Facts and Figures

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