about NUUM
NUUM is a collaborative initiative of local Myanmar representing diverse backgrounds academically, ethnically and professionally comprised of former instructors and professors from Universities across Myanmar, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and others, joined by Myanmar Diasporas as well as friends of Myanmar from the United States and around the world.
- To provide continuing learning opportunities for Myanmar students whose education has been disrupted due to COVID-19 and the February 1 coup in the form of the delivery of high quality, equitable, and accessible academic programs and courses.
- To provide professional development and teaching opportunities for Myanmar higher education teachers and emerging leaders in the form of training and fellowship opportunities.
- To help lay the foundation and help build structures and systems for future democratic institutions in Myanmar, especially through the design and implementation of educational institutions and, in particular, higher education institutions.
- To serve as a hub for academic research and scholarship, intellectual inquiry, debate and dialog and create avenues for such activities, through which ideas may be generated to help shape the future of Myanmar.
- To support democracy, freedom, human rights and constitutional democratic governance in Myanmar through education, training, research, policy and innovation.
The National University of the Union of Myanmar – Global Campus (NUUM) was established in July 2021 under the auspices of the Burmese American Community Institute in consultation with its partners and stakeholders, especially with diverse groups of people in Myanmar. It currently offers over 12 certificate programs to Myanmar students through online courses taught by instructors from Myanmar as well as friends of Myanmar from around the globe. In addition to providing teaching, learning opportunities and training, NUUM contributes to reform efforts and building systems for future democratic institutions, serves as a hub for academic research, scholarship, and intellectual inquiry, and generates ideas for innovations and policy debate, in support of democracy in Myanmar.