Mawlamyine University

Mawlamyine University
မော်လမြိုင် တက္ကသိုလ်
Former names
Moulmein Intermediate College (1953)
Mawlamyaing Degree College (1964)
Mawlamyine Regional College (1977)
MottoEnshrine the education, serves the peoples' will
TypePublic
Established1953; 71 years ago (1953)
RectorAung Myat Kyaw Sein
StudentsFull-time – 30,000
Distance (Part-time) – 40,000
Total – 70,000 (2019)[1]
Location
Taungwaing Road, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar

16°26′22″N 97°39′2″E / 16.43944°N 97.65056°E / 16.43944; 97.65056
CampusUrban
ColoursGolden yellow  
AffiliationsUniversity of Yangon
MascotHamsa (bird)

Mawlamyine University (also the University of Mawlamyine; Burmese: မော်လမြိုင် တက္ကသိုလ် [mɔ̀ləmjàɪɰ̃ tɛʔkəθò]), located in Mawlamyine, is the largest university in Mon State, Myanmar. Being established in 1953, Mawlamyine University is the third oldest Arts and Science university in the country after Yangon University (est 1878) and Mandalay University (est 1925). The university offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in liberal arts and sciences. It is one of the few universities in the country to offer a specialization in marine science.[2]

  1. ^ "ေမာ္လၿမိဳင္ တကၠသိုလ္ အနီး အရက္ဆိုင္၊ KTV ၊ အႏွိပ္ခန္းမ်ား မရွိေစလို". 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ Thaw Kaung (1996-07-01). "Mawlamyine: the Old and the New". Myanmar Perspectives. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.