University of Medicine, Magway

University of Medicine, Magway
ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မကွေး)
Mottoဥပဌာနံ အနုကမ္မာ ဒယာ
(Pali: upaṭhānaṃ, anukammā, dayā)
Motto in English
Service, Sympathy, Humanity
TypePublic
EstablishedDecember 17, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12-17)[1]
RectorAye Aye Oo
Administrative staff
426
Students1,614 (2018)[2]
Location
Magway, Magway Region, Myanmar

20°09′58″N 94°59′46″E / 20.166050°N 94.996224°E / 20.166050; 94.996224
AffiliationsMinistry of Health
Websitewww.ummg.gov.mm
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The University of Medicine, Magway (Burmese: ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မကွေး), pronounced [sʰé tɛʔkəθò (məɡwé)]) located in Magway, is one of five universities of medicine in Myanmar. The university offers an M.B., B.S. degree program,[3] and master's degree programs in medical science.[4]

Up to 2011 December, the Ministry of Health-administered university was one of the most selective in the country, and accepts each year approximately 600 undergraduate students outside of Yangon Region and Mandalay Region based on their University Entrance Examination scores.

As it was the only university of medicine in the country that accepts students from the rest of the country, the university was reputed to have the most economically, culturally and ethnically diverse student population as the Union University, ပြည်ထောင်စု ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်, among all Burmese universities of medicine. But, when educational reforms are started under the New Regime, the numbers of fresher candidates is reduced to 99 (2012 December) and those fresher students are from Magway Region, Shan State(East), Rakhine State, Bago Region (West). The fresher students from Lower Myanmar are relocated to University of Medicine 2, Yangon, and those from Kachin State, Chin State and Sagaing Region are to University of Medicine Mandalay.

University of Medicine, Magway, is one of five schools in Myanmar recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.[5]

University of Medicine, Magway
  1. ^ "University of Medicine, Magway". 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04.
  2. ^ "Students list". University of Medicine, Magway. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Health Statistics" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Myanmar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  4. ^ Williams, I. (2011-08-19). Comprehensive Directory of Universities in the World Volume 1- Country index from A-H. SOI. ISBN 978-1-4662-5068-0.
  5. ^ Medical School Details