Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ လေကြောင်းနှင့်အာကာသပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်; abbreviated MAEU) is a specialized public
university
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of
aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is si ...
, located in
Meiktila, Myanmar. The university offers undergraduate diploma, bachelor's degree and post-graduate diploma programs in several aerospace engineering specializations and technologies.
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History
Prior to MAEU's founding in 2002, Yangon Technological University
Yangon Technological University (YTU) ( my, ရန်ကုန်နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ် ), located in BPI, Yangon, is the premier engineering university of Myanmar. Established as Department of Engineering under Rango ...
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
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established a specialized university for aerospace engineering in Meiktila, home of the central command of Myanmar Air Force
The Myanmar Air Force ( my, တပ်မတော် (လေ), ), known until 1989 as the Burmese Air Force, is the aerial branch of Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. The primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception ha ...
, possibly with Russian and Chinese technical assistance.
On 14 February 2020, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
, 20 soldiers raided the MAEU campus, in relation to the campus faculty's and student body's participation in the ongoing civil disobedience movement.
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
The Myanmar Air Force ( my, တပ်မတော် (လေ), ), known until 1989 as the Burmese Air Force, is the aerial branch of Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. The primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception ha ...
.
Programs
MAEU offers six-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programs and one-year post-graduate diplomas in various specializations of aerospace engineering.[
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Bachelor's
* Propulsion and Flight Vehicles (စက်နှင့်ပျံသန်းယာဉ်)
* Avionics
Avionics (a blend word, blend of ''aviation'' and ''electronics'') are the Electronics, electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, Air navigation, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, ...
(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
Avionics (a blend word, blend of ''aviation'' and ''electronics'') are the Electronics, electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, Air navigation, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, ...
* Department of Electrical System & Instrumentation
* Department of Fuel & Propellant Engineering
* Department of Space Systems Engineering
Supporting departments
* Department of Myanmar
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* Department of English
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* Department of Engineering Mathematics
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* Department of Engineering Chemistry
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* Department of Engineering Physics
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* Department of Computer Science
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* Department of Workshop Technology
Research departments
* Department of UAV
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Research (မောင်းသူမဲ့လေယာဉ်သုတေသနဌာန)
References
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Universities and colleges in Meiktila
Universities and colleges in Mandalay Region
Technological universities in Myanmar
Universities and colleges in Myanmar
Educational institutions established in 2002
2002 establishments in Myanmar