A Brief History In June 1925, Mandalay College was founded on the campus of 253.3316 acres as an affiliated institution to the University of Rangoon (University of Yangon). In 1947, it was upgraded to a degree college and named Mandalay University College. In 1958 , it became the University of Mandalayand there were faculties of Arts, Science, Agriculture and Medicine. In 1964 the faculties of Agriculture and Medicine were carved out from UM to become separate Universities. Since then, it was called The University of Mandalay.