Maha Sarakham
- Maha Sarakham is situated in the heart of North East Thailand.
- Maha Sarakham (the city) is situated in Maha Sarakham, the province (two words).
- The population of Maha Sarakham is just under 1 million people
- The area of Maha Sarakham is 5,229 square kilometres
- Mahasarakham is home to two universities and five tertiary colleges between them totalling over 63,000 students
- Mahasarakham University is the leading educational institution in the province with over 41,000 students.ฃ
- Mahasarakham is known as the City of Great Education and is also a centre of Buddhist wisdom and culture in the region
- 475 km from Bangkok, Thailand’s capital city
Mahasarakham University
- Abbreviation: MSU
- M: Moral S: Social Responsibility U: Unity
- Motto: “Public Devotion is a Virtue of the Learned.”
- Colours: Yellow and Grey. Connotes intellectual wisdom and good thinking leading to prosperity
- Emblem: The Rojanakorn. A stamp of brilliant prosperity
- Symbolic Tree: The Koon or Rajaphreuk. Denotes prosperity.
- Students: 41,902 in 2022.
- Graduated in 2022: 9,824 Bachelors, 497 Masters, 185 PhD’s.
- Personnel: 3,432 academic, administrative and support staff
- Campus: 2 Campuses
- Teaching unit: 16 faculties, 2 colleges, 1 school and 1 institution
- Degrees offered: 95 Bachelor’s degree programs, 63 Master’s degree programs and 44 Doctural degree programs
- MSU student base is drawn from all twenty north east Thailand Provinces
- Semesters (2 x16 weeks)
Academic calendars
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
