Myanmar Institute of Information Technology
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| Motto | Transforming Education. Enriching Lives. |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 2015 |
| Rector | Dr. Win Aye |
| Director | Dr. K. R. V. Subramnian |
| Students | 385 |
| Undergraduates | 360 |
| Postgraduates | 25 |
| Address | 73rd Street, Ngu Shwe Wah Street , Mandalay , Mandalay Region , 05053 , Myanmar |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
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Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (Template:Lang-my; abbreviated MIIT) is a technological university located in Chanmyathazi Township, Mandalay, Myanmar. It was set up in 2015 as a joint venture between the Ministry of Education, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of the Republic of India. The institute has been accorded the status of a National Center of Excellence in computer science and allied disciplines. MIIT currently offers two Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) programmes in computer science and engineering (CSE) and electronics and communication engineering (ECE). It is located at the corner of the 73rd Street and Ngu Shwe Wah Street, and situated west of the Mandalarthiri Stadium and east of the Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport.
Background
On 28th May 2012, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Government of the Republic of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT) at Mandalay, Myanmar. The MoU envisages that MIIT will be established and operated on the lines of the successful model of the International Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) in India.
Based on the MoU, MIIT was created as a National Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST), Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in 2015. MIIT started functioning as a part of the Ministry of Education (MoE) when MoST was merged to become a part of MoE in 2016.
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIIT-B) has been chosen to act as the mentor institution for MIIT, and will execute the MIIT Project by building, operating, and transferring a successfully functioning MIIT to the authorities in Myanmar by December 2020.
The MIIT Project is a bilateral project between the two countries, Myanmar and India. The Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar will provide for the MIIT campus, the building and the required infrastructure and human resources. The Government of the Republic of India will provide financial, technological, and academic assistance. This includes setting up state-of-art IT infrastructure at MIIT, as well as academic and administrative structures and processes that enable MIIT to emerge as an institute of international repute within a short period of time. Faculty from India will spearhead the teaching efforts at MIIT through a strong, internationally comparable curriculum, while helping in capacity building through structured Faculty Development Programmes.
Admissions
MIIT offers admissions for various programmes to applicants solely on the basis of merit. One of the elements considered for admission is the academic performance of the applicant in the qualifying educational programme/qualifying exam. For admission to the bachelor’s degree programmes, it is the marks obtained in the qualifying examination, that is, the Matriculation Exam of Myanmar. For admission to the master’s degree programmes, the applicant’s academic performance in the corresponding bachelor’s degree programme is one of the elements that is considered.
In addition, applicants have to appear in an entrance examination. A weighted average of the applicant’s performance in the qualifying examination and the entrance examination (conducted by MIIT) is used to create a merit list. This merit list is used to finalise the admissions.