Bago University

University in Bago, Myanmar

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Bago University (Burmese: ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်) is a public university, located in Bago, Myanmar that offers bachelor's and post-graduate degree programs in Arts and Science.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

On 27 March 1977, Bago Division Regional College was opened. It was upgraded to Bago College 30 November 1981, and to Bago Degree College and on 17 August 1992.^[2] On 13 June 2011, the college was upgraded into a university, becoming Bago University.^[2]

As a response to the violent suppression of the Letpadan student strike in 2015, the rector of Bago University imposed a ban on students who attempted to take the exam while wearing white and black wristbands in protest.^[4] In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the teachers, professors, and staff of Bago University organized a red ribbon campaign, and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement on February 5 to express their opposition to the military coup and to show their commitment to accepting only a government elected by the people.^[5]

Courses

The university offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A) and Master of Arts (M.A) programs in six disciplines: Myanmar, English, Geography, History, Oriental Studies and Philosophy, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in six disciplines: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology, Zoology and Botany. In 2022-2023 Academic Year, (815) students are attending the classes in this university.^[6]

Department

Department of Myanmar
Department of English
Department of Mathematics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Geography
Department of History
Department of Geology
Department of Philosophy
Department of Zoology
Department of Botany
Department of Oriental Studies

Notable organization

Bago University Students' Union

External links

Bago University on Facebook
Bago University Interim Administrative Council on Facebook

References

^ "Bago University Ranking & Review".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Official Website တွင်ဖော်ပြထားသော ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်နောက်ခံသမိုင်းကြောင်း". Bago University (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ် ပြန်လည်ဖွင့်လှစ်ရာ ကျောင်းသား၊ ကျောင်းသူများ အေးချမ်းစွာ ပညာသင်ယူ". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). 12 May 2022.
^ "လက်ပတ်ဝတ်လှုပ်ရှားမှု ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ် ပိတ်ပင်". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 26 March 2015.
^ "အာဏာသိမ်းခြင်းကို ကန့်ကွက်ကြောင်း ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ် ဆရာများနှင့် ဝန်ထမ်းများက ဖဲကြိုးနီကမ်ပိန်း ပြုလုပ်ကာ ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). 5 February 2021.
^ "ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်၏ ၂၀၂၂-၂၀၂၃ ပညာသင်နှစ် မောင်မယ်သစ်လွင်ကြိုဆိုပွဲအခမ်းအနား". Ministry of Information (in Burmese).

Universities in Myanmar

Ministry of Education

Arts & sciences universities	Pyay University Taungoo University Myitkyina University Loikaw University Magway University Pakokku University Mandalay University Yadanabon University Mawlamyine University Shwebo University Monywa University Panglong University Taunggyi University Myeik University Dagon University East Yangon University University of West Yangon Yangon University
Degree colleges	Yenangyaung Degree College
Economics institutes	Meiktila University of Economics Monywa University of Economics Yangon University of Economics
Education colleges	Taungoo Educational College Monywa Education College Sagaing Institute of Education Yangon University of Education
Other	University of Foreign Languages, Mandalay University of Foreign Languages, Yangon University of Distance Education, Yangon University of Distance Education, Mandalay Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University

Ministry of Health

Medical schools	University of Medicine, Magway University of Medicine, Mandalay University of Medicine, Taunggyi University of Medicine 1, Yangon University of Medicine 2, Yangon
Dental schools	University of Dental Medicine, Mandalay University of Dental Medicine, Yangon
Pharmacy schools	University of Pharmacy, Mandalay University of Pharmacy, Yangon
Nursing schools	Mandalay Institute of Nursing Yangon Institute of Nursing
Medical technology schools	University of Medical Technology, Mandalay University of Medical Technology, Yangon
Paramedical science schools	University of Paramedical Science, Mandalay University of Paramedical Science, Yangon
Public health schools	University of Public Health, Yangon University of Community Health, Magway
Traditional medicine schools	University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay

Ministry of Education (Science and Technology)
(Former: Ministry of Science and Technology)

Technology universities (TU)	Technological University, Hinthada Technological University, Maubin Technological University, Pathein Pyay Technological University Technological University, Taungoo Technological University, Bhamo Technological University, Myitkyina Technological University, Loikaw Technological University, Hpa-An Technological University, Magway Mandalay Technological University Myanmar Institute of Information Technology Technological University, Kyaukse Technological University, Mandalay Technological University, Meiktila University of Technology, Yadanabon Cyber City] Technological University, Mawlamyaing Technological University, Sittwe Technological University, Sagaing Technological University, Monywa Technological University, Kalay Technological University, Pakokku Technological University, Kyaingtong Technological University, Lashio Technological University, Panglong Technological University, Taunggyi Technological University, Dawei Technological University, Myeik Technological University, Hmawbi Technological University, Thanlyin West Yangon Technological University University of Information Technology, Yangon Yangon Technological University
Computer universities	University of Computer Studies, Mandalay University of Computer Studies, Yangon Computer University, Pyay Computer University, Taungoo Computer University, Bhamo Computer University, Myitkyina Computer University, Loikaw Computer University, Magway University of Computer Studies (Pakokku) University of Computer Studies (Maubin) Computer University, Meiktila Computer University, Thaton Computer University, Sittwe Computer University, Kalay Computer University, Monywa Computer University, Hpa-An
Government technical institutes (GTI)	Yenangyaung Government Technical Institute Government Technical Institute (Mawlamyine)

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture

Buddhist institutions	International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University State Pariyatti Sasana University, Mandalay State Pariyatti Sasana University, Yangon
Culture universities	National University of Arts and Culture, Mandalay National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon

Other public

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation	Yezin Agricultural University Co-operative University, Thanlyin
Ministry of Transport	Yangon Institute of Marine Technology Myanmar Maritime University
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation	University of Forestry, Yezin
Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development	University of Veterinary Science, Yezin

Private

Non-denominational	Yankin Education College Myanmar Noble College Victoria University College
Theological	Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary Union Theological College Zomi Theological College Kachin Theological College Myanmar Theological College, Mandalay Karen Baptist Theological Seminary Myanmar Institute of Theology Paku Divinity School McNeilus Maranatha Christian College Chin Christian College