With over 500,000 students mostly studying liberal arts and economics, the UDE system is the largest university in Myanmar.

Reflecting the country's low Internet penetration rates, the primary method of communication between the students and faculty is still by regular mail.

Yangon University offered correspondence courses for arts, science, economics and law.

By 1981, all universities and degree colleges were allowed to offer correspondence courses.

[1] The University of Distance Education was established in July 1992, with Yangon and Mandalay as the hubs in Lower and Upper Myanmar, respectively.