Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University

Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (MAEU) (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ လေကြောင်းနှင့်အာကာသပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်) is a specialized public university of aerospace engineering, located in Meiktila, Myanmar. The university offers undergraduate diploma, bachelor's degree and post-graduate diploma programs in several aerospace engineering specializations and technologies.[1]

Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလေကြောင်းနှင့်အာကာသပညာတက္ကသိုလ်
TypePublic
Established15 February 2002 (15 February 2002)[1]
RectorKyi Thwin, ဒေါက်တာ ကြည်သွင်
Students279 (2005)[2]
Location
Meiktila, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

20°53′41″N 95°53′41″E
AffiliationsMinistry of Education
Websitemaeu.edu.mm

History

Prior to MAEU's founding in 2002, Yangon Technological University 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".[3] In 2002, the military government 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.[4]

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.[5]

Programs

MAEU offers six-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programs and one-year post-graduate diplomas in various specializations of aerospace engineering.[1]

Bachelor's
  • Propulsion and Flight Vehicles (စက်နှင့်ပျံသန်းယာဉ်)
  • Avionics (လေကြောင်း အီလက်ထရောနစ် စနစ်)
  • Electrical Systems and Instrumentation (လျှပ်စစ်နှင့်တိုင်းတာပစ္စည်း)
  • Fuel and Propellant Engineering (လောင်စာနှင့်တွန်းကန်ပစ္စည်း)
  • Space Systems Engineering (အာကာသစနစ် အင်ဂျင်နီယာ)

Post-graduate diploma
  • Airport Management (Dip.A.M.)

Faculty

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

Supporting departments

Research departments
  • Department of UAV Research (မောင်းသူမဲ့လေယာဉ်သုတေသနဌာန)

References
  1. Dr. Sayne Lei Shwe. "Technology and State Development" (PDF). Ministry of Science and Technology. Retrieved 2008-12-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Dr. Zaw Min Aung (2008-10-12). "Aerospace Education in Myanmar" (PDF). Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2008-12-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Dr. Kyi Thwin. "Space Education in Myanmar" (PDF). MAEU. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
  4. Clive Parker (2006-10-26). "Inside Myanmar's secret capital". Asia Times Online.
  5. "MAEU Establishment". MAEU. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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