Mandalay Technological University (MTU) (Burmese: မန္တလေး နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced[máɰ̃dəlénípjɪ̀ɰ̃ɲàtɛʔkəθò], formerly, the Mandalay Institute of Technology - MIT), in Patheingyi, Mandalay, is a senior prestigious engineering university in Myanmar. The university offers undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes in engineering disciplines to students and is one of the most selective universities in the country, admitting approximately only 300-350 undergrad students annually based on their University Entrance Examination scores.[1]
Since MTU offers master's, doctoral and other postgraduate diploma offering programmes, it takes around 200-300 postgrads every academic year.
Main Building
History
The university was founded as Mandalay Institute of Technology (MIT) on October 1, 1991 and became the 2nd university of engineering and technology to be founded in Myanmar after Yangon Institute of Technology (now Yangon Technological University).[2] In 2012, Mandalay Institute of Technology (MIT) was renamed Mandalay Technological University (MTU).
In March 2012, Centers of Excellence (COE) project, that selected the best technological universities in the country to upgrade and meet the international standard in engineering education, was initiated by the Ministry of Science and Technology. Mandalay Technological University (MTU) for the students who passed from the Upper Myanmar exam centers and Yangon Technological University (YTU) for the students who passed matriculation exam from Lower Myanmar exam centers were designated as COEs. Since then, Mandalay Technological University (MTU) has started to accept the best and most outstanding students around the country to undergraduate programs and they are called as Center of Excellence (COE) students. Only top 1.2% scorers in the annual University Entrance Examination are accepted to MTU, and thus MTU remains the best university which students need best scores among all the students around Myanmar to get acceptance.
University Presidents
No.
Name
Responsibility
Duration
1
Khin Maung
Temporary Principal
From 1-10-1991 to 25-12-1991
(2 months and 25 days)
2
Thein Tan
Rector
From 26-12-1991 to 31-8-2000
(8 Years, 8 months and 6 days)
3
Kyaw San
Pro-Rector
From 1-9-2000 to 22-2-2002
(1 Year, 5 months and 22 days)
4
Aung Kyaw Myat
Rector
From 23-2-2002 to 18-8-2006
(4 Years, 5 months and 24 days)
5
Kay Thi Lwin
Pro-Rector
From 19-8-2006 to 9-7-2008
(1 Year, 10 months and 21 days)
6
Zaw Min Aung
Pro-Rector
From 10-7-2008 to 24-3-2009
(8 months and 15 days)
7
Mya Mya Oo
Rector
From 25-3-2009 to 28-4-2013
(4 Years, 1 month and 4 days)
8
Myint Thein
Rector
from 29-4-2013 to 22-9-2016
9
Myo Nyunt
Pro-Rector
from 23-9-2016 to 26-4-2017
10
Sint Soe
Rector
from 26-4-2017 to 16-9-2019
11
Ei Ei Htwe
Rector (Temporarily Acting)
Acting as a rector serving from 17-9-2019 until now
Programmes
The university's main offerings are six-year bachelor's and two-year master's degree programmes. Two-thirds of nearly 7500 students who graduated between 1997 and 2004 received bachelor's degrees and 7.3% received master's.[3]
The following one-year postgraduate diploma, two-year master's and doctoral programmes were offered in applied sciences until 2010. Now these programmes are not available anymore.[3]
