Mahidol University (Thai มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล, pronounced: ma-hi-don) is a public university in Thailand.

Founded in 1943, the university was originally known as the "University of Medical Sciences" (Thai มหาวิทยาลัยแพทยศาสตร์) It is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in Thailand and one of the highest ranking in the country in terms of research power, research income, and numbers of international students and lecturers. It is well-known for its first medical school in Thailand, the Siriraj Medical School. Originally focusing on medical programs, the university have expanded remarkedly in recent decades. It now offers not only medicine, but a whole range of programs ranging from natural sciences to music studies. In terms of fiscal budget and portion of budget on research programs, Mahidol receives the highest budget of any public university in Thailand: around THB 5 billions per year; a great part of it went into graduate research programs.

Reputation

Mahidol University is one of the most prestigious universities in Asia in general and in Thailand in particular. It was ranked number one by the Thai university league table for 2006, which was conducted for the first time by Thailand's Commission on Higher Education. The result of the table which was released in September 2006 shows that Mahidol University excels all other Thai universities in terms of qualities of both teaching and research. However, there was a criticism of the study in that its methodology clearly favored scientific disciplines or medical studies and disregarded the social sciences, business studies, and the liberal arts. Due to the persistent focus in medical science, it is clear that Mahidol has full professors appointed by H.M. the King of Thailand on academic merits and receives research grants/income from both the government and private sectors more than any other Thai university. It has three huge hospitals, each of which runs independently by three different medical schools and other affiliation with medicare institutes. In addition, Mahidol has also produced research papers published in internationally acclaimed, peer-reviewed academic journals more than all other Thai universities. Most of them are related to medical science and public health. Less well known to public domain, Mahidol has several other faculties in addition to the medical schools, including Engineering, Arts, and business schools. The institution was also ranked in the 2006 THES - QS World University Rankings.

Faculties

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies
• Faculty of Entertainment Media
• Faculty of Graduate Studies
• Faculty of Medical Technology
• Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital
• Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital
• Faculty of Nursing
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Physical Therapy and Applied Movement Science
• Faculty of Public Health
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
• Faculty of Tropical Medicine [1]
• Faculty of Veterinary Science

Institutes

• ASEAN Institute for Health Development
• Institute for Population and Social Research
• Institute of Innovation and Development of Learning Process
• Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development
• Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Institute of Nutrition
• Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development
• National Institute for Child and Family Development

Colleges

• College of Management [2]
• College of Music
• College of Religious Studies
• College of Sports Science and Technology
• Mahidol University International College
• Ratchasuda College
• Phramongkutklao College of Medicine

See also

• List of universities in Thailand

External links

• Official website of Mahidol University

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