Chiang Mai Rajabhat University is a university in the north of Thailand. It is under the Royal Thai Ministry of Education. The university was founded in 1924 as an agricultural teacher training college. In 1948, it became Chiang Mai Teachers College and offered majors in a variety of subject areas. On February 14, 1982, the year of King Rama IX’s sixtieth birthday, His Majesty proclaimed Thailand’s 36 teacher’s Colleges to be Rajabhat Institutes; they then began offering majors and degree programmes in non-teaching fields. On March 6, 1985, His Majesty the King graciously granted the use of his royal crest as the Rajabhat Institute emblem. Rajabhat Institute Chiang Mai became Chiang Mai Rajabhat University in 2004.
Enrolment is about 10,000, and classes are divided into regular, evening and weekends. Most students come from secondary schools in northern Thailand, some even from remote areas. Chiang Mai Rachapbhat University is thus a community institute which provides a comprehensive education for local students and working people.
There are five faculties and one graduate school, employing about 500 faculty members.
There are four campuses:
- Wieng Boa, the main campus, is on Chang Puek Road, in the center of Chiang Mai.
- Mae Sa, the campus of Faculty of Management Science, is in Mae Rim District, 10 kilometers from Chiang Mai.
- Sa Luang (2,320 acres), campus of the Agricultural Center, is in Mae Rim District, 27 kilometers from Chiang Mai.
- Mae Hong Son campus, in Mae Hong Son, is the center for external services in educational area.
Philosophy
CMRU’s International College is an academic institute that produces high quality graduates who are capable of applying their knowledge in both national and international environments for the betterment of mankind
IC Vision
By 2013, CMRUIC will be an autonomous body under Chiang Mai Rajabhat University that produces high quality graduates who can work successfully in the workplace through the medium of English to contribute to a well-being of a multi-cultural society.
IC Mission
- To offer practical academic programs to produce high quality graduates to contribute to a well-being of a multi-cultural society through the medium of English for international learners
- To provide international academic services for public to prepare for change resulted from globalization
- To create international networks to enhance CMRU’s academic strengths and to internationalize CMRU by taking international environments and local contexts into consideration
- To respond to the national policy in making Thailand “Asia’s educational center” by providing degree and non-degree programs through the medium of English for both Thai and non-Thai learners
- To promote better understanding of Thai arts and culture as well as those of other countries
Main Objectives
- To expand CMRU’s educational management roles from local to national and international levels
- To create international cooperation and relations
- To respond to the national policy in making Thailand ‘Asia’s center for higher education’
- To develop international curricula that serve the needs of both the learners and the workplace
- To produce high quality graduates to serve the society at the national and international levels
- To promote better understanding of Thai arts and culture as well as those of other countries
Faculty
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Humanities and Social
- Faculty of Management
- Faculty of Agricultural Technology
- Graduate School
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