University of Medicine, Mandalay

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University of Medicine, Mandalay
ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး)

Motto	ဥပဌာနံ၊ အနုကမ္ပာ၊ ဒယာ (Pali: upaṭhānaṃ, anukammā, dayā)
Motto in English	Service, Sympathy, Humanity
Type	Public
Established	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Rector	Dr Myo Thet Tin
Administrative staff	426
Students	2086
Location	Chanayethazan, Mandalay, Myanmar 21°58′32″N 96°05′39″E / 21.97556°N 96.09417°E / 21.97556; 96.09417
Affiliations	Ministry of Health
Website	https://ummdy.org

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.

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.

History

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:

Departments of Anatomy and Physiology in 1954
Departments of Pharmacology, Pathology, Bacteriology, Medicine and Surgery in 1956
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Forensic Medicine and Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat in 1957
Department of Microbiology in 1960
Department of Child Health, Burmese, English, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology and Botany in 1964
Department of Biochemistry in 1987
Department of Orthopedics in 1990

Campus

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.

Admissions

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.

Programs

The university is one of three universities in Myanmar that offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees.

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (M.B., B.S.)
Diploma in Medical Science (Dip.Med.Sc.)
Master of Medical Science (M.Med.Sc.) physiology, anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, pathology, public health, forensic medicine, internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, rehabilitation medicine, anaesthesiology, radiology, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, mental health, medical rehabilitation.
Doctor of Medical Science (Dr.Med.Sc.)

medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, rehabilitation medicine, cardiac surgery, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, radiology, anaesthesiology, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, urology, renal medicine, forensic medicine, gastroenterology, paediatric surgery