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Academic Year
The school year goes from June to March. It has a two or three week break between the two terms in September. The long summer break coincides with the hottest part of the year and Songkran, the traditional Thai new year celebrations.
Universities (33)
Institutions (5)
Colleges (29)
University Governance
Teaching Research
Universitys responsibilities
Groups of HEIs
Community College
Degree System
Most bachelor degree courses in Thailand are four years full-time attendance programs. Pharmacy and architecture require five years. Doctor of dental surgery, medicine, and veterinary medicine that are six years of study programs. Master degree study generally requires either one or two years and the degree is conferred on course credits with either a thesis or a final exam. On completion of a master degree, students may apply for an admission exam to a two to five year doctoral study program. The doctorate is conferred on coursework, research and the successful submission of a dissertation.
Non-Formal Education
Provides lifelong learning opportunities to the out-of-school population. Its services have expanded significantly into secondary and vocational levels. Strategies include: developing a range of life skills through distance learning, establishing workplace and community learning centres and promoting the joint sharing of resources with the formal school sector. Internet connection has been made increasingly accessible in rural areas.
KU-band for distance education and information broadcasting for up to 24 hours per day. Educational Museum, Science Museum. Provide satellite dishes and receivers to rural schools, provincial non-formal education centers for district schools, public libraries, temples.