Khon Kaen University

Khon Kaen University
มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น
Established	1964
Type	Public
President	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kittichai Triratanasirichai
Admin. staff	2,075 (2007)
Students	34,382 (2007)
Location	Khon Kaen, Thailand 16.470329°N 102.815927°E / 16.470329; 102.815927
Symbolic tree	Cassia bakeriana
Colours
Affiliations	ASAIHL
Website	www.kku.ac.th

Khon Kaen University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น) is an internationally-recognized university in Asia. It is located in the Isan region of Thailand. The university is a central hub of education in north-east Thailand.

History

In 1941, during the reign of the King Ananda Mahidol and during the time of Field Marshal Pibulsonggram as prime minister, they had a plan to improve continued education throughout Thailand. There were plans to open a university in the Ubon Ratchathani province, but the Second World War had broken out. Thailand was militarily forced into siding with Japan. Plans to build universities in north east Thailand had fallen through. It wasn't until 1960 that plans to open institutions of further instruction in north east Thailand would continue.

In 1962 the proposition to open an institution of further education in the fields of engineering and advanced agriculture passed. Thus the Khon Kaen Institute of Technology was born. After this it became known as the University of North East Thailand. Because there was no government office that would take responsibility of managing the university directly, the government set up a national education council. This council was responsible for establishing national curriculum and obtaining assistance from abroad.

In 1963 the faculty's subcommittee established that the campus would be located approximately four kilometres from the city of Khon Kaen and would occupy approximately 3 300 000 square metres. In 1965 the prime minister's office officially changed the name of University of North East Thailand to Khon Kaen University. The university also received the ability to control its own affairs.

It was a tradition for Khon Kaen University students from the faculties of Engineering and Agriculture to engage in an annual inter-faculty sports brawl at the university's sports fields.

Faculties and Colleges

Sithan Gate, Khon Kaen University

• International Graduate School
• International College (KKUIC)
• College of Graduate Study in Management (MBAKKU)
• College of Local Administration
• Office of General Education
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Nursing
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences
• Faculty of Public Health
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Faculty of Technology
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty of Architecture
• Faculty of Management Sciences
• Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
• Faculty of Law Kittibodi Yaipool, acting dean of law since the faculty split off from the humanities in 2006, in only five years gained wide recognition for its contributions to human rights activism throughout Northeast Thailand. On June 16, 2011, the Office of the President accused Mr. Kittibodi and his staff of destroying official documents and barred them from entering the grounds of the faculty.

• Nong Khai Campus

Research centre

The Tropical Feed Resources Research and Development Centre (TROFREC)[1] is headed by Professor Dr. Metha Wanapat. The centre is one of the leading research centers on feed resources and animal feedings in Asia.^{[citation needed]} It embraces numerous aspects of animal feed resources ranging from local resources (e.g., rice straw, urea-treated rice straw, cassava hay, cassava chip processed new products cassarea, cass-bann, cass-soy pellet, cassava hay-urea pellet, high-quality feed block, carabao rumen ecology, etc.), to animal herb-based supplement to increase animal productivity, environmentally friendly related and to improve rural farmers' income, livelihood and well-being.

International Collaboration

• South West University or Xinan University,
• Adelaide University,
• Deakin University,
• Gifu University,
• Hue University,
• International University,
• Kochi University,
• Kyoto University,
• Nanzan University,
• National University of Laos,
• Mie University,
• Muhammadiyah University,
• Osaka University,
• Saga University,
• Thai Nguyen University,
• University of Canberra,
• University of Sydney,
• Fujita Health University,
• National University of Singapore,