University of Pharmacy, Yangon
University of Pharmacy, Yangon
The University of Pharmacy, Yangon (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski) is a higher education institution in Yangon, Myanmar, specializing in pharmaceutical sciences.
Etymology
The name "University of Pharmacy, Yangon" is derived from its location in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, and its focus on pharmacy, the branch of health sciences dealing with the preparation, dispensing, and proper utilization of drugs.
History
The University of Pharmacy, Yangon was established in 1964 as the Department of Pharmacy under the Institute of Medicine, Rangoon. It became an independent university in 1976.
Courses
The university offers a Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) degree, a Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmacy. The B.Pharm course is a 5-year program, while the M.Pharm and Ph.D. programs are research-based postgraduate courses.
Related Terms
- Pharmacy: The science or practice of the preparation and dispensing of medicinal drugs.
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: A discipline of pharmacy that involves the development and application of methods, theories, and concepts from a broad range of scientific disciplines to the problems of therapeutic drug use.
- Higher Education: The final stage of formal learning that occurs after secondary education. It includes the training provided by universities, vocational universities, community colleges, and institutes of technology.
- Yangon: The largest city in Myanmar (formerly Burma), in the southern part of the country on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on University of Pharmacy, Yangon
- Wikipedia's article - University of Pharmacy, Yangon
This WikiMD article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski