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Technological University, Magway

Higher education institute in Magway Region, Myanmar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Technological University, Magway
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Technological University, Magway (Burmese: နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ် (မကွေး); also known as TU (Magway)) is a university located near the village of Kanbyar near Magway in the Magway Region of Myanmar. The area of the university is 28.82 acres.

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History

The university was founded on 27 December 1999 as Government Technological College, Magway (GTC Magway), offering two-year diplomas in vocational studies and three-year Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) programs.[citation needed] On 20 January 2007, it became a Technological University offering undergraduate degree programs in Civil Engineering, Electrical Communication Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, and Chemical Engineering.[citation needed]

About 40 students from the university were arrested on 28 February 2021 following a peaceful protest in Magway Township.[1] A second-year student from Technological University, Magway, was shot dead.[2] Some students including the former chair of the Magway Technological University Students' Union were released on 19 October 2021 after eight months in prison.[1] The university was re-opened by the military junta in January 2022.[1]

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