23 Facts About Thammasat University

Thammasat University today offers more than 240 academic programs in 33 different faculties and colleges on four campuses.

Thammasat University began in 1934 as the University of Law and Political Sciences.

Thammasat University was the brainchild of Pridi Banomyong, the father of Thailand's democracy and the minister of interior, who drafted the "University of Law and Political Science Act 1934".

Thammasat University is based on the sixth principle of the People's Party.

Thammasat University initially offered a bachelor's degree with an emphasis on legal studies and previously banned economics and political science, plus a bachelor's degree equivalent diploma in accountancy.

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The original Thammasat University degree was replaced by specialised departments in 1949, when the Faculties of Law, Political Science, Commerce and Accountancy, and Economics were founded.

Thammasat University added four more faculties during the 1950s and 1960s: social administration, journalism and mass communication, liberal arts, and sociology and anthropology.

In 1973, Thammasat University became the centre of the pro-democracy protest movement that led to the bloody uprising on 14 October.

Thammasat University is a member of "Links to Asia by Organizing Traineeship and Student Exchange", a network of universities in Europe and Asia.

Thammasat University has two campuses in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Tha Phra Chan and Rangsit.

Thammasat University instituted degree programmes in engineering, technologies, physical sciences, and medicine at its Rangsit Centre in the 1980s and 1990s.

The campus houses the Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, an international academic institute attached to Thammasat University which emphasizes engineering and technological research and education.

Lampang Centre, Hang Chat District, Lampang Province: the Thammasat University Council approved the establishment of Lampang Centre in 1996.

Thammasat University has two small campuses in Udon Thani Province and Narathiwat Province.

Thammasat University has 19 faculties, seven colleges, and seven institutes.

Faculty of Economics at Thammasat University was established in 1949 and the oldest Faculty of Economics in Thailand.

Faculty of Social Administration Thammasat University was established to serve state policies, welfare and social security.

British and American Studies International Programme at Thammasat University is the only degree of its type available in Thailand.

Thammasat University's view was that Thailand should have sociologists and anthropologists who contribute to the society by undertaking research which would strengthen the disciplines.

Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, was established in March 1990 as the eleventh faculty of the university and the ninth public medical school in Thailand.

Thammasat University proposed the establishment of a Faculty of Architecture under the Eighth National Higher Education Plan of the Ministry of Thammasat University Affairs .

Language Institute of Thammasat University was officially established as a university faculty in 1985 to serve the ever-growing need for English language training for students in all faculties at Thammasat University.

Several Prime Ministers of Thailand attended Thammasat University, including Tanin Kraivixien, Chuan Leekpai, Samak Sundaravej, and Somchai Wongsawat, as well as many other ministers and Bank of Thailand governors.