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University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay

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Type
  
Public

Rector
  
Dr Aung Myint

Affiliations
  
Ministry of Health

Founded
  
9 January 2002

Affiliation
  
Ministry of Health

Established
  
9 January 2002

Campus
  
Urban

Total enrollment
  
602 (2008)

Headquarters
  
Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma)

Undergraduates
  
602 (2008)

Location
  
Aungmyethazan, Mandalay, Mandalay Division, Myanmar

Similar
  
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The University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay (UTM), in Aungmyethazan, Mandalay, is a public university of Burmese traditional medicine. The Ministry of Health administered university offers a five-year Bachelor of Myanmar Traditional Medicine degree program and accepts about 100 students a year.

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History

UTM was established in 2002 on an 11.42-acre (4.62-hectare) campus. Its present building complex was completed in 2004.

Program

The university accepts about 100 students annually, based solely on their university entrance exam scores. The total enrollment is 602 for the 2008 academic year. The university offers a five-year program including a one-year internship and confers a BMTM (Bachelor of Myanmar Traditional Medicine) degree.

  • First year: literature and basic science subjects such as Burmese, English, Pali and Sanskrit (Oriental Studies), physics, chemistry, zoology, botany, behavioral science and Pharmacology(TM), computer science.
  • Second year: Basic Medical Sciences (Western) subjects—anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology and microbiology, and Basic Medical Science (Traditional) subjects—anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, medicinal plants, principles of traditional medicine, pharmacognosy and traditional clinical methods.
  • Third year: Traditional clinical subjects such as internal medicine, gynecology, child health, ulcers and sores, physical medicine, orthopedics, panchakarma and Chinese acupuncture, and Western pharmacology, preventive and social medicine and clinical methods.
  • Fourth year: Continuation of traditional clinical subjects plus additional subjects like research methodology and forensic medicine.
  • Fifth year: Internship

    • References

    University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay Wikipedia
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