[5] The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation administered university offers primarily a four-year Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc) program in addition to small master's and doctorate programs.

[6][7] Starting from the 2009 academic year, third-year and fourth-year undergraduate students have to select one crop as a specialized subject and study off campus at one of seven designated farms of the Myanmar Agricultural Service.

In 1947, the college was upgraded to the Faculty of Agriculture in Mandalay under the administration of Rangoon University.

[2] An expansion program moved the institute from Mandalay to Yezin in 1973 with the aim of training more students and providing more practical experience.

Admission criteria to YAU were based primary on college matriculation exam marks and Burmese citizenship until 2006.

High school graduates have to take the entrance examination in english and biology, and pass an interview.

[9] (Agricultural Botany) Starting from the 2009 academic year, third-year and fourth-year undergraduate students have to select one crop as a specialized subject and study off-campus at one of seven designated farms of the Myanmar Agricultural Service.

Each class typically has 27 students who were chosen based on their second-year examination marks.

Students who had passed the Intermediate of Science examination of the Rangoon University were admitted to the agricultural course and were conferred a B.Sc.

In 1947, the college was transformed to the status of Faculty of Agriculture in Mandalay under the administration of the University of Rangoon.

Due to the expansion program, the Institute was relocated from Mandalay to Yezin in 1973.

All actions of these bodies are subject to the final approval by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, the Ministry of Education, the Central Academic Council, the Central Administrative Council of the Universities, and Colleges of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.