The Yangon University of Foreign Languages (also the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon) (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်နိုင်ငံခြားဘာသာတက္ကသိုလ် Burmese pronunciation: [nàɪɰ̃ŋàɰ̃dʑá bàðà tɛʔkəθò jàɰ̃ɡòʊɰ̃]), located in Yangon, is a university for the study of foreign languages in Myanmar.
[7] The Institute started with four language departments: French, German, Japanese and Russian.
In 1965, the Chinese Department was established and U Yu Khin became principal on 8 February 1965.
The Institute was relocated to 119-131 University Avenue, Yangon, and U Yu Khin resigned on 30 April 1971, and was replaced by U Win Maung the following day.
[17] The Italian Language Department was reestablished in the 2014–2015 academic year.