Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University

Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ လေကြောင်းနှင့်အာကာသပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်; abbreviated MAEU) is a specialized public university of aerospace engineering, located in Meiktila, Myanmar. The university offers undergraduate diploma, bachelor's degree and post-graduate diploma programs in several aerospace engineering specializations and technologies.^[1]

Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလေကြောင်းနှင့်အာကာသပညာတက္ကသိုလ်
Type	Public
Established	15 February 2002; 23 years ago (15 February 2002)[1]
Rector	Kyi Thwin, ဒေါက်တာ ကြည်သွင်
Students	279 (2005)[2]
Location	Meiktila, Mandalay Region, Myanmar 20°53′41″N 95°53′41″E
Affiliations	Ministry of Education
Website	maeu.edu.mm

History

Prior to MAEU's founding in 2002, Yangon Technological University was the only institution in Myanmar that offered studies in aerospace engineering. YTU began a Bachelor of Engineering degree program in Aeronautical Engineering in 1991, and in 1997 upgraded the program to Aerospace Engineering, ostensibly to "study the space technology and application".^[3] In 2002, the military government established a specialized university for aerospace engineering in Meiktila, home of the central command of Myanmar Air Force, possibly with Russian and Chinese technical assistance.^[4]

On 14 February 2020, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, 20 soldiers raided the MAEU campus, in relation to the campus faculty's and student body's participation in the ongoing civil disobedience movement.^[5]

Campus

The university is on a 45.5-hectare (112.5-acre) campus, located on the Yangon-Mandalay highway, next to the Ground Training Base of Myanmar Air Force.^[6]

Programs

MAEU offers six-year Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree programs and one-year post-graduate diplomas in various specializations of aerospace engineering.^[1]

Bachelor's

• Propulsion and Flight Vehicles (စက်နှင့်ပျံသန်းယာဉ်)
• Avionics (လေကြောင်း အီလက်ထရောနစ် စနစ်)
• Electrical Systems and Instrumentation (လျှပ်စစ်နှင့်တိုင်းတာပစ္စည်း)
• Fuel and Propellant Engineering (လောင်စာနှင့်တွန်းကန်ပစ္စည်း)
• Space Systems Engineering (အာကာသစနစ် အင်ဂျင်နီယာ)

Post-graduate diploma

• Airport Management (Dip.A.M.)

Faculty

Main departments

• Department of Propulsion and Flight Vehicles
• Department of Avionics
• Department of Electrical System & Instrumentation
• Department of Fuel & Propellant Engineering
• Department of Space Systems Engineering

Supporting departments

• Department of Myanmar
• Department of English
• Department of Engineering Mathematics
• Department of Engineering Chemistry
• Department of Engineering Physics
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Workshop Technology

Research departments

• Department of UAV Research (မောင်းသူမဲ့လေယာဉ်သုတေသနဌာန)