Research Collaboration

Since May 2018, the Department of Linguistics, Yangon University of Foreign Languages and the Department of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland have signed the MoU in the following fields: the visit by faculty for the purpose of engaging in research and educational activities in languages and linguistics; the exchange of faculty members; and undergraduate, Post-graduate and doctoral students and the joint research activities and other academic activities. According to the agreement, the Linguistic research collaboration on the Palaung Language in Mogok Area among the faculty members of Yangon University of Foreign Languages and the senior linguists of University of Zurich is started in July, 2018. Moreover, it is arranged to carry out the research on Linguistic Demography in Yangon in 2019. There will be a number of on-going research with the collaboration of the University of Zurich.