Prince of Songkla University

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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

Faculty of Science “Pumpkin Building”, 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:

Pattani Campus

Faculty of Communication Science building, Pattani Campus

There is also the John F. Kennedy Library and a College for Islamic Studies .

Phuket campus

There is also the Phuket Community College.

Surat Thani campus

There is also the Surat Thani Community College.

Trang campus

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.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ a b Chutima Tantikitti: Prince of Songkla University, Thailand . Eurasia2. European Academic Mobility Network with Asia, p. 2, accessed August 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Hat Yai Campus (English, Thai)
  4. ^ Campus Pattani (English, Thai)
  5. ↑ Campus Phuket (English, Thai)
  6. ↑ Surat Thani Campus (Thai)
  7. ↑ Campus Trang (English, Thai)
  8. ↑ Faculties on Hat Yai Campus
  9. ↑ AUN Member Universities. In: www.aunsec.org. ASEAN University Network, 2012, accessed August 24, 2019 .
  10. ↑ 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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