About Us - Joseph Education University

Joseph Education University (JEU) is the first private flagship of a Catholic University in Myanmar. The university was founded with the name of Joseph Education Institute (JEI) by Joseph Kung Za Hmung @ Win Hlaing Oo who is a Catholic Christian man (a lay person) on 12 January 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). With the decision of School Administration Committee meeting on 29 May 2020, we change our institutional name to “Joseph Education University” to expand our educational services to our humanity on 1 June, 2020.

This university has a distinctive collegiate structure. This university is made up of different colleges. Students and academics at different colleges benefit from belonging both to the University. Colleges are academic communities where students usually have their own tutorials with their own administrative and academic authority. Saint Joseph University College (SJUC) is the first college of Joseph Education University – JEU. The SJUC was established on May 25, 2019 and is dedicated to providing four-year Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degrees to Myanmar students, faculty, and staff who are committed to the priorities of Catholic social teaching.

For nearly six decades, Myanmar suffered from a dearth of respectable higher education and civil society leadership due to a military imposed government. The residual effects of those policies continue. JEU is committed to changing that environment by preparing men and women with the knowledge, skill and moral capacity to enter successfully into the work force, to become professional people in a variety of fields and ultimately to offer Myanmar the leadership it needs to enter the world stage as a respected partner. JEU will nurture qualified local talent capable of stepping into responsible positions in business, education and science that, up to now, could only be filled by foreign personnel. A unique feature of JEU – and the key to its wide appeal – is the emphasis on the liberal arts which can be recognized in the courses offered throughout the bachelor years.

Our Vision

Faithful to Catholic Faith, the Joseph Education University envisions itself as a premier Catholic institution of learning in Myanmar, Asia, committed to the professional and moral formation of her stakeholders for social transformation.

Our Mission

The University, in pursuit of truth, guided by reason and illumined by faith, dedicates herself to the generation, advancement, and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals, committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community.