History
The institute's origins trace to the Nautical and Engineering cadet courses conducted at the Naval Training School in Seikyi, Yangon Division beginning in 1963 under the joint auspices of Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Transport. In 1971, the precursor school to the IMT, Mercantile Marine Training School was established. In 1972, the school became the Institute of Marine Technology, and was then solely put under Ministry of Transport.
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