Khon Kaen University

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Khon Kaen University (KKU) was established as the central University in the Northeastern part of Thailand in 1964 and has developed to become one of Thailand's top universities. Khon Kaen University has recently become one of the nine national research universities in Thailand and an educational center in the Mekong sub-region. The University's foremost mission is to prepare future global citizens to work in a continually changing world. KKU's strategic goal is to be recognized both internationally and regionally as a leading university in research. KKU currently has more than 40,000 students studying in 17 faculties, one satellite campus, one school, and three colleges and in 43 International/English programs that cover a wide variety of disciplines.
Our campus serves as the leading educational and learning center of the Northeastern region. It is conveniently located a few kilometers from the center of the city and is situated on a large, safe, and attractive greenfield site measuring 900 hectares. KKU has excellent facilities and provides its students with an environment conducive to learning and the proper support to achieve academic success. Additionally, KKU takes an investment-minded approach to education by providing funds for students to pursue higher education goals through study and research.
Khon Kaen University (KKU) is a leading world-class research university. By 2015, KKU will be one of the world's leading research universities globally rankings as determined by outside agencies. KKU is ranked one of the three leading universities globally, one of 80 leading universities in Asia, and one of 400 leading universities in the world.
KKU is a leader in excellence in teaching, learning, research, and development, including innovation that is linked to academic services, technology transfer, problem-solving, development projects in the area, especially in the Northeastern region and in the Greater Mekong Sub-region by using the research study as a learning-base.
KKU has been honored at the national and international level for its education quality and assurance for research studies and organizational management under good governance. It can manage resources, assets, and intellectual properties to help develop the University the maximize profits with self-sufficiency.
Moreover, its personnel is also highly qualified with the knowledge, capacity, good quality of life, and a suitable working environment. KKU is an organization that has been regarded as a healthy academic atmosphere based on loyalty and commitment to this organization.
In conclusion, KKU is a learning-based, research-based, quality-based, and community and national development-based University with good governance.
In order to achieve internationally recognized standards and strengthen the community and society, Khon Kaen University also has the missions such as to produce graduates with well-balanced knowledge, morals, and wisdom, to promote and expand university research, to provide academic services to the community through the university community outreach programs and to preserve and promote the arts, culture, and heritage.
KKU is the center of creativity, thought, social and academic wisdom, and education in Thailand's northeast. It is committed to academic excellence and international collaboration in order to promote knowledge and technology exchanges. KKU is located in geographical proximity to the Indo-China countries and thus is the academic institute truly connecting the Indo-China region knowledge base.
KKU serves as a facilitator and mechanism by which academic excellence in all disciplines is developed. Also, it provides the foundation to become the center of document and information technology through collaboration and effective administrative management. KKU graduates possess sound knowledge, morals, and wisdom that can be applied to use for the region and the nation's best benefits and global development.
To lead this educational organization with vision and give significance to the university faculty's lectures and staff as stakeholders to lead good cooperation.
To focus on stakeholders and partners, creating good results and values and the future of knowledge of individual and corporate with social accountability.
Khon Kaen University (KKU) 's vision to become a leading world-class university is in line with the mission that KKU has been assigned to be the "Center of knowledge" based on the wisdom of local communities and society, together with the commitment as a university of academic excellence.
Several working agencies have been established in all fields to establish mission goals for research and technology transfer to develop the University as a research center of academic excellence.
These agencies include the Office of Research Management, the Office of Royally-initiated Projects and a total of 25 research centers of excellence and research specialist groups, 20 research centers and groups supporting and promoting research to university staff and personnel which are also provided with research funds from KKU's 40th-anniversary establishment of its Research Fund, and other funding sources. These research centers aim to help support and promote the research work of university personnel and staff.
Additionally, KKU has established more research working bodies to collaborate with organizations outside the University, both public and private organizations. At present, the University has partnerships with more than 160 national and international research organizations from 25 countries. There are also exchange programs for KKU students, personnel, full equipment, knowledge, labs, and other kinds of knowledge bodies.

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