East Yangon University

University of East Yangon
ရန်ကုန် အရှေ့ပိုင်း တက္ကသိုလ်
TypePublic
Established2000; 24 years ago (2000)
RectorDr. Kyaw Kyaw Hkaung
Academic staff
501
Total staff
724,
Students11,000 (2006)[1]
Location
Thanlyin 11292
Yangon Division, Myanmar

16°44′08″N 96°17′11″E / 16.73556°N 96.28639°E / 16.73556; 96.28639
Websitewww.eyu.edu.mm

The University of East Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် အရှေ့ပိုင်း တက္ကသိုလ် [jàɰ̃ɡòʊɰ̃ ʔəsʰḛbáɪɰ̃ tɛʔkəθò]), located in Thanlyin in the southeastern suburbs of Yangon, is a liberal arts and sciences university in Myanmar. The university offers bachelor's degree programs in liberal arts and science and law.[2]

A train service opened in 2006 connects the university campus to downtown Yangon. About 2000 students use the service daily.[3]

New Convocation Hall building is finished and had been grandly opened on 25 November 2014.[4]

  1. ^ "Education Minister visits university examination centres". The New Light of Myanmar. 2006-03-31. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  2. ^ "List of Colleges and Universities in and around Yangon". Archived from the original on 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  3. ^ Nyunt Win (2006-07-31). "Trains: the coolest way to get to class". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2006-11-17.
  4. ^ "New School Building: East Yangon University Gets New Convocation Hall". Myanmar International TV Channel. 2014-11-25. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2014-12-03.