Location | Kamayut Township, Yangon, Yangon Division,, Myanmar |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | ASEAN University Network |
Yangoon University (Burmese: 
)was established in 1878 as an affiliate of University of Calcutta, Rangoon College was operated and managed by the British, who colonised Myanmar. In 1920, Rangoon College and Judson College merged to become the University of Rangoon. Throughout the 1950s, Rangoon University was hailed as the most prestigious university in Southeast Asia, attracting students from across the region.[1] However following the ascent of the military government, standards declined and international bodies stopped recognizing degrees issued or obtained at the University. During Ne Win's reign, it became known as the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University (ရန္ကုန္ဝိဇ္ဇာန္ဟင့္သိပ္ပံတက္ကသုိလ္; abbreviated RASU). In 1989, after the military junta had changed placenames throughout Myanmar, the University was renamed Yangon University or University of Yangon. Yangon University was closed throughout the 1990s, in order to prevent student activists from assembling. To this day, the university is shut down at irregular intervals by the government. To prevent students from congregating, the government has separated the existing institutions and departments that make up Yangon University into separate learning institutions dispersed across Yangon. Today only post graduate courses, some professional courses and a few diploma courses are conducted at the University's main campus.
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[edit] Diamond Jubilee
Yangon University celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in a week long celebration, which began on 1 December 1995. The Diamond Jubilee marked the school's formal establishment of 75 years. For its commemoration, the government built the Diamond Jubilee Hall, a four-storied building on the University's compounds, which cost K 630,000,000. Once affiliated institutes and departments (eg. the Institute of Economics, which began as a department at Yangon University), which had already separated also celebrated.
[edit] Campus
Yangon University is located in the capital city of Yangon, Myanmar. The university itself is located along the southwestern bank of Inya Lake, the largest lake in Yangon. It is located on the corner of Pyay Road and University Avenue Road. The university is in Kamayut Township, north of downtown Yangon. The modern campus of Yangon University completed construction in 1920. There are 2 campuses namely, Main Campus and Hlaing Campus. The main campus is the most well-known. The Judson Church, inside the main campus of the University is a baptist church; the name Judson derives from that of Adoniram Judson, an American missionary who completed the first Burmese-English dictionary. There is also a convocation hall inside the university.
[edit] Programmes
Yangon University offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes. The undergraduate programmes further subdivided into three categories: Arts (B.A.), Sciences (B.Sc.), and Law. The fields are chosen at upper secondary school, at which students choose particular subjects directed toward their tertiary educations. Postgraduate degrees are separated into three groups, Doctorates, Master's, and diplomas.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Aung San, Burmese revolutionary figure
- Ba Maw, Prime minister of Burma from 1937 - 1939
- Ba Gale, a Burmese cartoonist
- Khin Myo Chit, author and journalist
- Khin Nyunt, Prime minister of Myanmar from 2003 - 2004 (did not complete B.Sc. degree)
- Maung Maung, journalist
- Sir Maung Khin, Chief Judge of High Court in Yangon
- Min Thu Wun, Mon-Burmese scholar
- Nai Shwe Kyin, Mon civil rights revolutionary
- Ne Win, Dictator of Burma from 1962 - 1988 (did not complete pre-med. degree)
- Than Tun, Historian
- U Kyi Maung, former National League for Democracy leader
- U Nu, Prime minister of Burma from 1948 - 1956
- U Razak, Minister of education of Burma in 1948
- U Thant, UN Secretary-General from 1961 - 1971
[edit] Notes
- ^ Rothenberg, Daniel (Fall 2002). Towards a New Modern Developed Nation. The Journal of the International Institute. Retrieved on 22 May 2006.
