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The MBBS Course is designed to train medical students to become ethically minded,  committed and technically competent graduates viz. medical doctors who can effectively serve in different health sectors of the nation. The course starts with strengthening and adding up of knowledge and attitude acquired in basic education in adaptation to learning the basis of learning medical courses, followed by training for preclinical subjects which covers basic medical science subjects, public health subjects and legal medicine. Total professional and personal development programs as well as programs for medical ethics runs all along the medical student life. Successful students are forwarded to clinical years. Then one year compulsory internship program ensues. The whole course extends over seven years.
First M.B., B.S. 1 year
Second M.B., B.S. 1½ year
Third M.B., B.S. 1 year
Final M.B., B.S. Part I 1 year
Final M.B., B.S. Part II 1½ year
House Officer training 1 year
Total 7 years

UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OUTLINE:

FIRST YEAR

  1. Botany
  2. Zoology
  3. English
  4. Myanmar
  5. Chemistry
  6. Mathematics
  7. Physics
  8. Behavior Sciences

SECOND YEAR

  1. Anatomy
  2. Physiology
  3. Biochemistry

THIRD YEAR

  1. General Pathology and Haematology
  2. Microbiology
  3. Pharmacology
Students are also posted for 18 weeks each to medical and surgical wards for clinical training.

FINAL PART I

  1. Forensic Medicine
  2. Preventive and Social Medicine (With three weeks residential field training in the rural area)
  3. Systemic Pathology
Students attend lectures & clinics in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and are posted to the teaching hospitals, including Urban Health facilities as part of Preventive and Social Medicine teaching.

FINAL PART II

  1. Paediatrics
  2. Medicine
  3. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  4. Surgery
Students study allied specialties viz. eye, ear, nose & throat diseases, urology, neurology, tuberculosis, venereal diseases, orthopaedics and traumatology, skin diseases, mental health, oromaxillo-facial surgery, radiology, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, anaesthesiology, thoracic surgery, and paediatric surgery. Family Medicine and Medical Ethics are incorporated as relevant in the M.B., B.S. course.

HOUSE OFFICER TRAINING

All students, after successful completion of Final Part II examination, are continued to train hands-on for period of one year as house officers in the Teaching Hospitals in Yangon and the State and Division Hospitals. Training Periods are as following: –
  1. Paediatrics 2½ months
  2. Community Medicine 2 weeks
  3. Medicine (including Psychiatry) 3 months
  4. Obstetrics & Gynaecology 3 months
  5. Surgery 3 months
Only after satisfactory completion of House- officer training MBBS Degree is conferred to the students. M.B., B.S. degree is conferred only after satisfactory completion of House Officer training.
Students who passed the matriculation examination must apply for admission to universities at their own choices with priorities. Selection was done by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education according to the following criteria:
  • Passed grade of Basic Education High School Examination in Science combination
  • Aggregate score must be greater than or equal to the lowest cut-off mark decided by the Selection Board of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education
  • Myanmar Nationality (except for the exchange students)
  • Healthy at the time of admission (free from diseases/ailments that will hamper the applicant from various academic training modes; or diseases that can harm his surroundings including the patients he/she sees)
There is no gender or any other discrimination to become a medical student. Students who are selected by the selection criteria of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education were checked and issued to all medical universities by the Department of Human Resources for Health of the Ministry of Health and Sports. The university announces the students to apply for admission procedures at the Registrar’s office.
Information for application will be published when the university changes the selection system. Currently, selection is carried out by the Ministry of Education. Please skip to How to Register.
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Selection Process will be published when the university changes the selection system. Currently, selection is carried out by the Ministry of Education. Please skip to How to Register.
Notification of Selection will be published when the university changes the selection system. Currently, selection is carried out by the Ministry of Education. Please skip to How to Register.
Students who are eligible according to the announcement of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education can confirm their acceptance for admission at the Registrar’s office. Registration form can be obtained from the application desk. After filling in required information, the registration form can be submitted to the Registrar’s office. The ID photo of the student will be taken while the data entry is made for each student. Registration fees and Tuition fees can be paid at the counter of the finance section. The receipt will be required to get the ID card. Date, time and venue for medical check-up will be announced at the notice board for undergraduate students in front of the Admin section. Medical checkup including general health examination, chest X-ray, blood tests and Urine RE will be carried out for each student by the University Medical Board. The hospitals for medical checkup will be announced.