Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University

Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ လေကြောင်းနှင့်အာကာသပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်; abbreviated MAEU) 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]

On 14 February 2020, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, 20 soldiers raided the MAEU campus, in relation to the campus faculty's and student body's participation in the ongoing civil disobedience movement.[5]

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.[6]

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.
  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.
  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. Archived from the original on 2006-11-06.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. "Soldiers raid aerospace university in Meiktila". Myanmar NOW. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  6. "MAEU Establishment". MAEU. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
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