The Defence Services Nursing and Paramedical Academy (MINP) ( my, တပ်မတော် သူနာပြု နှင့် ဆေးဘက် ပညာသည် တက္ကသိုလ်, ), located in Mingaladon,

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 ...

, is one of

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

-run institutes of higher learning in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The university offers bachelor's, master's and ph.D degree programs in

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

, a bachelor's degree program in

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

, a bachelor's degree program in Paramedical Science.

History

DSINwas founded in 2000 by the Burmese military as the Defence Services Institute of Nursing with assistance from the

Yangon Institute of Nursing The University of Nursing, Yangon ( my, သူနာပြု တက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်) ; formerly The Institute of Nursing, Yangon) is a nursing university, located in Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar, ...

and the

Mandalay Institute of Nursing The University of Nursing, Mandalay (also the Institute of Nursing, Mandalay; my, သူနာပြု တက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), ) is a university of nursing, located in Mandalay, Myanmar. It is one of three universit ...

. In 2002, the institute added paramedical science and pharmacy degree programs, and became the Defence Services Nursing and Paramedical Academy. In 2003, the institute assumed its present name.

References

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