Bago University

The Bago University (Burmese: ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်) is a public university, located in Bago, Myanmar, that offers bachelor's and post-graduate degree programs in Arts and Science.[1][2][3]

Bago University
ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်
Motto
ပညာယ အတ္ထံ ဇာနာတိ
Paññāya Attha°m Jānāti
Motto in English
Knowledge know the meaning
TypePublic
EstablishedMay 27, 1977 (1977-05-27)
AffiliationMinistry of Education (Myanmar)
RectorDr Aye Aye Tun
Students815 students (2022-2023 Academic Year)
Address
8/9 ward, Yangon-Mandalay Highway Road, Oakthar Myothit
Bago 08018
,
Bago
,
Bago Region
,
08018
,
Myanmar

17°15′53.0″N 96°28′18.6″E
WebsiteBago University Website

History

On 27 March 1977, It was first opened as Bago Division Regional College,on 30 November 1981 to Bago College level,on August 17, 1992, to the level of Bago Degree College and on 13 June 2011, it was opened gradually to the level of Bago University.[2]

The rector of Bago University imposed a ban on students who attempted to take the exam while wearing white and black wristbands in protest, as a response to the violent suppression of the Letpadan student strike in 2015.[4] In the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, the teachers, professors, and staff of Bago University organized a red ribbon campaign, and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement on February 5 to express their opposition to the military coup and to show their commitment to accepting only a government elected by the people.[5]

Courses

The university offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A) and Master of Arts (M.A) programs in six disciplines: Myanmar, English, Geography, History, Oriental Studies and Philosophy.Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) programs in six disciplines: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology, Zoology and Botany. In 2022-2023 Academic Year, (815) students are attending the classes in this university.[6]

Department
  • Department of Myanmar
  • Department of English
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Physics
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of History
  • Department of Geology
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Zoology
  • Department of Botany
  • Department of Oriental Studies

Notable Organization

Bago University Students' Union

See also

References
  1. "Bago University Ranking & Review".
  2. "Official Website တွင်ဖော်ပြထားသော ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်နောက်ခံသမိုင်းကြောင်း". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. "ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ် ပြန်လည်ဖွင့်လှစ်ရာ ကျောင်းသား၊ ကျောင်းသူများ အေးချမ်းစွာ ပညာသင်ယူ". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews (in Burmese). 12 May 2022.
  4. "လက်ပတ်ဝတ်လှုပ်ရှားမှု ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ် ပိတ်ပင်". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 26 March 2015.
  5. "အာဏာသိမ်းခြင်းကို ကန့်ကွက်ကြောင်း ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ် ဆရာများနှင့် ဝန်ထမ်းများက ဖဲကြိုးနီကမ်ပိန်း ပြုလုပ်ကာ ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်". Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd (in Burmese). 5 February 2021.
  6. "ပဲခူးတက္ကသိုလ်၏ ၂၀၂၂-၂၀၂၃ ပညာသင်နှစ် မောင်မယ်သစ်လွင်ကြိုဆိုပွဲအခမ်းအနား".


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