Ubon Ratchathani University

Ubon Ratchathani University
มหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี (ม.อบ.)
Established July 29, 1990
Type Public
President Associate Professor Nongnit Teerawatanasuk, PhD
Location Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
15°7′4.95″N 104°54′4.95″E / 15.1180417°N 104.9013750°ECoordinates: 15°7′4.95″N 104°54′4.95″E / 15.1180417°N 104.9013750°E
Campus Urban, 8 square kilometres (2,000 acres)s
Colours Blue-Yellow
Website www.ubuenglish.ubu.ac.th

Ubon Ratchathani University (UBU) (Thai, มหาวิทยาลัยอุบลราชธานี) was established as a campus of Khon Kaen University, Thailand, in 1987. It gained independent university status in 1990.

The Main Library of UBU
Lake on UBU campus

History

The university occupies a 2,100-acre (8.5 km2) campus in the Warin Chamrap district of Ubon Ratchathani Province, approximately 15 kilometers south of Ubon Ratchathani city. It has around 13,000 students in 10 faculties and 1 College.

The university's former English name, Ubon Ratchathani University, was mandated by its former president Prakob Wirojanagud who disliked the officially approved Royal Institute romanisation system that is used by the government to render the name of the province and city as Ubon Ratchathani. Staff and students protested against this alternative spelling as confusing for foreigners at whom romanization is aimed. The university returned to using the romanization in early 2010.

The university has students from all over Thailand, but most of its students are from the Isan region and from the southeast of Isan in particular.

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