Chiang Mai University
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| มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ | |
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| Established: | 1964 |
| Type: | Public |
| President: | Prof. Pongsak Angkasith |
| Students: | 26,826 |
| Location: | Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand |
| Website: | [1] |
Chiang Mai University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) was founded in January 1964, in a Royal Charter granted by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. CMU, or Mor Chor as it is known locally, was the first institute of higher education in the north, and the first provincial university in Thailand.
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[edit] History
Since opening in 1964, with the three founding Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities, CMU have continued to augment our structure and organization in terms of premises, the range of disciplines offered, and student enrollment. Today, CMU has seventeen Faculties with 107 individual departments, and a Graduate School. Currently it offers a total of 253 programs: 3 Certificate Programs, 87 undergraduate programs and 163 postgraduate and graduate diploma programs, to more than twenty-five thousand students. In addition, two international Bachelors program and 18 international Masters and Doctoral programs, taught in English language, are presently being offered to international students by Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and Science and Technology faculties.
Internationally, faculty and department levels, CMU have 146 Collaborative Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding with foreign universities, institutes and international organizations in 27 countries. Projects and programs covered by these Agreements and Memoranda include: academic collaboration, the secondment of thesis advisors and project consultants, joint research, faculty staff and student exchange, curriculum development, joint seminars, and information exchange.
[edit] Faculty
- Faculty of Agriculture
- Faculty of Agro-Industry
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Humanities
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Nursing
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty of Mass Communication
- Colege for Knowledge Workers' Innovation
[edit] Campuses
CMU have three campuses, which together cover about 3,490 acres of land. The main University campus, Suan Sak campus, lies about 5 kilometres west of the city center. Set against the
backdrop of Doi Suthep mountain, the campus occupies a 725-acre site, bounded on three sides by busy shopping streets and on the fourth by Chiang Mai Zoo. Here you will find the University’s administrative centre, the Science, Engineering, Humanities, and Social Sciences faculties, the Graduate School, all of the Campus Resource Facilities and Services and our major sports facilities. An attractive feature of this campus is the Ang Kaew Reservoir. Constructed to supply water for the University, it also provides an idyllic recreational area for both campus residents and the local community.
In the 1960s, this area was still ancient forest so, with conservation in mind, the University buildings were constructed between the trees, with the result that the campus is now a tranquil, verdant environment, resplendent with mature trees and lush vegetation. There are probably as many trees on the campus as there are students.
Still within the main campus, but a little closer to the city, the Health Sciences complex, the Suan Dok campus, occupies a 110-acre site. Here you will find the Faculties of Medicine, Associated Medical Sciences, Nursing, Dentistry and Pharmacy, and Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, known locally as Suan Dok, the largest teaching hospital in Northern Thailand.
About 5 km south of the main campus, the 864-acre Mae Hea campus is home to the Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Agro-Industry.
The University’s latest acquisition is the Lamphun Sri Bua Baan campus. Located about 55 kilometres south of Chiang Mai, on a 1,890-acre site close to the Lamphun industrial centre, the campus is currently under development. When complete, it will provide additional training and research facilities for the Faculties of Nursing, Architecture, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, Agro-Industries, Agriculture, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Science, and the Graduate School.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Apirak Kosayothin, the governor of Bangkok from 2004 - present
[edit] External links
- Chiang Mai University Official website
- CMUpark.com Web for CMU Student in Thai
- Dekmor: Chiang Mai Universitiy Student forums in Thai
- Teach & Travel: Thailand at Chiang Mai University
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