Nakhon Phanon University was founded by merging local educational institutions in Nakhon Phanom Province under the “2005 Nakhon Phanom University Statute”, declared in the Thai Government Gazette No. 122, Section 75, on September 1st, 2005. As a result, the institution has been officially called “Nakhon Phanom University” since September 2nd, 2005.
According to the Statute Section 4, the educational institutions those have been merged are as follows:
- Nakhon Phanom Rajabhat University
- Mahasarakham University (Nakhon Phanom Campus)
- Nakhon Phanom Technical College
- Nakhonphanom College of Agriculture and Technology
- Thatphanom Industrial Community Education College
- Nawa Industrial Community Education College
- Boromarjonani College of Nursing, Nakhon Phanom
Nakhon Phanom University is both a legal entity and government sector, operating under the Office of Higher Education Commission.
The University differs from other new established universities. The combined institutions are centralised and standardised, following the University frameworks and standards. As such, the University is able to provide a broad range of trainings and educational programs from vocational, higher vocational, undergraduate to graduate levels.
Vision
Nakhon Phanom University is a leading university in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS)
Mission
- Produce graduates who are capable of accurately meeting society’s needs
- Promote integrated-development and -share of technology and knowledge, that meet the society’s needs and raise the GMS competitiveness, by means of research and development (R&D).
- Make the knowledge and scholarly expertise created and preserved at the University accessible to the citizens of the society, the nation, and the GMS.
- Promote and centralise cultural transmission at the national and the GMS levels.
- Governs the institution well by employing the Principle of Good Governance.
Faculty
- Faculty of Management Sciences and Information Technology
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Nawa Industrial Community Education College
- Thatphanom Industrial Community Education College
- Nakhonphanom College of Agriculture and Technology
- Boromarjonani College of Nursing, Nakhon Phanom
- Nakhonphanom Technical College
- the Tourism and Service Industry College
- the International Aviation College
- the Research and Development Institute
- the Academic Resources Center
- the Language Institute
- Srisongkram Industrial and Technology Collage
- the GMS Studies Center
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