Taunggyi University
တောင်ကြီး တက္ကသိုလ်
Established	15 June 1961
Type	Public
Rector	Dr. Maung Kyaw
Staff	245
Students	14,000
Location	Taunggyi 06011 Shan State, Myanmar Coordinates: 20°45′19″N 97°3′3″E / 20.75528°N 97.05083°E / 20.75528; 97.05083

Taunggyi University (Burmese: တောင်ကြီး တက္ကသိုလ်), located in Taunggyi, is the main university in Shan State, Myanmar. The university offers bachelor's, master's and doctorate degree programs in liberal arts and sciences.^[1]

[edit] History

Taunggyi College was established on 15 June 1961 as an affiliated college of Mandalay University.^[2] Per the University Education Act of 1964, it became Taunggyi Degree College, still under the purview of Mandalay University. It became an independent university on 17 August 1992, drawing most of its students from Shan State.

[edit] Programs

Taunggyi University's main offerings are Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees although it reportedly also offers some master's and doctorate level degrees.^[1]

Program	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate
Burmese	BA
English	BA
Geography	BA
History	BA
Philosophy	BA
Psychology	BA
Botany	BA
Chemistry	BSc
Mathematics	BSc
Physics	BSc
Zoology	BSc

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