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Higher Educationin Thailand



Tertiary and Higher Education

• Public and private universities and colleges of higher education are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of University Affairs.

• The Ministry of University Affairs (MUA) directsthe administration and management of bothpublic and private colleges and universities.

• Both the government and private sectors offer

excellent programmes especially in the fields of medicine, the arts, humanities, and informationtechnology.



Admission to Higher Education

• Requires the Certificate of Secondary Education (Matayom VI).

• Most public universities also require applicants to take the J ointHigher Education Entrance Examination (J HEEE), which is heldeach year in April and administered by the MUA.

• Students who have successfully completed the Certificate of Vocational Education are also eligible to take the J HEEE.

• Applicants are required to complete up to seven sections on theexam depending on the desired faculty.

•Some institutions hold their own entrance exams.

• Private institutions have their own admission process, whichincludes entrance examination similar to the J HEE.

• Ramkhamhaeng University and Sukhothai Thammathirat OpenUniversity do not require applicants to take an entrance exam.



Academic Year

• The school year goes from J une to March.

• It has a two or three week break between thetwo terms in September.

• The long summer break coincides with thehottest part of the year and Songkran, thetraditional Thai new year celebrations.



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Commission on

Higher Education

Autonomous

Public Universities (13)

Public Universities

(65) Private HEIs (67)

Universities(33) Institutions

(5) Colleges(29)

Community

Colleges

(19)

Thai Higher Education





Providing academic services Research

Preserving & promoting arts &culture

Teaching

University Governance

University’s

responsibilities



Types of HEIs

(Degree Granted)

Liberal ArtsUniversity

Specialized/Comprehensive

University

CommunityCollege

Research/Graduate

University

Groups of HEIs



Degree System

• Most bachelor degree courses in Thailand are four yearsfull-time attendance programs.

• Pharmacy and architecture require five years.• Doctor of dental surgery, medicine, and veterinary

medicine that are six years of study programs.• Master degree study generally requires either one or two

years and the degree is conferred on course credits witheither a thesis or a final exam. On completion of a masterdegree, students may apply for an admission exam to a two

to five year doctoral study program.• The doctorate is conferred on coursework, research and

the successful submission of a dissertation.





Non-Formal Education

• Provides lifelong learning opportunities to theout-of-school population.

• Its services have expanded significantly intosecondary and vocational levels.

• Strategies include: developing a range of lifeskills through distance learning, establishingworkplace and community learning centres andpromoting the joint sharing of resources with theformal school sector.

• Internet connection has been made increasinglyaccessible in rural areas.



• KU-band for distance education andinformation broadcasting for up to 24 hours per

day.

• Educational Museum, Science Museum.

• Provide satellite dishes and receivers to rural

schools, provincial non-formal educationcenters for district schools, public libraries,temples.



Kob kun kaa!

Ellen S.Fernandez

Teacher I Habay Elementary School

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