Mahidol University
Mahidol University, Thailand's autonomous research institution, was founded in 1888 with the creation of Siriraj Hospital. As of the 2016 academic year, Mahidol had a 0.4 percent acceptance rate for Medicine. It was designated as the country's fourth public university when it became the University of Medical Science in 1943. In 1969, King Bhumibol Adulyadej renamed the university after his father, Prince Mahidol of Songkhla, the " Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health of Thailand". The university's initial focus was on health sciences, but in recent decades it has grown to include other subjects. The Siriraj Medical School, Thailand's first medical school, was located there.
Mahidol University now has campuses in Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Sawan, and Amnat Charoen provinces, offering a variety of graduate (mainly foreign) and undergraduate programs ranging from natural sciences to liberal arts. Sixteen faculties, six colleges, nine research centers, and six campuses provide a total of 629 programs. The institution receives the greatest budget of any public university in Thailand in terms of fiscal budget and portion of budget spent on research programs: $430 million in 2019, the majority of which is allocated for graduate research programs. In 2011, QS Asian University Rankings named Mahidol University as Thailand's number one university.
In 2006, MU was ranked 322nd in the world and 3rd in Thailand in the THES - QS World University Rankings. According to the Quacquarelli Symonds 2010 Asian Rating, the institution rose to 228th in the world, 28th in Asia, and Thailand's top-ranked university in 2010, while some foreign ranking organizations may provide different results. In 2012, the Times magazine named MU as one of the top 400 institutions in the world, and the first in Thailand. Mahidol was ranked 61st out of 100 universities in Asia in the first-ever Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings the following year. Today, this university is the best university in Thailand.
Established: February 2, 1943
Location: Phutthamonthon, Thailand
