Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (MAEU) is a specialized public university

University

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 of aerospace engineering

Aerospace engineering

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, located in Meiktila

Meiktila

Meiktila is a city in central Myanmar, located on the banks of Lake Meiktila in Mandalay Division, at the junctions of the Bagan-Taunggyi, Yangon-Mandalay and Meiktila-Myingyan highways. Because of its strategic position, Meiktila is home to Myanmar Air Force's central command and Meiktila Air...

, Myanmar

Myanmar

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. The university offers undergraduate diploma, bachelor's degree and post-graduate diploma programs in several aerospace engineering specializations and technologies.

History

Prior to MAEU's founding in 2002, Yangon Technological University

Yangon Technological University

Yangon Technological University ' , located in Gyogone, Yangon, is the premier engineering university of Myanmar. Established as Department of Engineering under Rangoon University in 1924, and popular known by its former name RIT , YTU is the country's oldest and largest engineering university, and...

 was the only institution in Myanmar that offered studies in aerospace engineering. YTU began a Bachelor of Engineering degree program in Aeronautical Engineering in 1991, and in 1997 upgraded the program to Aerospace Engineering, ostensibly to "study the space technology and application". In 2002, the military government

State Peace and Development Council

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 established a specialized university for aerospace engineering in Meiktila, home of the central command of Myanmar Air Force, possibly with Russian and Chinese technical assistance.

Campus

The university is on a 45.5-hectare (112.5-acre) campus, located on the Yangon-Mandalay highway, next to the Ground Training Base of Myanmar Air Force.

Programs

MAEU offers five-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programs and one-year post-graduate diplomas in various specializations of aerospace engineering. The university also offers two-year undergraduate diploma programs.

Bachelor's

• Avionics
  Avionics
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• Electrical Systems and Instrumentation
• Fuel and Propellant Engineering
• Propulsion and Flight Vehicles
• Space Systems Engineering

Post-graduate diploma

• Airport Management (Dip.A.M.)
• Aerospace Materials Technology (Dip.A.M.Tech.)
• Airport Engineering (Dip.A.Engg)
• Space Technology (Dip.S.Tech.)

Diploma

• Avionic Technology (Dip.A.Tech.)
• Electrical & Instrumentation Technology (Dip.E.I.Tech.)
• Engine and Airframe Technology (Dip.E.A.Tech.)

Main departments

• Department of Avionics
• Department of Electrical System & Instrumentation
• Department of Fuel & Propellant Engineering
• Department of Propulsion and Flight
• Department of Space Systems Engineering

Supporting departments

• Department of Burmese
  Burmese language
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• Department of English
  English language
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• Department of Engineering Mathematics
• Department of Engineering Chemistry
• Department of Engineering Physics
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Workshop Technology