The Yangon Institute of Marine Technology (IMT), (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် ရေကြောင်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced [jàɴɡòuɴ jèdʑáuɴ pjɪ̀ɴɲà tɛʔkəθò]), located in Yangon, Myanmar, is a public institute offering mainly two-year diplomas in mercantile nautical technologies. The institute also offers four-year bachelor's degrees and post-graduate diplomas in select fields. The institute aims to "train seafarers to become internationally recognized marine personnel, so that they can be employed onboard vessels owned by national and foreign shipping companies". The institute's origins trace to the Nautical and Engineering cadet courses conducted at the Naval Training School in Seikyi, Yangon Division beginning in 1963 under the joint auspices of Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Transport. In 1971, the precursor school to the IMT, Mercantile Marine Training School was established. In 1972, the school became the Institute of Marine Technology, and was then solely put under Ministry of Transport.