1 “The establishment of Khon Kaen University as one additional university is very valuable, because through her, higher education could be extended to the most important rural area of the country. This will greatly benefit people in the region for their development and better standard of living. We all, therefore, should appreciate the successful establishment of Khon Kaen University” His Majesty the King’s speech during the opening ceremony of Khon Kaen University on December 20, 1967. 2y y ŚũřľũŐŒŚŧĿƀũŒDZNy|||NŘŢũŞūŎřũŜŨřĹŤŐŴĸǹŐ ŚũřľũŐŒŚŧĿƀũŒDZNy|||NŘŢũŞūŎřũŜŨřĹŤŐŴĸǹŐ “ÖćøêĆĚÜöĀćüĉì÷ćúĆ÷×ĂîĒÖŠîđóĉęö×ċĚîĂĊÖĒĀŠÜĀîċęÜîĆĚîđðŨîÙčèĂ÷ŠćÜ÷ĉęÜđóøćąìĞćĔĀšÖćøýċÖþć ßĆĚîÿĎÜ×÷ć÷ĂĂÖĕðëċÜõĎöĉõćÙìĊęÿĞćÙĆâìĊęÿčéÿŠüîĀîċęÜ×ĂÜðøąđìýàċęÜêŠĂĕðÝąđðŨîñúéĊĒÖŠÖćøóĆçîć ÷ÖåćîąÙüćöđðŨîĂ÷ĎŠ×ĂÜðøąßćßîĔîõĎöĉõćÙîĊĚđðŨîĂ÷ŠćÜ÷ĉęÜÙüćöÿĞćđøĘÝĔîÖćøêĆĚÜöĀćüĉì÷ćúĆ÷ ×ĂîĒÖŠîÝċÜđðŨîÙüćöÿĞćđøĘÝìĊęìčÖÙîÝą÷ĉîéĊ÷ĉęÜ” óøąøćßéĞćøĆÿóøąïćìÿöđéĘÝóøąđÝšćĂ÷ĎŠĀĆüĄ ĔîēĂÖćÿđÿéĘÝóøąøćßéĞćđîĉîìøÜðøąÖĂïóĉíĊđðŗéöĀćüĉì÷ćúĆ÷×ĂîĒÖŠî đöČęĂüĆîìĊęíĆîüćÙö NN NNNywxy NNywxy 3 0essage from the President During the 2012 fiscal year, Khon Kaen University had carried out many important missions to make her a recognized quality institution with universal standard. The university had been driven to reach her visionary goal of becoming a leading national university with the capacity for global competition. In the past year, the university had produced quality graduates who were knowledgeable, competent, and ethical, making them a highly capable human resource for the country. These graduates have been well recognized by the society and the country. The university also had supported many research projects in which their outcomes could be directly utilized to solve society’s problems, for examples: research on liver flukes and cholangiocarcinoma, research on improvement of chili pepper, spring bitter cucumber, and large-seeded peanuts. All these outcomes reflect well the institute’s determination to become a leading research university. For the academic service, the university had integrated its activities with that of the research process and teaching to express her true responsibility to the community and society. The health care service aiming at becoming the excellence center for ASEAN and the Great Mekhong sub-region, was one of the important missions carried out in the past year. Apart from these activities, the university had given full attention to conserve and praise the folk-wisdom in her art-cultural mission. The attention was also extended to administration and management of the organization by the improvement of organiza- tion’s structure to fit its tasks, improvement of the physical system, improvement of the landscape, and making KKU a Happy University. May I take this opportunity to thank all the administrators, faculties, supporting staff, and students for their contribution and dedication, throughout the year, in devel- oping our institution and making Khon Kaen University one of the leading universities of our country. Associate Professor Dr Kittichai Triratanasirichai President of Khon Kaen University 4 CONTENTS Page Message from the President 3 Contents 4 History of Khon Kaen University 5 Development of Khon Kaen University 6 Seal symbolizing Khon Kaen University 9 Symbolic color 9 Symbolic tree 10 Pledge, Vision 11 Mission, Values, Organization’s Culture 12 Logo Symbolizing the University’s Identity 12 Khon Kaen University Council 14 Khon Kaen University Administrators 18 Khon Kaen University Organizational Structure 22 Strategic points and goals based on the action plan 23 Strategies Map 25 Major Outcomes 26 Name list of the honorary degree recipients 37 The Outcomes from Teaching 42 The Outcomes from Research 48 The Outcomes from Academic and Health Care Services 55 The Outcomes from Nurturing of Arts and Cultures 61 The Outcomes from Organization Administration and Management 64 Major Evenst and Activities 72 Informative Data 81 Financial Report 85 5 History of Khon Kaen University The idea of founding Khon Kaen University, a university in the Northeast, was first initiated in 1941 during the reign of King Ananda Mahidol and the administration of Field Marshal Pibulsongkram with the purpose of extending higher education into the rural area. It was originally planned to be established at Ubon Ratchatani province, however, after the Second World War had broken out and Thailand was militarily forced into siding with Japan, such the idea had come to a complete stop. It was not until 1960 that the plan had been revitalized by Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, the Prime Minister of Thailand at that time. In 1962, in accordance with the revision of the previous policy, the government finally committed to open a higher education institution for engineering and agriculture in Khon Kaen province and named it “KHON KAEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY” or K.I.T. At that time, there was no government office in the area to take responsibility in managing the university’s affairs, therefore, the government had appointed the National Education Council to take charge and find its founding site, design the curricula, as well as cooperate with foreign countries for assistance. The university was renamed as the Northeastern University in 1963 and had its founding location at Baan Srithan, Nai Muang sub-district, occupying approximately 880 hectares and was about 4 km from downtown. During its construction, the University Establishment Office in Bangkok had recruited its first lot of students in 1964, comprising of 49 students in Agricultural Sciences and 58 students in Engineering. The teaching was mostly done at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Medicine (Mahidol University at present).In 1965, the cabinets officially changed its name from Northeastern University to KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY. With the Royal command of His Majesty the King, Khon Kaen University was enacted and announced in the Royal Gazette on January 25, 1966, and this day has become the Establishment Day for Khon Kaen University ever since. Within that year, all teaching activities done at the University of Medicine and the students, were moved to the present site of Khon Kaen University. 6 Development of Khon Kaen University Development of Khon Kaen University has been in progress since her first establishment to the present day. According to her achievements, the development can be divided into 3 periods as follows: The First Period: The first and second decades, the first and leading regional university of the country. The development in this period, concentrated more on the establishment and expansion of the university. The First Decade (1964-1973), the Decade of Establishment There were only 3 faculties, when Khon Kaen University was first established i.e., Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Sciences and Arts. There was student enrolment only in the former 2 faculties, where the latter provided teaching of the basic courses. There were 107 students enrolled in the first year and 59 of them graduated with a bachelor degree in 1967. Later on in this decade, Faculty of Education; Faculty of Nursing; and Faculty of Medicine were established. The Second Decade (1974-1983), the Decade of Expansion In the second decade, the university had expanded continuously in the education of Health Sciences. Faculties of Associated Medical Sciences, Public Health, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Humanities and Social Sciences were estab- lished during this decade along with the other supporting units such as, the Academic Service Center, the Research and Development Institute, and the Graduate school. The Second Period: The Third and Fourth decades, a Leading National University Progressive expansion and building up research capacity were the main emphasis of this period, the third and fourth decades (1984-2003). 7 The Third Decade (1984-1993), the Decade of Continuous Expansion Early in this decade, more faculties and operation units had been established which were the Faculty of Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Architecture, and Faculty of Management Sciences, as well as the Computer Center, the Center for Continuing Education, and the Queen Sirikit Heart Center of the Northeast. Apart from these establishments, the university was assigned by the government to set up the establishment of Ubon Ratchathani, and Suranaree Colleges which later on, detached themselves to become Ubon Ratchathani University and Suranaree University of Technology respectively. The Fourth Decade (1994-2003), Becoming a Comprehensive University In this decade, Khon Kaen University has become an important comprehensive university of the region with faculties that cover most of the academic subjects. The Nong Khai campus, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, and College of Graduate Study in Management were also established during this decade, apart from setting up more supporting units such as, the Registration and Assessment Office (Bureau of Academic Administration and Development), the Mekong Institute, and the Institute of Dispute Resolution (an autonomous institute). The Third Period: The Fifth decade (2004-2013): Moving to Become a Research University and a Leading University of ASEAN This period has been the period of transformation. From the globalization, in which academic and technological progress has been leaping forward, Khon Kaen University’s vision has been respecified to become a research university and a leading university of ASEAN based on her responsibility in generating innovative knowledge
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