and former faculty members have left the country for work, further studies, or both. The largest group of overseas alumni are believed to be in Singapore Students Number of enrolled students Number of graduated students Under Ministry of Education (from 1927 to 1996) Under Ministry of Science and Technology (from 1997 to present) International affiliations YTU is a member of Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net), and Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network (GMSARN). The university has academic affiliations with University of Karlsruhe (Germany), Shibaura Institute of Technology (Japan), Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand) and Mae Fah Luang University (Thailand). Repression by the Junta Regime The bloody events that occurred in the university campus in March 1988 set the stage for the famous 8888 uprising of Myanmar which set the country's political course over the next three decades. Ko Phone Maw, a fifth-year chemical engineering student from the Rangoon Institute of Technology, in the campus was shot dead in the campus by the Riot Police during a protest regarding a brawl with youths from west Gyogone ward.Five other students were injured. One of the injured students, Ko Soe Naing, a fifth-year mining engineering student, later died on the hospital. Protests after the deaths of Ko Phone Maw and other students escalated and on March 15, 1988, the military raided the university and arrested hundreds of students. University was closed and students were forced back to return their homes. On March 17, 1988. students from the Rangoon University protested against the Rangoon Institute of Technology raid were brutally dispersed at Tada Phyu, Pyay Road, Yangon. Dozens of students were killed and injured and hundreds of students were detained. Subsequent protests after brutal crackdowns escalated into a national uprising against the Socialist government that resulted in the resignation of the dictator Ne Win in July 1988. See also Mandalay Technological University Technological University (Hmawbi) Technological University, Thanlyin West Yangon Technological University List of Technological Universities in Myanmar References External links USA YIT Alumni Singapore YIT Alumni Myanmar Engineering Society RIT Alumni 1987 Batch RIT Yangon Technological University Official Web Site Universities and colleges in Yangon Technological universities in Myanmar Universities and colleges in Myanmar