BA/BS in B.E. Textile Engineering

Textile engineering concerns how fibres, yarns and fabrics are designed, made and improved. Students at Yangon Technological University apply engineering principles to the textile sector, looking at material properties and at each stage of production, from spinning and weaving through wet processing to finishing. Coursework also touches on making garments, on testing and quality control, and on ways of raising efficiency while limiting environmental harm from manufacturing and finishing operations. The department was established in 1955 within the University of Rangoon's engineering faculty and relocated to RIT in 1961. A six-year bachelor's course replaced the earlier four-year one after the 1964 education reform, and the first graduates of that degree were awarded it in 1965. Master's and doctoral programmes were added later, in 1997 and 2006.