Mandalay Technological University

Mandalay Technological University (MTU) (မန္တလေး နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်,, 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.

Since MTU offers master's, doctoral and other postgraduate diploma offering programmes, it takes around 200-300 postgrads every academic year.

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). 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.

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.

Engineering
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.

Departments
The MTU is organized as follows:
 * engineering departments,
 * research departments,
 * academic departments, and
 * supporting departments.

Engineering departments
MTU's engineering departments are as follows:
 * Department of Architecture
 * Department of Biotechnology Engineering
 * Department of Chemical Engineering
 * Department of Petroleum Engineering
 * Department of Civil Engineering
 * Department of Electrical Power Engineering
 * Department of Electronics Engineering
 * Department of Energy Technology (NT)
 * Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology
 * Department of Mechanical Engineering
 * Department of Mechatronics Engineering
 * Department of Metallurgy Engineering
 * Department of Mining Engineering
 * Department of Remote Sensing

Academic departments
The academic departments are:
 * Department of Burmese
 * Department of English
 * Department of Engineering Chemistry
 * Department of Engineering Mathematics
 * Department of Engineering Physics
 * Department of Engineering Geology
 * Department of Workshop Technology

Research departments
The research departments are:
 * Chemical Research Centre and
 * Electrical & Communication and Electrical Power Research

Supporting departments
Supporting departments are:
 * Administration
 * Estate Engineering
 * Finance
 * Human Resources
 * International Relations
 * Quality Management
 * Students' Affairs
 * Workshop

Undergraduate diplomas
The university also offers one-year Diploma in Technology degrees in the following:
 * Civil
 * Electrical Power
 * Electronics
 * Mechanical