Brilliant Burma is an independent not-for-profit school on the Thai-Burma Border that prepares and assists multi-ethnic students in achieving an international university education, builds capacity for professionalism and responsibility, and fosters commitment to work toward the peaceful and positive transformation of Burma. Our program has demonstrated results and offers a truly unique, innovative and empowering curriculum designed to cultivate and train for leadership, critical thinking, and expressive, as well as university potential.



Recent Brilliant Burma News


Conversation with Former Brilliant Burma Student
Studying in Bangkok on Scholarship

Kharomi - Brilliant Burma Student

Teacher: Last year you were a student at Brilliant Burma?

Student: Yes, of course I was.

Teacher: After completing your year at Brilliant Burma, you received a scholarship from Child's Dream Foundation and are now attending Rankamheang University in Bangkok. Will you talk a little about earning your scholarship?
>> Read the full article in this month's Brilliant Burma Journal






Brilliant Burma's Advanced Certificate in Media Arts

Brilliant Burma Media Arts Training in Film & AudioWe started training our students for Journalism in our first year. Now, Brilliant Burma has added an Advanced Certificate in Media Arts to our program.

Students in pursuit of earning Brilliant Burma's Advanced Certificate in Media Arts will successfully complete full-term classes in: Journalism & Advocacy, Website Design, Graphic Design, Filmmaking & Photography, and a mentored independent study or internship. We are also sharing this opportunity with the larger community by inviting students from outside our school to join selected classes in our Media Arts Training, as space allows.>> Read More




256 Portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi

Mae Sot area migrant students who participated in Brilliant Burma Art Studio workshops and area artists who submitted original artwork for "256 Portraits of Aung San Suu Kyi" had their work shown in an International Art Show at Australian Catholic University in Sydney, Australia in August 2012.

Students Create Aung San Suu Kyi Portraits