▁ 1 7 ▁students . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁it ▁became ▁a ▁separate ▁entity , ▁BO C ▁College ▁of ▁Engineering ▁and ▁M ining , ▁named ▁after ▁Bur ma h ▁O il ▁Company , ▁and ▁was ▁moved ▁four ▁miles ▁north . ▁Civil ▁Engineering ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁program ▁offered ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁when ▁a ▁combined ▁Mechan ical ▁and ▁Elect rical ▁Engineering ▁program ▁was ▁added . ▁ ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁the ▁college ▁became ▁the ▁Fac ulty ▁of ▁Engineering ▁of ▁R ango on ▁University . ▁After ▁Bur ma ' s ▁independence ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 , ▁the ▁college ▁added ▁M ining , ▁Chem ical , ▁Met all ur gy ▁and ▁Architecture ▁programs ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁and ▁a ▁Text ile ▁Engineering ▁program ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁the ▁college ▁became ▁Bur ma ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁( BIT ) ▁of ▁R ango on ▁University ▁and ▁was ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁current ▁building ▁complex ▁in ▁Gy og one ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁B IT ▁was ▁renamed ▁R ango on ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁( R IT ) ▁and , ▁more ▁important ly , ▁made ▁an ▁independent ▁university ▁under ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education . ▁R IT ▁began ▁confer ring ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Engineering ▁and ▁Master ▁of ▁Engineering ▁degrees ▁instead ▁of ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁Science ▁( Engine ering ) ▁and ▁Master ▁Science ▁( Engine ering