PREPARE FOR TOP COLLEGES WITH
CONFIDENCE & PURPOSE
Transforming Myanmar Youth into Global Scholars
PCP Wave 24 - Hybrid Program in
Two Countries
For 2026-27, the Pre-Collegiate Program will run three semesters online and culminate in an in-person semester in Thailand. Continuity in faculty, sufficient funding, and a clear shift in university placement strategy toward Europe and Asia makes the program mission-driven and forward-looking while prototyping the program structure for a Thailand based Program. PCP sharpens student’s critical thinking skills, builds community strengthening skills, improves all communication skills and especially English writing, and expands knowledge of how the world works. The faculty and staff are excited to work with committed students in the 24th year of the Pre-Collegiate Program.
✧ The good news is that the Pre-Collegiate Program has more full scholarships for 2026-2027 only. ✧
Discover Our Curriculum, Global University Results, and Selective Admissions Process
About Our Pre-Collegiate
The Pre-Collegiate Program (PCP) of Yangon was founded in 2003 to develop critical reasoning, civic engagement, and understanding of the diverse communities within Myanmar among a cohort of Myanmar youth as they prepare to attend colleges abroad. Through rigorous academic training and experiential learning opportunities, PCP equips students with the confidence, skills, and global perspective needed to thrive in competitive international universities.
Core Values:
A Liberal Arts Education
Students at PCP are required to take a wide variety of courses, including English composition, creative writing, psychological science, environmental science, gender studies, religious studies, history, and more. A liberal arts education explores issues, ideas, and methods across the humanities, the arts, and the natural and social sciences. Students will learn to read critically, write succinctly and think profoundly. These skills will enhance PCP students to have interesting conversations in and outside the classroom. It will strengthen their social and cultural analysis as they navigate the world’s most complex issues.
Community Engagement
Students at PCP act as an agency of change, working collaboratively with the community to positively impact a social issue or for the public good. Students are expected to engage in civic engagement activities and describe what they learn about themselves and their commitment to public action in the process.
Critical Thinking
At PCP we teach students how to evaluate and apply diverse perspectives to complex subjects within natural and human systems in the face of even conflicting positions. We encourage students to ask the right questions by examining evidence and factors for their conclusions, underlying reasons, assumptions, and potential fallacies.
Diversity and Inclusion
PCP recruits and admits minoritized students from different divisions and states all over Myanmar. Students are encouraged to demonstrate adjustment of their own attitudes and beliefs after working within and learning from the diversity of global communities and cultures.
Leadership
Students are encouraged to demonstrate initiative and apply reflective insights in the classroom discussions and in the multiple and complex civic engagement activities. Students run for class president to lead fellow classmates by representing their voices and advocating for them.
STANDARDIZED TEST RESULTS& ACADEMIC MARKS
The Pre-Collegiate Program uses an unweighted four-point grading scale to evaluate student work in academic courses. All scores from public school and IGCSE exams are interpolated into a four-point scale.
SAT Verbal
SAT Math
SAT Writing
Avg GPA 3.52
Avg IELTS 7.0
Avg Duolingo 130
Graduates of the Classes of 2020 - 2025 were accepted into the following colleges & universities ⤸
University in Asia
- Ashoka University (India)
- City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong )
- CMKL University (Thailand)
- Chiang Mai University (Thailand)
- Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong)
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (Hong Kong)
- International College of Liberal Arts (iCLA) (Japan)
- Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS) (Japan)
- King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) (Thailand)
- Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) (Japan)
- Suranaree University of Technology (Thailand)
- Silliman University (Philippines)
- The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) (Hong Kong)
- Vin University (Vietnam)
USA UNIVERSITIES (IN ASIA OR MIDDLE EAST CAMPUS)
- Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
- Duke Kunshan University (China)
- New York University (NYU) (Abu Dhabi)
- The State University of New York (SUNY) (Korea)
- University of Saint Joseph (Macao)
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN THE U.S.
- Arizona State University
- Berea College Bucknell University Beloit College
- Carleton College Central Michigan University Centre College
- Depauw University
- Hamilton College Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Kalamazoo College Kenyon College
- Oberlin College
- Pasadena College Pomona College
- Ripon College Rhodes College
- Santa Monica Community College Sewanee: University of the South
- Smith College St. John’s College, Santa Fe Sterling College SUNY Geneseo SUNY Oswego
- Truman State University Trinity College Tufts University
- Washington and Lee University
UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE
- Jacobs University: Constructor University (Germany)
- Utrecht University (Netherlands)
A Four-Term Academic Journey
This intensive twelve-month course of study that includes rigorous liberal arts classwork, extracurricular engagement, and cross-cultural exchanges is designed to supplement the math and natural science courses students have already acquired in their high school years (grades 9 and 10). A certificate in liberal arts is conferred upon completion of the program.
Term 1
May 4ᵗʰ - Jul 10ᵗʰ
Term 2
Jul 20ᵗʰ - Sep 25ᵗʰ
Term 3
Oct 5ᵗʰ - Dec 18ᵗʰ 2026
Term 4: Thailand
Jan 4ᵗʰ 2027 - Apr 12ᵗʰ
- Personal Development & Social Justice (Dani)
- Empires and Imperialism in Asia (Charlie)
- ESL/SAT Prep (Shu Tai)
- Philosophy (Arkar)
- Touchstones (TBD)
- English Comp (Beth)
- Guest Speaker Session
- Personal Development & Social Justice (Dani)
- Social Psychology (Virginia)
- ESL/SAT Prep & College Counseling (Shu Tai)
- Philosophy (Arkar)
- Touchstones (TBD)
- English Comp (Beth)
- Guest Speaker Session
- Personal Development & Social Justice (Dani)
- Research Methods (Virginia)
- ESL/SAT & College Counseling (Shu Tai)
- Philosophy (Arkar)
- Capstone Project
- English Comp (Beth)
- Guest Speaker Session
- In-person class (TBD)
- In-person class (TBD)
- In-person class (TBD)
- Capstone Project
- Guest Speaker Session
Term 1
May 4ᵗʰ - Jul 10ᵗʰ
- Personal Development & Social Justice (Dani)
- Empires and Imperialism in Asia (Charlie)
- ESL/SAT Prep (Shu Tai)
- Philosophy (Arkar)
- Touchstones (TBD)
- English Comp (Beth)
- Guest Speaker Session
Term 2
Jul 20ᵗʰ - Sep 25ᵗʰ
- Personal Development & Social Justice (Dani)
- Social Psychology (Virginia)
- ESL/SAT Prep & College Counseling (Shu Tai)
- Philosophy (Arkar)
- Touchstones (TBD)
- English Comp (Beth)
- Guest Speaker Session
Term 3
Oct 5ᵗʰ - Dec 18ᵗʰ 2026
- Personal Development & Social Justice (Dani)
- Research Methods (Virginia)
- ESL/SAT & College Counseling (Shu Tai)
- Philosophy (Arkar)
- Capstone Project
- English Comp (Beth)
- Guest Speaker Session
Term 4: Thailand
Jan 4ᵗʰ 2027 - Apr 12ᵗʰ
- In-person class (TBD)
- In-person class (TBD)
- In-person class (TBD)
- Capstone Project
- Guest Speaker Session
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