Bangkok Thonburi University

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The Office approved the Bangkok Thonburi University of Higher Commissioner, Ministry of Education by H.E. Jurin Laksanavisit, Minister of Education, to change the status from Bangkokthonburi College to be Bangkokthonburi University (BTU) on June 11, 2009.

Bangkok Thonburi University (BTU) was established as Bangkokthonburi College by Dr. Bangorn Benjathirkul on January 28, 2003, who foresaw the importance of Thailand's human resource development and to serve the needs of the community and the parents of students of the Vocational and Business College and the Bangkok Poly Techniques wishing to provide higher education for their children as well as to serve the needs of Thai youth in pursuing effective education with the mission to provide an excellent comprehensive and holistic educational system by qualified experts and specialists. The ultimate aim is to produce qualified graduates to serve their society and their country as a whole under the philosophy: "Cultivate Man with Wisdom and Morality."

BTU is located on land areas totaling 219 Rai, 3 Ngan, and 94 Square. It Was in two locations. The first location is BTU main campus situated at 16/10 Taweewatta Road in Taweewattana District, Bangkok,10170, with the land area of 188 Rai, 2 Ngan, and 8 Square Was. The second location is at Sa Kra Jome Village, Don Jedi District of Suphanburi Province, with 31 Rai, 1 Ngan, and 86 Square Was. Since BTU's main campus is in suburban Bangkok, surrounded by various governmental offices with convenience and accessible communication via buses and automobiles, it facilitates effective administration and management of the University.

During the three decades of educational services since the establishment of business and technical schools and Bangkokthonburi College, BTU has efficiently managed to carry out BTU's four primary functions, namely teaching and learning, conducting research, providing educational services to the public, and maintaining and preserving arts and cultural heritage. BTU has been recognized as a leading institution of higher learning in Thailand. It has a continuing determination to provide quality education for all people to provide equity and quality education to cope with the ever-changing world.

BTU is an institution of higher learning adhering to the philosophy of life-long and life-along education by producing social leaders with knowledge, wisdom, and morality who can apply sciences and technology to become an innovative educational institution of high standards based on the sufficiency economy philosophy.

Visions:

• To become an experience-based university aiming at producing graduates with the knowledge, experiences, and hands-on professionals.
• To develop the graduates as "perfect man" of highly moral, spiritual, academic, well-rounded, and modern.
• To develop an appropriate environment, systems, and mechanism to cultivate professional graduates for professional organizations.
• To be a community of scholars and become a "Harvard of the East and Oxford of the Orient."

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