Mahasarakham University

Mahasarakham University
มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม
Other name
MSU
Motto
Bahūnam Paṇḍito Jīve
(ผู้มีปัญญา พึงเป็นอยู่เพื่อมหาชน)
Motto in English
Public devotion is a virtue of the learned
TypePublic
Established1994 (1963 as Mahasarakham Teachers Training College)
Academic affiliations
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning
PresidentPrayook Srivilai[1]
Academic staff
1,268 (2016)
Administrative staff
2,316 (2016)
Students39,000 (2023)
Location,
Thailand

16°11′58″N 103°17′02″E / 16.19944°N 103.28389°E / 16.19944; 103.28389 (Mahasarakham University)
CampusUrban and regional
Colours
Websiteinter.msu.ac.th

Mahasarakham University (MSU) (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม; RTGSMahawitthayalai Mahasarakham, pronounced: má-hăa wít-tá-yaa-lai má-hăa-săa-rá-kaam) is a Thai public university in Maha Sarakham province, about 470 kilometres from Bangkok.[2] In 2017 it enrolled 39,000 students.[3]

MSU is the only Thai university to offer postgraduate programs in paleontology and a Bachelor of Arts in the Khmer language. It was the first Isan university to offer a BA in accounting and the second to offer PhD courses in the same subject. Its Faculty of Education, the flagship of MSU, was voted Thailand's Best Education Faculty in 2010 by the National Education Office.[citation needed]

The university is the first Thai higher education institution rated under the QS Stars System for excellence in higher education. It has become one of the top 20 universities in Thailand based on the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.[4]

  1. ^ "Administration – msu.ac.th -Mahasarakharm University (International Students)".
  2. ^ "Visits, travel & maps of Mahasarakham". Mahasarakham University. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  3. ^ "MSU at a glance". Mahasarakham University. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Ranking Web of Universities". Cybermetrics Lab. Retrieved October 14, 2014.