Prince of Songkla University (PSU), the oldest university in southern Thailand, consists of four campuses and one education service area which offer multifarious education programs consistent with the need of the communities. The university aims to establish excellence in researches, to provide academic services to communities as well as to take active role in preservation of national heritage in arts and culture, especially for those belonged to southern Thailand. For over forty years of existence, since its inception in 1967, with the stated vision of becoming a leading research-intensive university in Asia with the primary role of producing very capable graduates, providing excellent academic services and actively involving in preservation of national heritage in arts and culture, Prince of Songkla University, has accomplished much of its objectives.
On September 22, 1967, His Majesty the King graciously granted the University the name “Prince of Songkla University” in honor of his beloved father, His Royal Highness Somdej Chao Fa Mahidol Adulyadej Kromma Luang Songkla Nakarin. In commemoration of this auspicious occasion, the university has since proclaimed September, 22 of every year as “Songkla Nakarin Day”, one of the important dates in the calendar of yearly events of the university. A brief history of the University and the biography of the University namesake, His Royal Highness the King’s father may be found through the links shown below.
At the present, in 2009, Prince of Songkla University consists of five campuses (or strictly, four campuses and one education service area). There are altogether 28 Faculties, 2 community colleges and one new faculty still in the establishment stage, the Faculty of Medical Technology. Information about all the faculties and colleges of each campus of PSU may be found at the following websites.
Faculty
- Graduate School
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Natural Resources
- Faculty of Agro-Industry
- Faculty of Environmental Management
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Nursing
- Prince of Songkla University International College (Establishment Project)
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Faculty of Management Sciences
- Faculty of Liberal Arts
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Traditional Thai Medicine
- Faculty of Medical Technology(establishment project)
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