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Victoria University College (Myanmar) is a private university college in
Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. Being the first private university in the country, Victoria University College comprises four campuses - three in
Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...
, one in
Mandalay Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553. Mandalay was founded in 1857 by Ki ...
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History

Nay Win Naing, founded the Victoria University College (Myanmar) in 2012. It started as a college which offered Edexce
Business and Technology Education Council The Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) is a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. While the 'T' in BTEC stood for Technical, according to th ...
Higher National Diploma Higher National Diploma (HND), part of the Higher Nationals suite of qualifications, is an academic higher education qualification in the United Kingdom and various other countries. They were introduced in England and Wales in 1920 alongside th ...
s and sixth forms subjects. Later in 2014, VUC became an international teaching center of
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and offer joint
Bachelor's degree 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 ...
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Courses delivery

Since 2012, Victoria University College has been delivering the below BTEC HND Courses; # Business (Management/ Marketing/ HR), # Computing (Software/ Network/ IT) and # Engineering (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering). The University of Wolverhampton has been in partnership with Victoria University College since May 2014, delivering the following courses; # BEng (Hons) Electronics and Communications Engineering # BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering # BA (Hons) Business Management # BEng (Hons) Mechatronics # BSc (Hons) Computing and Information Technology # MSc Programme and Project Management


Sports team - VUC athletics

Victoria University College has been sponsoring a professional Futsal football team under University's name since 2015. Victoria University College Futsal Club is now competing in National's
Myanmar Futsal League The Myanmar Futsal League () is the top league for futsal clubs in Myanmar. It is sponsored by Peace Myanmar Group, Myanmar and therefore officially known as the MFF Myanmar Futsal League. Championship History See also * Myanmar national f ...
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References

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