The Monywa University of Economics ( my, မုံရွာ စီးပွားရေးတက္ကသိုလ် ), located in Monywa,

Sagaing Region Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...

, is one of four universities of

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

and

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...

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. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and diplomas, mostly in

commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...

and

. It also has a small stable of graduate degree programs, including a full-time

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

program.

History

For the purpose of offering the economics academia easily to the students from

upper Myanmar Upper Myanmar ( my, အထက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Upper Burma) is a geographic region of Myanmar, traditionally encompassing Mandalay and its periphery (modern Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway Regions), or more broadly speak ...

, an economics college was founded in the east of Monywa, south of Kyaukka Road, on 200 acres of land near Za Loke village, on 1 July 1993. Then on 28 September, the Ministry of Education upgraded the Monywa Economics College to the Monywa Institute of Economics. The university has been established as a university that provides economists for national development. On 3 September 2014, the Monywa Institute of Economics was renamed as Monywa University of Economics. The Monywa University of Economics has opened the first MPA and MBA programs as the economics universities and is one of the country's well-known economics universities in upper Myanmar.

Programs

The university mainly offers PhD, bachelor's degree and undergraduate diploma programs. Regular bachelor's degree programs take four years and Honors programs take five years. The master's programs take two years. The PhD programs take five years. The university's Human Resource Development (HRD) Center offers undergraduate diploma and certificate programs in Certificate in Advanced Business Studies (CABS), Post-Graduate Diploma in Development Studies (Dip.DS), Post-Graduate Diploma in Research Studies(DBS), etc.

Overview

Certificate in Advanced Business Studies (CABS)

This programme is meant for the staff working under the Ministries of Myanmar, for the entrepreneurs, NGO staff and the staff members from other private companies and organizations so as to enable them learnEconomics. # The candidate must have passed Basic Education High School Examination (BEHS). # The candidates must have a graduate degree under any discipline from a recognized university or an institute. # After the completion of this programme, Certificate in Advanced Business Studies (CABS)will be given to the candidates. # The duration of the course is three months. # The class hours are from 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm from Monday to Friday.

Post-Graduate Diploma in Development Studies (Dip.DS)

This programme is meant for the staff working under the Ministries of Myanmar, for the entrepreneurs, NGO staff and the staff members from other private companies and organizations so as to enable them learn the development studies. # The candidates must have a graduate degree under any discipline from a recognized university. # After the completion of this programme, Post-Graduate Diploma in Development Studies (Dip.DS) will be given to the candidates. # The duration this programme is nine months. Each semester will take three months and the candidates have to be completed all three semesters. # The class hours are from 07:00 am to 09:00 pm from Monday to Friday.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA)

The eligibility criteria for admissions to the MBA and MPAprogramme The candidates must have a graduate degree under any discipline from a recognized university and must have two years of working experience at a minimum. The candidates cannot be a trainee in any course in other university. The candidates have to attend the class periods in accordance with the curriculum. For MBA admission, those who are working at the managerial level will be prioritized. For MPA admission, those who are working in NGOs, INGOs, United Nation Organizations and the Government of Myanmar are prioritized. If the candidate is an administrative staff, the recommendation of his or her Department Head is required.

References

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