CityAyutthaya / Bangkok
RegionAsia
TypePublic
SubjectsTheology & Religious Studies; Languages & Linguistics; Arts & Humanities; Engineering & Technology; Natural Sciences; Business & Management; Arts & Humanities; Social Sciences; Law; Computer Science & IT
AccreditationMinistry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, Kingdom of Thailand (กระทรวงการอุดมศึกษา วิทยาศาสตร์ วิจัยและนวัตกรรม) — apex regulator established 2019 merging former Office of Higher Education Commission. Plus Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA / สมศ) for QA. Thai HE: (1) ROYAL/MAJOR PUBLIC FLAGSHIPS — ~30 including Chulalongkorn (1917), Mahidol (1888 medical heritage), Thammasat (1934), Kasetsart (1943), Silpakorn (1943), Srinakharinwirot, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Prince of Songkla, Burapha, Naresuan, Suranaree, Mae Fah Luang, etc.; (2) KING MONGKUT TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITIES — KMUTT, KMITL, KMUTNB (premier engineering); (3) RAJABHAT UNIVERSITIES — ~40 former teacher colleges upgraded; (4) RAJAMANGALA TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITIES — ~20 technology + applied sciences; (5) BUDDHIST MONASTIC — Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya (MCU 1887, world's largest Buddhist university), Mahamakut Buddhist; (6) PRIVATE COMPREHENSIVE — ~70+ including Assumption (Catholic), Bangkok University, Sasin Graduate Institute of Business; (7) INTERNATIONAL — Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Mahidol International College; (8) ISLAMIC — Yala Islamic, Fatoni (serving Muslim south Pattani-Yala-Narathiwat). Thai is national language + HE primary medium; English-medium programmes growing especially graduate STEM + international student programmes.
Founded 1887 (chartered by KING CHULALONGKORN/RAMA V as Buddhist Sangha's premier educational institution; full university status 1947; WORLD'S LARGEST BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY). WORLD'S LARGEST BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY. Chartered 1887 by KING CHULALONGKORN (Rama V) as Buddhist Sangha's premier educational institution — Thailand's OLDEST modern HE institution (PRE-DATES Chulalongkorn University 1917 by 30 years!). Full university status 1947. Main campus Ayutthaya + multiple satellite campuses. ~22,000+ students from 50+ countries — Thai + international BUDDHIST MONKS + lay students. PALI + SANSKRIT + Thai + English instruction. Premier global THERAVADA BUDDHIST higher education alongside Buddhist + Pali University Sri Lanka. Pakistani Buddhist students rare but possible.
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