Technological University, Magway Technological University, Magway Technological University, Magway (; also known as TU (Magway)) is a university located near the Kanbyar village, Magway, Magway Region of Myanmar. The area of the university is 28.82 acre. TU (Magway) was formerly known as Government Technological College, GTC (Magway). GTC (Magway) was founded in 27 December 1999. Ever since its founding, GTC (Magway) has been aiming at becoming an international level university of higher learning providing a broad range of academic programs. It offered two-year diplomas on vocational studies and three-year Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) programs. In 20 January 2007, it was promoted as Technological
Yangon universities in the country, highlighting the extreme shallowness of talent pool in the country. The wealthy bypass the state education system altogether, sending their children to private English language instruction schools such as YIEC or more widely known as ISM, or abroad (typically Singapore or Australia) for university education. In 2014, international schools in Yangon cost at least US$8,000 a year. There are over 20 universities and colleges in the city. While Yangon University remains the best known (its main campus is a part of popular Burmese culture e.g. literature, music, film, etc.), the nation's oldest university is now mostly