Prince of Songkla University
Prince of Songkla University มหาวิทยาลัย สงขลา นครินทร์ |
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campus | Hat Yai Campus Pattani Campus Phuket Campus Surat Thani Campus Trang Campus |
University tree | Jacaranda filicifolia |
University color | _ dark blue |
founding | 1967 |
Sponsorship | Thai state |
place | Kho Hong |
district | Has yai |
province | Songkhla |
Country | Thailand |
president | Boonsom Siribumrungsukha |
University Council | Kasem Suwanakul |
students | 40,613 (2013) |
Employee | 9,120 |
academic staff | 2,050 |
Partner universities |
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences RheinMain University of Aberdeen |
Website | www.psu.ac.th |
The Prince of Songkla University ( Thai มหาวิทยาลัย สงขลา นครินทร์ , RTGS Mahawitthayalai Songkhla Nakkharin ; "Prince of Songkhla University"; English Prince of Songkla University , SPU) is a state university in southern Thailand . The university is named after Prince Mahidol Adulyadej , Prince of Songkhla, the father of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).
history
The university was founded in 1967 as the third state university outside the capital Bangkok. In 1968 it moved to Pattani as the University of Southern Thailand. In 1971, the Hat Yai campus opened, and today more than 50% of students study there. Phuket opened in 1977, Surat Thani in 1980 and Trang in 1991. Today, Prince of Songkla University has more than 36,000 students.
location
The Prince of Songkla University is spread across several provinces of southern Thailand. In addition to the largest campus in Hat Yai , Province of Songkhla , there are more university campus in Pattani , Phuket , Surat Thani and Trang .
Faculties and institutions
Hat Yai campus
The main central campus in Hat Yai is home to 15 faculties, a graduate school , an international college, the central library, the Maha Chakri Natural History Museum and the Center for Biodiversity of Southern Thailand.
The faculties are:
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Mineral Resources
- Faculty of Agricultural Industry
- Faculty of Environmental Management
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Traditional Medicine
- Faculty of Medical Technology
- Faculty of Nursing
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Public Administration
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Economics
- Graduate school
- Prince of Songkla University International College
Pattani Campus
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Social Science
- Faculty of Fine Arts and Applied Arts
- Faculty of Communication
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Science and Technology
There is also the John F. Kennedy Library and a College for Islamic Studies .
Phuket campus
- Faculty of Tourism
- Faculty of International Studies
- Faculty of Technology and Environment
- Faculty of Engineering
There is also the Phuket Community College.
Surat Thani campus
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Faculty of Humanities and Management
There is also the Surat Thani Community College.
Trang campus
- Faculty of Commerce and Management
General
The university is a member of the ASEAN university network .
Ranking
In the QS World University Ranking 2013, the Prince of Songkla University was one of the five most prestigious universities in Thailand in some subjects (especially in the humanities, medical and biological sciences). It did particularly well in agriculture and forestry, where it took third place nationwide and is one of the world's 150 leading universities.
Web links
- Prince of Songkla University official website accessed November 2, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ จำนวน นักศึกษา ทั้งหมด ของ มหาวิทยาลัย สงขลา นครินทร์ ภาค การ เรียน ที่ 1/2556 จำแนก ตาม ระดับ การ ศึกษา คณะ / สาขา วิชา ชั้น ปี และ เพศ
- ↑ a b Chutima Tantikitti: Prince of Songkla University, Thailand . Eurasia2. European Academic Mobility Network with Asia, p. 2, accessed August 29, 2013.
- ↑ Hat Yai Campus (English, Thai)
- ^ Campus Pattani (English, Thai)
- ↑ Campus Phuket (English, Thai)
- ↑ Surat Thani Campus (Thai)
- ↑ Campus Trang (English, Thai)
- ↑ Faculties on Hat Yai Campus
- ↑ AUN Member Universities. In: www.aunsec.org. ASEAN University Network, 2012, accessed August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2013 Country File Thailand. (PDF) Archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on November 28, 2015 .
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