Myanmar Imperial University, formerly Myanmar Imperial College, is a private university in

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

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, located in

Dagon Township Dagon Township ( my, ဒဂုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located immediately north of downtown Yangon. The township comprises five wards, and shares borders with Bahan Township in the north, Ahlon Township in the west, Mingala Taungnyunt T ...

's Phayagyi ward. Established in 2010 as the Myanmar Imperial College, the university is accredited with

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in partnership with the

University of Northampton , mottoeng = Let us not be ignorant , established = 2005 (gained University status) 1975 (Nene College established) , type = Public , endowment = £0.95 m (2015) , chancellor = Richard Coles , vice_chancellor = ...

in the

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. The school has approximately 1,400 registered students and an alumni network of 3,200 graduates.

Student life

In 2019, the university's futsal club won third place at the AFF Futsal Cup in Korat, Thailand.

Controversy

In June 2019, Kyaw Zin Win, a librarian, committed suicide, due to

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, after his superiors allegedly forced him to

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at work and mocked him. Three university employees were suspended after his death. The

Myanmar National Human Rights Commission The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်, abbreviated MNHRC) is the independent national human right ...

investigated the case, but did not make its findings public. Activists criticized the university for not taking accountability in the case. His death brought attention to the prevalence of workplace harassment in Myanmar, which is experienced by 40% of workers.

References

External links

* Education in Yangon Educational institutions established in 2010 2010 establishments in Myanmar {{Burma-school-stub