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University of Yangon
University of Yangon is a public university in Yangon, Myanmar, founded in 1878.
- Type
- Public university
- Location
- Yangon, Myanmar
- Founded
- 1878
- Teaching language
- Burmese, English
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The University of Yangon (formerly Rangoon University) is a public university in Yangon, Myanmar. Founded in 1920, it is the oldest university in the modern education system of Myanmar and played a central role in the country's independence movement.
Its campus on University Avenue beside Inya Lake hosts departments in the arts and sciences, including Myanmar language, English, history, geography, philosophy, law, international relations, archaeology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, botany, zoology and geology. Undergraduate teaching was largely moved elsewhere for decades and has been gradually restored since 2014.
Teaching is in Burmese and English.
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University of Yangon was founded in 1878.
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