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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]
ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး) | |
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| Motto | ဥပဌာနံ၊ အနုကမ္ပာ၊ ဒယာ (Pali: upaṭhānaṃ, anukammā, dayā) |
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Motto in English | Service, Sympathy, Humanity |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1954[1] |
| Rector | Dr Myo Thet Tin |
Administrative staff | 426[1] |
| Students | 2086[2] |
| Location | Chanayethazan, Mandalay, Myanmar 21°58′32″N 96°05′39″E |
| Affiliations | Ministry of Health |
| Website | https://ummdy.org |
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]
The University of Medicine, Mandalay began as a Branch Medical Faculty (BMF) of the University of Rangoon in 1954, which in 1958 became the Faculty of Medicine, Mandalay. In 1964, it became an independent Institute of Medicine, Mandalay, offering an undergraduate M.B., B.S. program to an inaugural class of 36 students. Graduate programs began in 1968 with a master's degree program in physiology. The formal name, Institute of Medicine, Mandalay, was changed in 2005 to the University of Medicine, Mandalay. Today the university now offers a number of graduate diploma, master's, and doctoral programs.
The departments were established in phases:
The university has been at its present site in Chanayethazan since 1955. The current building complex was completed in 1991. The Mandalay General Hospital (MGH) and the Mandalay Workers' Hospital have been the university's main teaching hospitals since the beginning. Today, the university also uses a 300-bed Teaching Hospital and five specialist hospitals in the city of Mandalay, and five regional general hospitals around the city - 13 hospitals in total.
The University of Medicine, Mandalay is one of the most selective schools in the country. The school admits about 300 students per year based solely on their University Entrance Examination scores.
The university is one of three universities in Myanmar that offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees.[3]
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