University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce ( Thai มหาวิทยาลัย หอการค้าไทย , RTGS : Mahawitthayalai Hokankha Thai , English University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce , short: UTCC) is a private educational institution in the Din Daeng district of the Thai capital Bangkok .

In 1940 the commercial college was opened in Bangkok, which at the time offered six-month and two-year courses and was the first non-governmental university in Thailand. Around 300 students were initially enrolled. During the Japanese occupation in World War II , the trade college was closed and only reopened in 1963. The first bachelor's degree courses were offered in 1967. The institution moved to its current location in 1973. In 1984 the Handelskolleg was one of the first four private universities in the country to be upgraded to a university.

In May 2012, around 19,269 students were studying bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.

schools

There are a total of eight departments, here called schools:

• economy
• Accounting
• trade
• Jurisprudence
• Humanities
• Media Design (Communication Arts)
• Natural sciences
• Engineering

Ranking

In the QS World University Ranking 2013, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce took fifth place within Thailand in communication and media studies.

Web links

• UTCC websites
• International courses of study ( Memento of October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) International courses of study
• UTCC International Office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About UTCC , University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, accessed January 25, 2015.
2. ↑ QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2013 Country File Thailand. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on November 28, 2015 .