University of Dental Medicine, Yangon

University of Dental Medicine, Yangon
သွားဘက်‌ဆိုင်ရာဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်(ရန်ကုန်)
Mottoအာရောဂျံ ပရမံ လာဘံ
(Pali: ārogyaṃ paramaṃ lābhaṃ)
Typepublic
Established1964; 60 years ago (1964)
RectorShwe Toe, Dr (2015 Feb - Present)
Location
Thingangyun 11071, Yangon
Yangon Division, Myanmar

16°50′3.2″N 96°12′32.3″E / 16.834222°N 96.208972°E / 16.834222; 96.208972
AffiliationsMinistry of Health
Websitewww.udmyangon-edu.com

The University of Dental Medicine, Yangon (Burmese: သွားဘက်‌ဆိုင်ရာ ဆေး တက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်) [θwábɛʔ sʰàɪɰ̃jà sʰé tɛʔkəθò (jàɰ̃ɡòʊɰ̃)]), is the leading university of dental medicine, located in Yangon, Myanmar. The university, along with the University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay, is one of only two universities of dental medicine in the country. The annual intake into both dental universities used to be 300 but from 2017 the annual intake for each university has been decreased to only 100.[1] The country with a population of over 50 million had only about 1,500 dentists in 2005.[2]

  1. ^ "Health Infrastructure" (PDF). Ministry of Health, Myanmar. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
  2. ^ Phyu Lin Wai (2005-02-28). "Continuing education essential, Secretary 1 tells dentists' meet". The Myanmar Times.