University of Medicine, Mandalay

University of Medicine, Mandalay
ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး)
Mottoဥပဌာနံ၊ အနုကမ္ပာ၊ ဒယာ
(Pali: upaṭhānaṃ, anukammā, dayā)
Motto in English
Service, Sympathy, Humanity
TypePublic
Established1954; 70 years ago (1954)[1]
RectorDr Myo Thet Tin
Administrative staff
426[1]
Students2086[2]
Location
21°58′32″N 96°05′39″E / 21.97556°N 96.09417°E / 21.97556; 96.09417
AffiliationsMinistry of Health
Websitehttps://ummdy.org

The University of Medicine, Mandalay (Burmese: ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), pronounced [sʰé tɛʔkəθò (máɰ̃dəlé)]; formerly Institute of Medicine, Mandalay), located in Mandalay is one of five medical universities in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.,B.S.) degree and postgraduate degrees (diploma, master's and doctoral) in medical science.[3]

The university is one of the most selective in the country, and accepts approximately 350 students annually based solely on their University Entrance Examination scores. The university is recognized by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Profile of University of Medicine, Mandalay". World Health Organization. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  2. ^ "Profile of UMM".
  3. ^ "Health Statistics" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Myanmar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-08. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  4. ^ "IMED - FAIMER International Medical Education Directory - School Details". Archived from the original on 2011-04-27.