Chiang Mai University

Known locally as Mor Chor, the Chiang Mai University was founded in January 1964, by a royal charter of the King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Science, Social Sciences and Humanities were the three founding faculties at that time.

Now Chiang Mai University has seventeen faculties, a graduate school and 107 departments. There are more than twenty five thousand students studying at the university. The university offers 163 undergraduate and graduate diploma programs, 87 undergraduate programs and 3 Certificate programs. Also there are two international Bachelors program and 18 international Masters and Doctoral programs.

The University has made Collaborative agreements with many foreign universities, institutes and international organizations in 27 countries.

The Chiang Mai University has four campuses. Three are in Chiang Mai and one is in Lamphun, totally covering an area of 3490 acres. To the west of Chiang Mai city, at a distance of 5 kilometers is the Suan Sak, the main University campus. It has the Ang Kaew Reservoir supplying water to the whole campus. Originally the area of the campus was forest and in order to preserve it to a great extent, the university buildings were constructed between the trees. Due to this, the campus still has a tranquil atmosphere, full of trees and vegetation. The campus houses the main administrative buildings, the faculties of Science, Humanities, Engineering and Social Sciences and the major sport facilities.

The Suan Dok campus houses the Health Sciences complex and is within the main campus. It has the Maharaja Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital, which is the largest teaching hospital in Northern Thailand.

The Mae Hae campus is located 5 kilometers south of the main campus. It houses the Faculties of Veterinary medicines and Agro-Industry. It has the Energy Research and Development Institute (ERDI) that is famous for innovations in biogas and biomass technologies.

The Si Bua Ban campus is located 55 kilometers south of Chiang Mai, in Lamphun province. It is currently under development and will provide training and research facilities for many of the university’s faculties.

The University Library is very famous and was opened in the same year as the university. It has been continuously expanding its resources and is the most modern air-conditioned library in northern Thailand. It includes over 856,000 books and numerous audio-visual resources.

Another important on-campus service is the Information Technology Service Center (ITSC), established in 1975. It provides an intranet for the whole campus at a speed of 8 Gbps through fiber optics. Internet access is provided at 9 Mbps. The ITSC has more than 800 PCs for use by the students spread over 42 locations. All students are given their own user accounts with email ids. They can access the intranet and the Internet, free for 30 hours in a month. Through the computers students can access all the e-learning systems offered by the Chiang Mai University, and can also access and use the MS Office soft wares.

The Chiang Mai University International Center was recently completed in 1998 and offers accommodation for visiting students and academic staff. It has 3 conference rooms, 3 seminar rooms, international hostel, a business center and a restaurant.