Thammasat University

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Thammasat University is Thailand's second-oldest University. Officially inaugurated on 27 June 1934 at Tha Phra Chan on the Rattanakosin Island and the Bank of the Chao Phraya River. The University's founder, Prof. Dr. Pridi Banomyong, originally named Thammasat the "University of Ethics and Politics," reflecting its primary mission to offer higher education in law and politics to the new citizenry and prepare Thai people for their new democratic system. Hoping to make higher learning accessible to all, Thammasat began as an open university with 7,094 students enrolled in its first academic year.
Since its initial inception, Thammasat University has evolved from an open university for law and politics to a prestigious international research university offering all academic degrees and producing cutting edge research across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines. The University has graduated more than 300,000 students since its founding who have made significant contributions to Thailand and the world's development and progress. Notable university alumni include former Prime Ministers, leading politicians, government figures, Bank of Thailand governors, supreme court judges, provincial governors, and experts in various fields.
Today, Thammasat University still follows its guiding philosophy to uphold academic excellence, services to society, promotion of arts and culture, social equality, and social justice under the philosophies of constitutional monarchy and democracy. Thammasat students are not only well-rounded, and well-adjusted members of their community but are also conscious of their social responsibility, as famously expressed by a former student,
Thammasat University is an educational institution with a reputation for its quality academic work and research. The curricula highlight the depth, breadth, and uniqueness of knowledge in all disciplines to prepare graduates who will be able to support the development of Thailand. Students are taught the principles of good governance and develop the necessary skills to tackle a rapidly changing economy and society and the science and technology needed to contribute in an era of globalization.

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