Established in 1917, Chulalongkorn University is the first institution for higher learning in Thailand. In 2005 it ranked 121 out of 200 in the World University Ranking produced by the Times Higher Education Supplement, and ranks third in Southeast Asia.
The University has eighteen faculties and a number of schools, institutes and projects, which are engaged in teaching, research, and publication. It has approximately 2,950 academic staff members offering 30 international programmes, 344 major subjects in four main areas of study, namely, health sciences, science and technology, social sciences, and humanities, catering to a student population of approximately 27,000.
The university has modern and fully-equipped libraries, resource, and research centres, notably the Institute of Asian Studies, the Social Research Institute, the Environmental Research Institute, and the Centre for Social Development Studies (CSDS).
The university is an active player on the national and international scene. Chulalongkorn frequently hosts world events, such as the International Symposium on Human Security in a Borderless World with the United Nations, and Bridges for International Dialogue toward Peace with the International Peace Foundation. The university also maintains connections with a wide range of universities, institutes, government agencies and non-governmental groups in Thailand and abroad.
Since its inception the Faculty covered many academic fields, incorporating not only political science but diplomacy, public administration, finance, economics, law, sociology, anthropology, and population studies.
Today the Faculty of Political Science is one of 17 faculties at Chulalongkorn, and comprises four departments: Government, International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology, and Public Administration. Only about 250 undergraduates are admitted each year for a 4-year degree, and a total of about 200 Master’s and 10 PhD students are doing research at the Faculty at any one time.
There are about 70 academic staff members in the Faculty, most of them holding their postgraduate degrees from the United States, Europe, Australia or Japan. Some Faculty members have served as government officials, while others have assisted non-governmental organizations and directly participated in Thailand’s pro-democracy movement.
The MA in International Development Studies, as an initiative of the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), is an interdepartmental initiative and the Faculty’s first international programme. It is a testimony of the Faculty’s capacity over its long history to adapt to new academic, social, and political challenges.
The University has eighteen faculties and a number of schools, institutes and projects, which are engaged in teaching, research, and publication. It has approximately 2,950 academic staff members offering 30 international programmes, 344 major subjects in four main areas of study, namely, health sciences, science and technology, social sciences, and humanities, catering to a student population of approximately 27,000.
The university has modern and fully-equipped libraries, resource, and research centres, notably the Institute of Asian Studies, the Social Research Institute, the Environmental Research Institute, and the Centre for Social Development Studies (CSDS).
The university is an active player on the national and international scene. Chulalongkorn frequently hosts world events, such as the International Symposium on Human Security in a Borderless World with the United Nations, and Bridges for International Dialogue toward Peace with the International Peace Foundation. The university also maintains connections with a wide range of universities, institutes, government agencies and non-governmental groups in Thailand and abroad.
Faculty of Political Science
The origins of the Faculty are traceable to the early 20th century in the Civil Servants’ Training School. Under different names it remained the flagship institution for training civil servants for the rapidly modernizing Thai government bureaucracy, until it became the country’s first full-fleshed university in 1917. The Faculty of Political Science was one of the original four faculties of Chulalongkorn University.Since its inception the Faculty covered many academic fields, incorporating not only political science but diplomacy, public administration, finance, economics, law, sociology, anthropology, and population studies.
Today the Faculty of Political Science is one of 17 faculties at Chulalongkorn, and comprises four departments: Government, International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology, and Public Administration. Only about 250 undergraduates are admitted each year for a 4-year degree, and a total of about 200 Master’s and 10 PhD students are doing research at the Faculty at any one time.
There are about 70 academic staff members in the Faculty, most of them holding their postgraduate degrees from the United States, Europe, Australia or Japan. Some Faculty members have served as government officials, while others have assisted non-governmental organizations and directly participated in Thailand’s pro-democracy movement.
The MA in International Development Studies, as an initiative of the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), is an interdepartmental initiative and the Faculty’s first international programme. It is a testimony of the Faculty’s capacity over its long history to adapt to new academic, social, and political challenges.