Bago University () is a public university, located in
Bago, Myanmar
Bago (formerly spelled Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon.
Etymology
The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon lang ...
that offers
bachelor's
A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ( ...
and
post-graduate
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degree programs in
Arts
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and
Science
Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...
.
History
On 27 March 1977, Bago Division Regional College was opened. It was upgraded to Bago College on 30 November 1981, and to Bago Degree College on 17 August 1992.
On 13 June 2011, the college was upgraded into a university, becoming Bago University.
As a response to the violent suppression of the
Letpadan
Letpatan or Letpadan United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. is a town in Tharrawaddy District, Bago Region in Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the officia ...
student strike in 2015, the
rector of Bago University imposed a ban on students who attempted to take the exam while wearing white and black wristbands in protest. 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 Elections in Myanmar, democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's milita ...
, the teachers, professors, and staff of Bago University organized a red ribbon campaign, and joined the
Civil Disobedience Movement
Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". ...
on February 5 to express their opposition to the
military coup
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and to show their commitment to accepting only a government elected by the people.
Courses
The university offers
Bachelor of Arts
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(B.A) and
Master of Arts
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(M.A) programs in six disciplines: Myanmar, English, Geography, History, Oriental Studies and Philosophy, as well as
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
(B.Sc.) and
Master of Science
A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medici ...
(M.Sc.) programs in six disciplines: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Geology, Zoology and Botany.
In the academic year 2018-2019, there were 9,454 full-time learning students and over 10,000 distance learning students at Bago University.
Department
*Department of Myanmar
*Department of
English
*Department of
Mathematics
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*Department of
Chemistry
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*Department of
Physics
Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
*Department of
Geography
Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...
*Department of
History
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...
*Department of
Geology
Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth ...
*Department of
Philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
*Department of
Zoology
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*Department of
Botany
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*Department of
Oriental Studies
Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology. In recent years, the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Middle Eastern studie ...
Notable organization
* Bago University Students' Union
See also
*
List of universities in Myanmar
External links
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References
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Educational institutions established in 1977
1977 establishments in Burma
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