The rotational-torsional spectrum of the syn conformer of methyl carbamate [CH_3_OC(:O)NH_2_], an isomer of the essential amino acid glycine [NH_2_CH_2_C(:O)OH], has been recorded at room temperature in the spectral region from 79 to 371GHz. Methyl carbamate possesses a methyl group internal rotor, which gives rise to A and E torsional substates, and associated splittings in the rotational spectrum. Almost 6000 new rotational transitions arising from the vibrational ground state have been assigned, about half of them belonging to the E torsional substate. The Fast Scan Submillimeter-wave Spectroscopic Technique (FASSST) spectrometer at the Ohio State University was used for the present measurements