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The University of Mandalay is a public research university in Mandalay, Myanmar. Originally established as an intermediate college in 1925, it became an autonomous university in 2020. Formerly an affiliate of Rangoon University, the university is the oldest in Upper Myanmar and the second oldest in the whole country. Mandalay University is organized into a total of 20 departments and offers mainly undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs in liberal arts, sciences and law.

Foundation and early years
On 4 July 1952, with the support of city elders, an intermediate college as an affiliate of then Rangoon University was founded in Mandalay, where its first lecture was attended by only 31 students. Despite the British government’s efforts to close it down due to expense challenges in 1930, the intermediate college stayed opened until the Second World War. It was re-established as Mandalay University College 17 July 1947, with 127 students in total. Originally opened in a single-storey building in the compound of Agricultural Institute, the main building of the institute was granted permission for the use of the newly created university college on 15 July. Zeya Maung was appointed principal by then education minister U Razak on 29 May 1947.

Mandalay University College was promoted to Mandalay University on 1 June 1958, after Burma became independent. In line with the Mandalay University Act, 1957, the Mandalay University Council was formed, and faculties of medicine and agriculture, and colleges of Taunggyi and Magway were also incorporated. The act made the deputy prime minister the chancellor of Mandalay University, and Zeya Maung assumed the position of vice chancellor, taking the role of present-day dean.