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Vientiane
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Vientiane is the capital and largest city of Laos, on the banks of the Mekong River near the border with Thailand. Vientiane became the capital in 1563 due to fears of a Burmese invasion, Vientiane was the administrative capital during French rule and, due to economic growth in recent times, is now the economic centre of Laos. The estimated population of the city is 760,000, the city hosted the 25th Southeast Asian Games in December 2009 celebrating the 50 years of Southeast Asian Games. The name of the city is derived from Pali, the language of Theravada Buddhism. The romanised spelling Vientiane is of French origin, and reflects the difficulty the French had in pronouncing the sound in the Lao language. A common English-based spelling is Viangchan, or occasionally Wiangchan, Thattaradtha founded a city called Maha Thani Si Phan Phao on the western banks of the Mekong River, this city was said to have later become todays Udon Thani, Thailand. One day, a seven-headed Naga told Thattaradtha to start a new city on the east bank of the river opposite Maha Thani Si Phan Phao, the prince called this city Chanthabuly Si Sattanakhanahud, which was said to be the predecessor of modern Vientiane. Contrary to the Phra Lak Phra Lam, most historians believe Vientiane was an early Khmer settlement centered around a Hindu temple, in 1354, when Fa Ngum founded the kingdom of Lan Xang. Viangchan became an important administrative city, even though it was not made the capital, King Setthathirath officially established it as the capital of Lan Xang in 1563, to avoid Burmese invasion. When Lan Xang fell apart in 1707, it became an independent Kingdom of Vientiane, in 1779, it was conquered by the Siamese general Phraya Chakri and made a vassal of Siam. When King Anouvong raised a rebellion, it was obliterated by Siamese armies in 1827. The city was burned to the ground and was looted of nearly all Laotian artifacts, including Buddha statues, Viangchan was in great disrepair, depopulated and disappearing into the forest, when the French arrived. It eventually passed to French rule in 1893 and it became the capital of the French protectorate of Laos in 1899. The French rebuilt the city and rebuilt or repaired Buddhist temples such as Pha That Luang, Haw Phra Kaew, during World War II, Viangchan fell with little resistance and was occupied by Japanese forces, under the command of Sako Masanori. On 9 March 1945 French paratroopers arrived, and reoccupied the city on 24 April 1945, as the Laotian Civil War broke out between the Royal Lao Government and the Pathet Lao, Vientiane became unstable. In August 1960, Kong Le seized the capital and insisted that Souvanna Phouma become prime minister, in mid-December, Phoumi Nosavan then seized the capital, overthrew the Phouma Government, and installed Boun Oum as prime minister. In mid-1975, Pathet Lao troops moved towards the city and Americans began evacuating the capital, on 23 August 1975, a contingent of 50 Pathet Lao women symbolically liberated the city. The next day, an Insurgency in Laos began in the jungle, with the Pathet Lao fighting factions of Hmong, Vientiane was the host of the incident-free 2009 Southeast Asian Games
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Laos
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Present day Laos traces its historic and cultural identity to the kingdom of Lan Xang Hom Khao, which existed for four centuries as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Due to Lan Xangs central geographical location in Southeast Asia, the kingdom was able to become a hub for overland trade. After a period of conflict, Lan Xang broke off into three separate kingdoms— Luang Phabang, Vientiane and Champasak. In 1893, it became a French protectorate, with the three territories uniting to form what is now known as the country of Laos and it briefly gained independence in 1945 after Japanese occupation, but returned to French rule until it was granted autonomy in 1949. Laos became independent in 1953, with a monarchy under Sisavang Vong. Shortly after independence, a civil war ended the monarchy. Laos is a one-party socialist republic and it espouses Marxism and is governed by the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party, in which the party leadership is dominated by military figures. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Vietnam Peoples Army continue to have significant influence in Laos, other large cities include Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Pakse. Laos is a country with the politically and culturally dominant Lao people making up approximately 60 percent of the population. Mon-Khmer groups, the Hmong, and other hill tribes, accounting for 40 percent of the population, live in the foothills. It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, East Asia Summit, Laos applied for membership of the World Trade Organization in 1997, on 2 February 2013, it was granted full membership. According to the anti-corruption non-governmental organisation Transparency International, Laos remains one of the most corrupt countries in the world and this has deterred foreign investment and created major problems with the rule of law, including the nations ability to enforce contract and business regulation. This has contributed to a third of the population of Laos currently living below the poverty line. Laos has an economy, with one of the lowest annual incomes in the world. In 2014, the country ranked 141st on the Human Development Index, according to the Global Hunger Index, Laos ranks as the 29th hungriest nation in the world out of the list of the 52 nations with the worst hunger situation. Laos has also had a human rights record. In the Lao language, the name is Muang Lao or Pathet Lao. Stone artefacts including Hoabinhian types have been found at sites dating to the Late Pleistocene in northern Laos, archaeological evidence suggests agriculturist society developed during the 4th millennium BC
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ASEAN University Network
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The ASEAN University Network is an Asian university association. It was founded in November 1995 by ASEAN member countries including 13 universities, after the enlargement of ASEAN by the ASEAN Charter in 1997 and 1999, the AUN membership has been increasing. The ASEAN University Network is an arrangement between 30 universities in the ten ASEAN countries, the AUN is composed of a Board of Trustees, the participating universities, and the AUN Secretariat. The BOT has the task of formulating policies, approving project proposals, the board makes decisions on these activities on the basis of consensus. The participating universities have the task of implementing the AUN programmes and activities, when AUN was founded in 1995, it consisted of thirteen universities from seven countries. Due to the inclusion of Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia in ASEAN, although numerous applications for membership have been received, it was decided to only admit universities from the new member countries. Non members from the region however, are invited as observers on a regular basis, the AUN Secretariat is involved in the planning, organisation, monitoring and evaluation of AUN activities and also in the development of new ideas and the acquisition of funding. The permanent office of the Secretariat was established in 2000 and is located on the campus of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, the operating costs of the secretariat are allocated by the Thai Government. The financing of AUN activities comes from either cost sharing between the universities or from the external ‘dialogue partners’ of ASEAN. The dialogue partners are Australia, Canada, China, EU, India, Japan, New Zealand, ROK, Russia, the United Nations Development Program also has dialogue status. The meetings within the AUN Framework are financed by the hosts and travel expenses by the participants, the ASEAN University Network emerged from a highly ambitious idea of the ASEAN leaders and the ASEAN Subcommittee on Education to establish an ASEAN University. A year after this idea was launched, it clear that this would present too many problems concerning funding, location. Therefore, in 1994, it was decided that the founding of a network of existing institutions would be more feasible, in its early years, the AUN focused mainly on the sharing of knowledge and experiences and on small-scale student and staff exchange. As from 1999, the collaborative activities became more complex with programmes like joint curriculum development, co-operation in ICT and this is not only the case for intra-ASEAN co-operation but also for the activities with the dialogue partners. This also led to the establishment of a permanent secretariat in Bangkok in March 2000, although there existed a secretariat since 1997, this secretariat was temporary. With the permanent office also came an increase in funding for the secretariat. In addition to the costs for the AUN secretariat, also the financial support for AUN activities increased substantially since 1999. In addition to a growth in terms, projects also became more comprehensive
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University
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A university is an institution of higher education and research which grants academic degrees in various academic disciplines. Universities typically provide undergraduate education and postgraduate education, the word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, which roughly means community of teachers and scholars. Universities were created in Italy and evolved from Cathedral schools for the clergy during the High Middle Ages, the original Latin word universitas refers in general to a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc. Like other guilds, they were self-regulating and determined the qualifications of their members, an important idea in the definition of a university is the notion of academic freedom. The first documentary evidence of this comes from early in the life of the first university, the University of Bologna adopted an academic charter, the Constitutio Habita, in 1158 or 1155, which guaranteed the right of a traveling scholar to unhindered passage in the interests of education. Today this is claimed as the origin of academic freedom and this is now widely recognised internationally - on 18 September 1988,430 university rectors signed the Magna Charta Universitatum, marking the 900th anniversary of Bolognas foundation. The number of universities signing the Magna Charta Universitatum continues to grow, the university is generally regarded as a formal institution that has its origin in the Medieval Christian setting. The earliest universities were developed under the aegis of the Latin Church by papal bull as studia generalia and it is possible, however, that the development of cathedral schools into universities was quite rare, with the University of Paris being an exception. Later they were founded by Kings or municipal administrations. In the early period, most new universities were founded from pre-existing schools. Many historians state that universities and cathedral schools were a continuation of the interest in learning promoted by monasteries, the first universities in Europe with a form of corporate/guild structure were the University of Bologna, the University of Paris, and the University of Oxford. The students had all the power … and dominated the masters, princes and leaders of city governments perceived the potential benefits of having a scholarly expertise develop with the ability to address difficult problems and achieve desired ends. The emergence of humanism was essential to understanding of the possible utility of universities as well as the revival of interest in knowledge gained from ancient Greek texts. The rediscovery of Aristotles works–more than 3000 pages of it would eventually be translated–fuelled a spirit of inquiry into natural processes that had begun to emerge in the 12th century. Some scholars believe that these represented one of the most important document discoveries in Western intellectual history. Richard Dales, for instance, calls the discovery of Aristotles works a turning point in the history of Western thought and this became the primary mission of lecturers, and the expectation of students. The university culture developed differently in northern Europe than it did in the south, Latin was the language of the university, used for all texts, lectures, disputations and examinations. Professors lectured on the books of Aristotle for logic, natural philosophy, and metaphysics, while Hippocrates, Galen, outside of these commonalities, great differences separated north and south, primarily in subject matter
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Bachelor's degree
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A bachelors degree or baccalaureate is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years. In some institutions and educational systems, some bachelors degrees can only be taken as graduate or postgraduate degrees after a first degree has been completed. The term bachelor in the 12th century referred to a knight bachelor, by the end of the 13th century, it was also used by junior members of guilds or universities. By folk etymology or wordplay, the word came to be associated with bacca lauri in reference to laurels being awarded for academic success or honours. An honours degree generally requires an academic standard than a pass degree. In most African countries, the university systems follow the model of their former colonizing power, for example, the Nigerian university system is similar to the British system, while the Ivorian system is akin to the French. The degree is typically identical to the program of Frances universities, bachelors degree programs cover most of the fields in Algerian universities, except some fields, such as Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science. Bachelors degrees at the University of Botswana normally take four years, the system draws on both British and American models. Degrees are classified as First Class, Second Class Division One, Second Class Division Two and Third as in English degrees, but without being described as honours. The main degrees are named by British tradition, but in recent years there have been a numbers of degrees named after specific subjects, such as Bachelor of Library, in Morocco, a bachelors degree is referred to as al-ʾijāzah. The course of study takes three years, which are divided into two cycles. The first cycle comprises the first, or propaedeutic, year, after successfully completing their first two years, students can pursue either theoretical specialization or professional specialization. The second cycle is one long, after whose completion students receive the licence détudes fondamentales or the licence professionnelle. This academic degree system was introduced in September 2003, University admission is extremely competitive, with attendant advantages and disadvantages. Nonetheless, it takes four to five years to complete a bachelors degree, in cases of poor performance, the time limit is double the standard amount of time. For example, one may not study for more than 10 years for a five-year course, students are normally asked to leave if they must take longer. B. Arch. and other specialized undergraduate degrees, such as B. Eng, Science undergraduate degrees may require six months or a semester dedicated to SIWES but it is usually mandatory for all engineering degrees. A semester for project work/thesis is required, not excluding course work, the classifications of degrees, first-class, second-class, third-class and a pass
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Master degree
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A masters degree normally requires previous study at the bachelors level, either as a separate degree or as part of an integrated course. The original meaning of the degree was thus that someone who had been admitted to the rank of master in one university should be admitted to the same rank in other universities. This gradually became formalised as the licentia docendi, initially, the Bachelor of Arts was awarded for the study of the trivium and the Master of Arts for the study of the quadrivium. The nineteenth century saw an expansion in the variety of masters degrees offered. By 1861 this had been adopted throughout Scotland as well as by Cambridge and Durham in England, when the Philadelphia College of Surgeons was established in 1870, it too conferred the Master of Surgery, the same as that in Europe. In the United States, the first masters degrees were awarded at Harvard University soon after its foundation, at Harvard the 1700 regulations required that candidates for the masters degree had to pass a public examination, but by 1835 this was awarded Oxbridge-style 3 years after the BA. In Scotland, Edinburgh maintained separate BA and MA degrees until the mid nineteenth century, in Scotland all the statutes of the Universities which enforced conditions on the grant of degrees were a dead letter. Probably the most important masters degree introduced in the 19th century was the Master of Science, at the University of Michigan this was introduced in two forms in 1858, in course, first awarded in 1859, and on examination, first awarded in 1862. The in course MS was last awarded in 1876, in Britain, however, the degree took a while longer to arrive. The same two degrees, again omitting the masters, were awarded at Edinburgh, despite the MA being the undergraduate degree for Arts in Scotland. In 1862, a Royal Commission suggested that Durham should award masters degrees in theology and science and this scheme would appear to have then been quietly dropped, with Oxford going on to award BAs and MAs in science. The Master of Science degree was introduced in Britain in 1878 at Durham. At the Victoria University both the MA and MSc followed the lead of Durhams MA in requiring an examination for those with an ordinary bachelors degree. The Bologna declaration in 1999 started the Bologna Process, leading to the creation of the European Higher Education Area, as the process continued, descriptors were introduced for all three levels in 2004, and ECTS credit guidelines were developed. This led to questions as to the status of the masters degrees. In 1903, the London Daily News criticised the practice of Oxford and Cambridge, calling their MAs the most stupendous of academic frauds, in 1900, Dartmouth College introduced the Master of Commercial Science, first awarded in 1902. This was the first masters degree in business, the forerunner of the modern MBA, the idea quickly crossed the Atlantic, with Manchester establishing a Faculty of Commerce, awarding Bachelor and Master of Commerce degrees, in 1903. Over the first half of the century the masters degrees for honours graduates vanished as honours degrees became the standard undergraduate qualification in the UK
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Cambodia
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Cambodia, officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is 181,035 square kilometres in area, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia has a population of over 15 million. The official religion is Theravada Buddhism, practiced by approximately 95 percent of the population, the countrys minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams, and 30 hill tribes. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic, the kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with Norodom Sihamoni, a monarch chosen by the Royal Throne Council, as head of state. The head of government is Hun Sen, who is currently the longest serving leader in South East Asia and has ruled Cambodia for over 25 years. In 802 AD, Jayavarman II declared himself king, uniting the warring Khmer princes of Chenla under the name Kambuja. The Indianized kingdom built monumental temples including Angkor Wat, now a World Heritage Site, after the fall of Angkor to Ayutthaya in the 15th century, a reduced and weakened Cambodia was then ruled as a vassal state by its neighbours. In 1863 Cambodia became a protectorate of France which doubled the size of the country by reclaiming the north, the Vietnam War extended into the country with the US bombing of Cambodia from 1969 until 1973. Following the Cambodian coup of 1970, the king gave his support to his former enemies. Following the 1991 Paris Peace Accords, Cambodia was governed briefly by a United Nations mission, the UN withdrew after holding elections in which around 90 percent of the registered voters cast ballots. The 1997 coup placed power solely in the hands of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Cambodian Peoples Party, important sociopolitical issues includes widespread poverty, pervasive corruption, lack of political freedoms, low human development, and a high rate of hunger. While per capita income remains low compared to most neighbouring countries, agriculture remains the dominant economic sector, with strong growth in textiles, construction, garments, and tourism leading to increased foreign investment and international trade. Cambodia scored dismally in an annual index ranking the rule of law in 102 countries, placing 99th overall, Cambodia also faces environmental destruction as an imminent problem. The most severe activity in this regard is considered to be the countrywide deforestation, the Kingdom of Cambodia is the official English name of the country. The English Cambodia is an anglicisation of the French Cambodge, which in turn is the French transliteration of the Khmer Kampuchea, Kampuchea is the shortened alternative to the countrys official name in Khmer, Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea. The Khmer endonym Kampuchea derives from the Sanskrit name Kambujadeśa, composed of देश, desa and कम्बोज, Kambujas, colloquially, Cambodians refer to their country as either Srok Khmer, meaning Khmers Land, or the slightly more formal Prateh Kampuchea, literally Country of Kampuchea. The name Cambodia is used most often in the Western world while Kampuchea is more used in the East. Excavations in its lower layers produced a series of dates as of 6000 BC
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Thailand
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Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately 513,000 km2, Thailand is the worlds 51st-largest country and it is the 20th-most-populous country in the world, with around 66 million people. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, Thailand is a constitutional monarchy and has switched between parliamentary democracy and military junta for decades, the latest coup being in May 2014 by the National Council for Peace and Order. Its capital and most populous city is Bangkok and its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India on the Andaman Sea to the southwest. The Thai economy is the worlds 20th largest by GDP at PPP and it became a newly industrialised country and a major exporter in the 1990s. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy and it is considered a middle power in the region and around the world. The country has always been called Mueang Thai by its citizens, by outsiders prior to 1949, it was usually known by the exonym Siam. The word Siam has been identified with the Sanskrit Śyāma, the names Shan and A-hom seem to be variants of the same word. The word Śyâma is possibly not its origin, but a learned, another theory is the name derives from Chinese, Ayutthaya emerged as a dominant centre in the late fourteenth century. The Chinese called this region Xian, which the Portuguese converted into Siam, the signature of King Mongkut reads SPPM Mongkut King of the Siamese, giving the name Siam official status until 24 June 1939 when it was changed to Thailand. Thailand was renamed Siam from 1945 to 11 May 1949, after which it reverted to Thailand. According to George Cœdès, the word Thai means free man in the Thai language, ratcha Anachak Thai means kingdom of Thailand or kingdom of Thai. Etymologically, its components are, ratcha, -ana- -chak, the Thai National Anthem, written by Luang Saranupraphan during the extremely patriotic 1930s, refers to the Thai nation as, prathet Thai. The first line of the anthem is, prathet thai ruam lueat nuea chat chuea thai, Thailand is the unity of Thai flesh. There is evidence of habitation in Thailand that has been dated at 40,000 years before the present. Similar to other regions in Southeast Asia, Thailand was heavily influenced by the culture and religions of India, Thailand in its earliest days was under the rule of the Khmer Empire, which had strong Hindu roots, and the influence among Thais remains even today. Voretzsch believes that Buddhism must have been flowing into Siam from India in the time of the Indian Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire, later Thailand was influenced by the south Indian Pallava dynasty and north Indian Gupta Empire. The Menam Basin was originally populated by the Mons, and the location of Dvaravati in the 7th century, the History of the Yuan mentions an embassy from the kingdom of Sukhothai in 1282
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Chulalongkorn University
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Chulalongkorn University, abbreviated either CU or Chula, is a public and autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. It is ranked as Thailands No.1 university from various organizers such as QS world university ranking, Round university ranking, the university was established in 1917, making it the oldest institute of higher education in Thailand. The university began taking shape during King Chulalongkorns reign when he founded the Royal Pages School in 1902 at The Grand Palace of Thailand, during the reign of his son, King Vajiravudh, the Royal Pages School became the Civil Service College of King Chulalongkorn. The Rockefeller Foundation was instrumental in helping the college from its academic foundation, on March 26,1917, King Vajiravudh renamed the college to Chulalongkorn University. Chulalongkorn University is a comprehensive and research-intensive university, according to QS university ranking 2016. CU is placed 252nd in the world, 45th in Asia, 1st in Thailand, Chulalongkorn University is one of the National Research Universities and supported by the Office of Nation Education Standards and Quality Assessment of Thailand. Moreover, CU is the only Thai university which is a member of Association of Pacific Rim Universities, admission to CU is highly selective, and applicants are required to have high test scores. Applicants ranking within the top 10 national scores is chosen for study at CU, CU comprises nineteen faculties, a School of Agriculture, three colleges, ten institutes and two other schools. Its campus occupies a vast area in downtown Bangkok, in 1899, the king founded the Civil Service Training School near the northern gate of the Royal Palace. Those who graduated from the school would become royal pages, being royal pages, they learned how to administer organizations by working closely with the king, which was a traditional way of entrance to Siamese bureaucracy. After being royal pages, they would serve in the Mahattai Ministry or other government ministries. On April 1,1902 the king thought the name of the school should be renamed to increase the dignity of students, Hence the name Royal Pages School was later used. The academic demands, however, increased all over the country as a whole as Siam was modernized, King Vajiravudh then took the remaining funds of Chulalongkorns Royal Equestrian Statue construction, which was collected from people. Then combined with his own funds to subsidize the construction of a university campus, the king organized various schools around the city proper into the Chulalongkorns College. The university firstly granted certificates to its graduates, the education for a degree was then prepared. The Rockefeller Foundation reorganized the curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine, in 1923, the Faculty of Medicine became the first faculty to accept students from the secondary education. The remaining faculties then followed suit, in 1938, the Chulalongkorn Universitys Preparatory School was founded to provide pre-collegiate education for its students. Those who managed to enter the university had to spend two years in the Preparatory School before going on to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Preparatory School, however, ceased to be a university-owned preparatory school in 1947 and became independent Triam Udom Suksa School
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Chiang Mai University
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Chiang Mai University is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964. It has an emphasis on engineering, science, agriculture. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction and its main campus lies between Chiang Mai downtown and Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province. The university was the first institution of education in northern Thailand. Chiang Mai University has four campuses, three of them in Chiang Mai and one in Lamphun, which cover about 3,490 acres. There are 18 housing complexes located on campus for students attending the university. Seventeen of them are on the campus and one is on the Mae Hea campus The main university campus, known as Suan Sak campus or Cherng Doi. Set against Doi Suthep, the campus occupies a 725-acre site, an attractive feature of this campus is the Ang Kaew Reservoir. Constructed to supply water for the university, it is also an area for campus residents. In the 1960s, the area was still forested, with conservation in mind, university buildings were constructed between the trees, with the result that the campus still retains much of its original setting. About 5 km south of the campus, the 864-acre Mae Hea campus is home to the faculties of veterinary medicine. The Energy Research and Development Institute, the university center for renewable energy and this center is a national biogas center of excellence, emphasizing biogas activities, especially biogas on swine farms. Chiang Mai University is a large, highly residential, research university, with a majority of enrollment coming from graduate, there are 20 faculties and one college in three disciplines. Beaver, biologist Conrad H. Bergo, chemist Phisit Seesuriyachan, Biotechnologist Chiang Mai University Official website Student Hangout The Escape Hunt Experience Chiang Mai
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Khon Kaen University
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Khon Kaen University or KKU is a public research university in Thailand. It was the first university established in northeastern Thailand and remains the oldest and largest university in the region, the university is a hub of education in northeast Thailand. It is widely recognized university in Asia, KKU offers a wide range of programs, its comprehensive academic program offers 105 undergraduate majors, along with 129 masters degree programs, and 59 doctoral programs. Khon Kaen University was ranked 21st in Southeast Asia by Time Higher Education in 2009, in 1941, during the reign of the King Ananda Mahidol and during the time of Field Marshal Pibulsonggram as prime minister, a plan was drawn up to improve continued education throughout Thailand. There were plans to open a university in Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand was forced into siding with Japan. Plans to build universities in northeast Thailand were shelved and it wasnt until 1960 that plans to open more institutions of further education in the northeast would resume. Thus, the Khon Kaen Institute of Technology was born and it later became known as the University of North East Thailand. Because there was no government office that would take responsibility for managing the university directly and this council was responsible for establishing a national curriculum and obtaining assistance from abroad. In 1963 the facultys subcommittee established that the campus would be located approximately four kilometers from the city of Khon Kaen, in 1965 the prime ministers office officially changed the name of University of North East Thailand to Khon Kaen University. The university also received the authority to control its own affairs and it was once a tradition for Khon Kaen University students from the faculties of engineering and agriculture to engage in an annual inter-faculty sports brawl in the universitys sports fields. The centre is one of the research centers on feed resources. The tournament, sponsored by the European Union, was modeled on the European Universities Debating Championship, the latest edition, the 9th EU-TH was held in May 2014
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Kasetsart University
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Kasetsart University is a public university in Thailand. It is ranked in the 651-700 tranche in the QS World University Rankings 2015/16 and it was the first agricultural university and the third oldest university in Thailand. It was established on 2 February 1943, to subjects related to agricultural science. The university also intends to include medicine and health science in the future, Kasetsart University is in Bang Khen, Bangkok, and now has four campuses, with an enrolment of approximately 67,000 students. It is the largest university in Thailand, in 1902, King Chulalongkorn promoted the countrys silk, silverware, and weaving industries. He hired Dr Kametaro Toyama from the University of Tokyo, to train Siamese students in the silk, in 1904, the School of Sericulture has founded at Tambon Thung Saladaeng, Bangkok by Prince Benbadhanabongse, the Director of the Department of Sericulture of the Ministry of Agriculture. The school was renamed the School of Agriculture in 1906, thailands first tertiary-level agriculture curriculum began to offer courses in 1909. It moved to Tambon Phra Prathon, Nakhon Pathom Province in 1918, in 1931, Prince Sithiporn Kridakara and Chaophraya Thammasakmontri together expanded the school regionally. In 1935, the Primary School Agriculture Teacher Training School in each part of the country was closed and merged following the education policy in that time. The Ministry of Agriculture established the Central Agriculture Station or Kaset Klang, in Bang Khen District, in 1943, Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram promoted the College of Agriculture and established Kasetsart University as a department of the Ministry of Agriculture. The university consisted of four faculties, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, the Kamphaeng Saen campus was established on 12 November 1979 as a result. The university further expanded by establishing Si Racha campus, Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province campus, Suphan Buri campus, Krabi campus, the university already established Si Racha campus in 1989 and the Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province campus on 15 August 1996. On 18 July 2015, the Kasetsart University Act B. E.2558 transformed it from a university to a national university. The Nontri tree has been a symbol of Kasetsart University since 1963, the king and queen planted nine Nontri trees in the front of Kasetsart Universitys main auditorium on 29 November 1963 which became historic day for Nisit Kasetsart. The Nontri is a tree in the Fabaceae family and it is a long-lived evergreen with grey-brown bark with upright branches. The leaves are compound and the flowers are yellow, produced in large compound racemes. Its fruit is a pod containing seeds, Kasetsart University occupies 846 rai in Bangkok. Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute or KURDI has a status to administrate and coordinate research projects, a center of excellence in advanced research and apply with the local knowledge for sustainable natural resources management
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Thammasat University
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Thammasat University, is Thailands second oldest institute of higher education. It started as a university, with 7,094 students enrolled in its first academic year studying law. The guiding philosophy of the university was to teach students to love, in 1952, the universitys name was shortened to its present one by the military junta of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram who also became the first rector of the university. Nevertheless, Thammasat University has always involved in the politics of Thailand. In 1960, the university ended its policy and became the first university in Thailand to require passing national entrance examinations for admission. Thammasat today offers more than 240 academic programs in 23 different faculties and colleges on four campuses and it has graduated more than 300,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The universitys alumni have included most of Thailands prime ministers, leading politicians, and governmental figures, Bank of Thailand governors, Tha Phra Chan Campus, the original campus of the university, is in Phra Nakhon, Bangkok. The campus is in proximity to many tourist destinations and was the site of the 14 October 1973 uprising. Rangsit campus, where most undergraduate programmes are concentrated, is in Khlong Luang, Thammasat has smaller regional campuses in Lampang, Pattaya, Narathiwat, and Udon Thani. Thammasat University is one of the highest competitive admission rate of Thailand along with Chulalongkorn University, applicants ranking within the top 10 national scores are chosen for studying at TU, especially in Social Science and Humanities fields are the most selective university in Thailand. Thammasat University also received world ranking university from QS as ranked 447 in the world by QS, Thammasat University began in 1934 as the University of Moral and Political Sciences. Thammasat University was the brainchild of Pridi Banomyong, the father of Thailands democracy and the minister of interior, the university was inaugurated on 27 June 1934, and Pridi served as the universitys first chancellor. The university is based on the principle of the Peoples Party. The first announcement of Khana Ratsadon stated the government must provide the people with full education because people lack education, the property and faculty of the law school were transferred to University of Moral and Political Science, and the old law school building was the first Thammasat site. The university moved to Tha Phra Chan campus the following year, when the university opened,7,094 people applied for admission. At that time, Chulalongkorn University was graduating only 68 students a year, Thammasat initially offered a bachelors degree with an emphasis on legal studies and previously banned economics and political science, plus a bachelors degree equivalent diploma in accountancy. Masters degree courses soon followed in law, political science, and economics, and doctoral courses in law, political science, economics. Under Pridis leadership, the university became the headquarters of the Free Thai anti-Japanese underground during the Second World War
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King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
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King Mongkuts Institute of Technology Ladkrabang is a research and educational institution in Thailand. It is in the city of Bangkok, Thailand and it is in Lat Krabang and has seven faculties, engineering, architecture, agricultural technology, science, industrial education, agricultural industry, and information technology. After moving to a new location at Lat Krabang near Suvarnabhumi Airport, engineering began at KMITL in 1960 with a course on telecommunications engineering. The telecommunications training center became a three-year specialty college in 1964, part of the school moved to the Ladkrabang campus, and architecture, industrial education/science, and agricultural technology departments were established. A Japanese corporation funded scholarship system was established, as well as practical factory-based training, from its inception, KMITL has grown to include seven faculties and affiliated research centers. At present, KMITL has been recognized as one of the science, the implementing partner organizations are the Ministry of University Affairs, KMITL, and a Japan-based advisory committee has been established. Through these research facilities, KMITL maintains creative partnerships with government, the I/UCRC in Data Storage Technology and Applications or iDSTA is formed under partnership between KMITL and NECTEC under the Thailands Hard Disk Drive Competitiveness Enhancement Program. The aim is to research and development activities in this area and to enhance cooperation among researchers
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Foreign relations of Laos
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Laos also maintained a special relationship with Vietnam and formalized a 1977 treaty of friendship and cooperation that created tensions with China. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and with Vietnams decreased ability to provide assistance, Laos emergence from international isolation has been marked through improved and expanded relations with other nations such as Australia, France, Japan, Sweden, and India. Trade relations with the United States were normalized in 2004, Laos was admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in July 1997 and applied to join the World Trade Organization in 1998. In 2005 it attended the inaugural East Asia Summit, Laos has established relations with 134 countries and the European Union. Brunei Brunei has an embassy in Vientiane, and Laos has an embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan, cambodia China Relations with the Peoples Republic of China have improved over the years. Although the two were allies during the Vietnam War, the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979 led to a deterioration in Sino-Lao relations. These relations began to improve in the late 1980s, in 1989 Sino-Lao relations were normalized but due to the expansionism of China in many parts of the region, Laos continues to be wary about Chinese incursions in the region. France Following its occupation of Vietnam, France absorbed Laos into French Indochina via treaties with Siam in 1893 and 1904, during World War II, the Japanese occupied French Indochina. When Japan surrendered, Lao nationalists declared Laos independent, but by early 1946, French troops had reoccupied the country, during the First Indochina War, the Indochinese Communist Party formed the Pathet Lao resistance organization committed to Lao independence. Laos gained full independence following the French defeat by the Vietnamese communists, today, Laos maintains an embassy in Paris. France maintains an embassy in Vientiane, Indonesia Since established diplomatic relations on 1957, both nations enjoys cordial relations. Indonesia have an embassy in Vientiane, while Laos have an embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia supported and welcomed Laos membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 1997. Laos and Indonesia agreed to enhance relations to focus on exploring the potential of both nations to cooperate on trade and investment, the two nations expressed a desire to reach further agreements relating to security, tourism, sport, air transport and education. Indonesia through bilateral cooperation assist Laos on capacity building and development in sectors, through scholarships. Malaysia During the collapse of the Communist Bloc, the Soviet Union could no longer afford aid for the development of Laos and this made Laos seek aid from other countries to help develop their country and has led the country to adopt a neutral foreign policy. When this policy of neutrality was adopted, relations with Malaysia were established, India Pakistan Philippines Formal relations between Laos and the Philippines were officially established on January 14,1955. Relations between the two countries were said to have started during the period of the Vietnam War. Operation Brotherhood, a joint international venture by Jaycees International, sent 50 volunteer Filipino doctors, agriculturists, Laos has an embassy in Manila while the Philippines has an embassy in Vientiane
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Transport in Laos
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This article concerns systems of transportation in Laos. Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of transportation systems, including several highways. As a landlocked country, Laos possesses no ports or harbours on the sea, because of its mountainous topography and lack of development, Laos has few reliable transportation routes. Laotians in lowland villages located on the banks of rivers have traditionally traveled in pirogues for fishing, trading. Otherwise, travel is by ox-cart over level terrain or by foot, the steep mountains and lack of roads have caused upland ethnic groups to rely entirely on pack baskets and horse packing for transportation. The road system is not extensive, in mid-1994, travel in most areas was difficult and expensive, and most Laotians traveled only limited distances, if at all. Rail transport does not play a significant part in Laoss transport sector, a short portage railway, the Don Det – Don Khon narrow gauge railway, was built by the French while Laos was a part of French Indochina. The railway crossed over the islands of Don Det and Don Khon, enabling vessels, freight, the railway was abandoned and fell into disrepair, although some of the infrastructure is still in place. However, the scheme was aborted in the 1930s. In January 2007 work began on a 3, test trains began running on July 4,2008, and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand formally inaugurated the line on March 5,2009. The proposed line would continue to the coast at Vung Ang, a port in Hà Tĩnh Province, according to plans established by ASEAN, the line may also be extended via Thakhek all the way to the Laotian capital Vientiane. Both Laos and Thailand have expressed interest in the project as a shorter export gateway to the Pacific Ocean. By 2012, the Thakhek project was not in the news anymore, an agreement for the construction of this 220-kilometre-long, $5 billion line, was signed on Nov 5,2012 with the Malaysian company called Giant Consolidated Limited. The work is supposed to begin in 2013 and be completed in 4 years, Laos has a long history of negotiating with China regarding the possibility of a join railway project. In October 2010, plans were announced for a 530 km standard gauge railway linking Vientiane to Xishuangbanna, construction was expected to begin in 2011, for completion in 2014. There were plans to extend this railway south from Vientiane to Bangkok, however, in April 2011 it was reported that construction of the railway has been postponed indefinitely, while the Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun has been arrested on corruption charges. In October 2012, it was announced again that an agreement with China about the construction of a railway from Vientiane to the Chinese border is to be signed within days, the project cost is quoted at $7 bln, and the construction will be done by Chinese companies. The ground-breaking ceremony was planned for November 2012, and the completion of the project was expected by 2017, the rail link will go through Yunnan province, linking together Kunming, China with Vientiane, Laos via Bangkok, Thailand to Dawei, Myanmar
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Brunei
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Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace, is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is surrounded by the state of Sarawak. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang, Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo, the remainder of the islands territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Bruneis population was 408,786 in July 2012, the maritime state was visited by Spains Magellan Expedition in 1521 and fought against Spain in the 1578 Castille War. During the 19th century, the Bruneian Empire began to decline, the Sultanate ceded Sarawak to James Brooke and installed him as the White Rajah, and it ceded Sabah to the British North Borneo Chartered Company. In 1888, Brunei became a British protectorate and was assigned a British resident as colonial manager in 1906, after the Japanese occupation during World War II, in 1959 a new constitution was written. In 1962, an armed rebellion against the monarchy was ended with the help of the British. Brunei gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984, Economic growth during the 1990s and 2000s, with the GDP increasing 56% from 1999 to 2008, transformed Brunei into an industrialised country. It has developed wealth from petroleum and natural gas fields. Brunei has the second-highest Human Development Index among the Southeast Asian nations, after Singapore, according to the International Monetary Fund, Brunei is ranked fifth in the world by gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity. The IMF estimated in 2011 that Brunei was one of two countries with a debt at 0% of the national GDP. Forbes also ranks Brunei as the fifth-richest nation out of 182, based on its petroleum, according to legend, Brunei was founded by Awang Alak Betatar, later to be Sultan Muhammad Shah. He moved from Garang, a place in the Temburong District to the Brunei River estuary, according to legend, upon landing he exclaimed, Baru nah, from which the name Brunei was derived. He was the first Muslim ruler of Brunei, before the rise of the Bruneian Empire under the Muslim Bolkiah Dynasty, Brunei is believed to have been under Buddhist rulers. It was renamed Barunai in the 14th century, possibly influenced by the Sanskrit word varuṇ, the word Borneo is of the same origin. In the countrys name, Negara Brunei Darussalam, darussalam means abode of peace. The people are pagans and are men of goodwill and their colour is whiter than that of the other sort. in this island justice is well administered. One of the earliest Chinese records is the 977 AD letter to Chinese emperor from the ruler of Po-ni, which some scholars believe to refer to Borneo
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Royal University of Phnom Penh
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The Royal University of Phnom Penh is the national university of Cambodia, located in the capital Phnom Penh. Established in 1960, is the countrys largest university and it hosts more around 20,000 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. It offers degrees in such as the sciences, humanities and social sciences, as well as vocational courses in fields such as information technology, electronics, psychology. RUPP provides Cambodia’s foremost degree-level language programs through the Institute of Foreign Languages, RUPP has full membership in the ASEAN University Network. RUPP has over 420 full-time staff, all of its 294 academic staff hold tertiary qualifications, including 24 PhDs and 132 Masters degrees. They are supported by 140 administrative and maintenance staff, the university maintains linkage networks with Cambodian and international NGOs, universities and government ministries. As a result, international and non-government organizations and government offices regularly contribute adjunct faculty members to help expand RUPP’s capacity, the Institute of Foreign Languages is the most famous division in Royal University of Phnom Penh as well as Cambodia. The Royal University of Phnom Penh began as the Royal Khmer University in 1960, the language of instruction during this period was French. With the establishment of the Khmer Republic in 1970, the Royal Khmer University became the Phnom Penh University. The Democratic Kampuchea period of 1975-1979 saw the closure and destruction of schools, the decimation of the teaching service, phung Ton, the dean of Phnom Penh University, was arrested, tortured and murdered at Tuol Sleng. During this period Phnom Penh University, as well as all other institutions in Cambodia, was closed down. Under this regime an education was perceived as a dangerous asset — hence, the educated were targeted, the campus was abandoned and remained deserted for almost five years. Of the educated people who survived, few remained in Cambodia once the borders reopened following the Vietnamese invasion that toppled Khmer Rouge rule, in 1980, under the Peoples Republic of Kampuchea, the Ecole Normale Supérieure reopened, again teaching predominantly in French. In 1981, the Institute of Foreign Languages began, initially training students to become Vietnamese, the purpose of both colleges was to provide surviving graduates of primary school or above with crash courses in teaching. In 1988, the college and the IFL merged to create Phnom Penh University, during the past decade, the university has grown and now includes the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, and the Institute of Foreign Languages. In 2001, RUPP began its first postgraduate degrees with the graduate diploma, the Campus 2 of the Royal University of Phnom Penh was built between 1989 and 1991 with the support of the Vietnamese Communist government. It is located on five hectares of land on Russian Boulevard and has a lot of red brick walls. Apart from the classrooms of the Departments of Geography, History and Sociology, the former university dormitories house the research center of the Royal Academy of Cambodia
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Royal University of Law and Economics
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The Royal University of Law and Economics is one of the oldest higher educational institutions in Cambodia. RULE was established in 1949 as the National Institute of Law, in 2003, the institution was officially deemed a university. RULE is the first higher institution in Cambodia. It was founded in 1948 as the National Institute of Law, in 1957 the institute became the faculty by Royal Decree. In 2003 the Faculty of Law and Economics was reorganized as a university, under the name of Royal University of Law, other disciplines of social and natural sciences, such as language and computer sciences have been added to the curriculum. The university has four faculties, two schools and one center, teaching law, economics and business. In 2003, there were 4,800 undergraduate students studying in the four faculties, newly established graduate schools accommodate 507 graduate students. There are 84 full-time and 112 visiting Cambodian lecturers and 70 foreign lecturers who give lectures under the exchange programs. The educational term/grade level system has divided into semesters, with eight semesters in the period of four years for bachelors degree program
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University of Indonesia
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Universitas Indonesia is a state university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. Universitas Indonesia is the oldest tertiary-level educational institution in Indonesia, UI is generally considered as the most prestigious university in Indonesia, along with Bandung Institute of Technology and Gadjah Mada University. In the 2015/2016 QS World Universities Ranking, UI is ranked 1st in Indonesia, 79th in Asia, the roots of UI date back to 1851. At that time, the government of the Dutch East Indies established a school to train medical assistants. Training lasted for two years, and the graduates were certified to provide medical treatments. The degree conferred was Javanese Doctor, as the graduates were certified only to open their practice in the Dutch East Indies, the program became more comprehensive, by 1864 it was expanded to three years. By 1875, the program of study had reached seven years, the next step came in 1898, when the Dutch East Indies government established a new school to train medical doctors, named STOVIA. A school building was opened in March 1902, in a building that is now the Museum of National Awakening, the prerequisite to enter STOVIA was roughly the equivalent of a junior high school diploma. The schooling took nine years, so it was a mix between high school and university education, many STOVIA graduates later played important roles in Indonesias national movement toward independence, as well in developing medical education in Indonesia. In 1924, the government again decided to open a new tertiary-level educational facility. The RHS would later evolve into the Faculty of Law, in 1927, STOVIAs status was changed to that of a full tertiary-level institution and its name was changed to GHS. The GHS occupied the main building and used the same teaching hospital as the current Faculty of Medicine. Many GHS alumni would later play roles in establishing Universitas Indonesia, after Indonesia gained independence, the Indonesian Institute for Higher Education was established in Jakarta consisting of three faculties, Medicine and Pharmacy, Letters, and Law. The institute produced its first 90 graduate students as medical doctors in the same year, when the Dutch colonial army occupied Jakarta in late 1945, the BPTRI moved to Klaten, Surakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya and Malang. In 1946, the Dutch colonial government established the Nood Universiteit or Emergency University at Jakarta, in 1947, the name was changed to Universiteit van Indonesië or Universitas Indonesia. Following the Indonesian National Revolution, the government established a university in Jakarta in February 1950. The name was Universiteit Indonesia, comprising the BPTRI units and the former UVI, by 1950, UI was a multi-campus university, with faculties in Jakarta, Bogor, Bandung, Surabaya, and Makassar. The Surabaya campus became the University of Airlangga in 1954, in the following year, the Makassar campus became the University of Hasanuddin
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Gadjah Mada University
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Gadjah Mada University is a public research university located in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on 19 December 1949, Gadjah Mada University is one of the oldest and largest institutions of education in the country. It has been credited as one of the most prestigious universities in Indonesia, along with the Bandung Institute of Technology and the University of Indonesia. When the university was established in the 1940s under Dutch rule, it was the first medicine faculty freely open to native Indonesians, the seventh and current President of Indonesia, Joko Jokowi Widodo, earned his degree in forestry at UGM. Comprising 18 faculties and 27 research centers, UGM offers 68 undergraduate,23 diploma,104 master and specialist, the university has enrolled approximately 55,000 students,1,187 foreign students, and has 2,500 faculty members. UGM maintains a campus of 360 acres, with facilities include a stadium. UGM was the first state university in Indonesia, established as Universiteit Negeri Gadjah Mada when Indonesia was still facing threats from the Netherlands, at the time, the capital of Indonesia had moved from Jakarta to Yogyakarta. UGM was established through Government Regulation No.23 of 1949, the intentional date was meant to show that one year after the Netherlands had invaded the city, the government would establish a nationwide university there. UGM gradually established a campus of its own in Bulaksumur, on the side of Yogyakarta. The UGM main building is the Balairung, in Sleman, nearby is the Graha Sabha Pramana, a large building utilized for graduation ceremonies, with an adjoining square used for sport and recreation. There is also a university library and a center, consisting of a stadium, tennis court. The UGM administration is divided into 18 faculties, offering programs from the undergraduate to doctoral level. There is also a school offering vocational study programmes. In 1988, UGM opened a masters programme in management, to students in business practices. The business school is a collaboration with the University of Kentucky, the Faculty of Medicine at Universitas Gadjah Mada is one of the oldest medical schools in Indonesia, having been established on 5 March 1946. It is ranked number 72 by the Times Higher Education Supplement 2006 for biomedicine, the International Medicine Programme is over five years, with the first three and a half years being study and a further one and a half years of clinical rotations. The programme is designed around a problem based learning approach, making use of study groups. CSIUP began in the 2012 academic year and it offers undergraduate computer science classes in English
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Bandung Institute of Technology
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The Bandung Institute of Technology or Institute of Technology, Bandung is a state, coeducational research university located in Bandung, Indonesia. Established in 1920, ITB is the oldest technology-oriented university in Indonesia, sukarno, the first president of the Republic of Indonesia, earned his engineering degree in civil engineering from ITB. Furthermore, B. J. Habibie, the president of Indonesia. The university cultivates professional and social activities by supporting its students unions, each students union has its own distinctly designed jacket that, among other traditions, serves as part of its member identity. There are also a number of student activity units/clubs supporting ITB student interests in rounding out their educational experience and it is not uncommon that the students and alumni are identified by the clubs to which they belong at ITB, in addition to their class year and major. The university is a member of LAOTSE, a network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students. ITB traces its origin to de Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng which was established by the Dutch colonial administration to meet the needs of technical resources in Dutch East Indies and it was opened as a branch of Delft Institute of Technology. The school building was designed in 1918 by a Dutch architect named Henri Maclaine Pont, during the Japanese occupation in 1942-1945, the institute was renamed Kōgyō Daigaku. When Indonesia declared its independence the campus was renamed Sekolah Tinggi Teknik in 1945, however a year later the Netherlands returned to Indonesia and took directorship of the campus, it was used as Nood-Universiteit van Nederlandsch Indië. Later in 1947 the campus housed the Faculteit van Technische Wetenschap, in 1950 after the Netherlands left Indonesia, the university became faculty of engineering and faculty of natural sciences, under University of Indonesia. On March 2,1959, the 2 faculty of University of Indonesia in Bandung was declared a separate academic entity, 155/2000, ITB was declared a Legal Enterprise. Bandung Institute of Technology was founded for higher learning in natural sciences, technologies, the ITB main campus, to the north of the downtown Bandung, and its other campuses, cover a total area of 770,000 square metres. Students and faculty housing, and administrative headquarters are not on the main campus, facilities on the campus include book shops, a post office, student cafeteria and medical clinic. In addition to rooms, laboratories, workshops and studios, ITB has an art gallery, sports facilities. Also near the campus is the Salman Mosque for worship and religious activities of the ITB Muslim community, admission to ITB is conducted through nationwide entrance examination. Historically ITB has been the most selective University in the nation, in 2000, the last Asiaweek survey available, ITB ranked first in Asia in student selectivity. In the 2007 and 2008 national entrance examination, ITB has the highest average score as well as the highest passing grade in the nation, ITB is among the first choices of college applicants to enter higher education. In a 1991 survey, the top 200 high school students in the entrance examination indicated ITB as their first choice
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Airlangga University
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Airlangga University is the second-oldest university in Indonesia and also a public university located in Surabaya, East Java. It started with a school and school of dentistry. Now Universitas Airlangga hosts 15 faculties with more than 35,000 students and 1,570 faculty members, the university is also equipped with biosafety level three facilities. Universitas Airlangga has international partnerships worldwide, including with University of Bonn, Seoul National University, the QS Asian University Ranking 2014 have placed Universitas Airlangga as the best university in Citations per paper category. In 2010, Universitas Airlangga was ranked 466th worldwide according to the Top 500 QS World University Rankings 2010, in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2011, Universitas Airlangga was placed fourth in Indonesia and 22nd in the Southeast Asia region. Universitas Airlangga has two internationally standardized quality management certificates for its management quality, the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Pharmacy are among the best life science schools in Indonesia, ranked 45th in Asia and 356th in the world by QS World University Rankings 2011. The Faculty of Medicine is affiliated with the Dr. Soetomo Regional General Hospital, before Universitas Airlangga was established on October 11,1847, the proposal to educate young Javanese to become health experts was submitted to the Dutch colonial government. On May 8,1913 — through Edict No.4211 of the Governor General of the Netherlands-Indies — NIAS was founded as an education center in Surabaya. The first medical institution is located in Jl, in 1923, NIAS was moved to its present-day location of the Faculty of Medicine of Universitas Airlangga, on Jl. Major General Prof. Dr. Moestopo, Surabaya, Dr. Lonkhuizen, the director of the Department of Health, proposed the establishment of School of Dentistry in Surabaya. He received approval from Dr. R. J. F, van Zaben, the succeeding director of NIAS and the new school was opened in July 1928. Later on, the school was known as STOVIT with 21 students. Later during the Japanese occupation STOVIT was renamed Ika-Shika Daigaku under the supervision of Dr. Takeda as its first director, while NIAS was closed down. Two years later, the post-WW II Dutch colonial government took over Ika-Shika Daigaku and then changed its name to Tandheelkundig Instituut, in 1948, the dentistry institute changed its status to Universitair Tandheelkundig Instituut. Later after Republik Indonesia Serikat gained its independence in 1950, UTI was renamed LIKG for four years, under the leadership of Prof. M. Knap. In 1948, both became part of Universitas Indonesias Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry. Universitas Airlangga was established by Government Regulation No, 57/1954 and was inaugurated by the first president of the Republic of Indonesia on November 10,1954, coinciding with the celebration of the ninth national Heroes Day. In the same year, the Faculty of Law of Universitas Airlangga was established, the name Airlangga is taken from the name of the reigning king of East Java in 1019–1042, Rakai Halu Sri Lokeswara Dharmawangsa Airlangga Anantawikramattungadewa
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University of Science, Malaysia
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University of Science, Malaysia is a publicly-funded Autonomous university in Malaysia. Founded on 10 June 1969, it is among the oldest institute of learning in Northern Malaysia. It has three campuses, a campus on the island of Penang, a health campus in Kelantan. There is offshore collaboration with KLE University, India offering the Doctor of Medicine undergraduate degree, USM plans to open a Global Campus located at Kuala Lumpur Education City. With around 28,300 postgraduate and undergraduate students in 2009, the number of lecturers is about 1,479, which leads to a student-lecturer ratio of around 19,1. The idea of a university in Penang was first mooted by D. S. Ramanathan in 1959 in the State Assembly, USM was established in 1969 as the second university in Malaysia. It was first known as Universiti Pulau Pinang, the university operated on borrowed premises at the Malayan Teachers Training College at Gelugor. In 1971, it moved to its present 239-hectare site at Minden in Gelugor,10 kilometres from the city of Georgetown. There are two other USM campuses, one at Kubang Kerian in Kelantan, known as the Health campus, the former houses the School of Medical Sciences, the School of Health Sciences and the School of Dental Sciences, while the latter houses the six engineering schools. USM offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels to more than 28,000 students, USM has won the Asian Innovation Award in which USM emerged as the only winner from this country. There are three Deputy Vice-Chancellors led by the Vice-Chancellor, in August 2011 USM created a new role of Ombudsman to deal with staff issues and protect whistleblowers. The USM Ombudsman is Prof. Dato Seri Dr, salleh Yaapar, who is a former staff of the USM and is on a rolling 2-year contract. Twenty four academic schools,14 centres and 7 units have been established, the three liberal arts schools are Educational Studies, Humanities, and Social Sciences. There is offshore collaboration with KLE University, India offering the Doctor of Medicine undergraduate degree and this offshore five-year M. D. programme is conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE University, Belgaum, India. In India, USM also has a collaboration with the James Lind Institute for conducting Translational Medicine programs, in December 1989, the School of Management was set up, having evolved from the Management program within the School of Social Sciences. As part of its expansion, the university established the School of Computer Sciences. In 2008, Professor Maqsudul Alam, set up the Centre for Chemical Biology where he became its first Chief Executive Officer and Director, there are research centres, namely the Centre for Policy Research, the Centre for Drug Research and the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies. The distance education program offered through the School of Distance Education was adopted by the university in 1971, USM is one of six universities in Malaysia that have been identified as research-intensive universities, with the other being University of Malaya and Universiti Putra Malaysia
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University of Malaya
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The University of Malaya is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest and most esteemed university in Malaysia, the universitys name was abbreviated as Malaya during the pre-independence period. University of Malaya has its roots in Singapore with the establishment of King Edward VII College of Medicine on 28 September 1905, University Malaya was established on 1949 October in Singapore with the merger of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and Raffles College. Legislation was passed in 1961 and the University of Malaya was established on 1 January 1962, today, it has more than 2,500 faculty members. In 2012, UM was granted status by the Ministry of Higher Education. In 2015, the QS World University Rankings has ranked UM at the 146th place in the world, also in the same year, the university is ranked 29th place in the QS Asian University Rankings, 3rd in Southeast Asia and is the highest ranked learning institution in Malaysia. The establishment of the university began with the issue of shortage of medical assistants in Singapore, the problem was addressed in a report published by the Education Commission in April 1902. In the report, it was stated that the Commission was in favour of establishing a school to fulfil the demand for medical assistants in government hospitals. However, such view was not in favour among the European community, legislation was passed by the Straits Legislative Council in June 1905 under Ordinance No. The school opened on 3 July 1905 and began functioning in September, on 28 September 1905, Sir John officiated the school under the name ‘The Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. In 1907, a hall and laboratory were added. There were no library and room to keep pathological specimens, in 1905, there were 17 medical students, four students attending the hospital assistant course. Five years later, the enrolments increased to 90 medical students and 30 trainee hospital assistants, the school had only one permanent staff which was the Principal, the teaching staff were employed on a part-time basis. The Principal was Dr Gerald Dudley Freer, who served as Senior Colonial Surgeon Resident of Penang. In 1916, the GCME recognised the Licentiate of Medicine and Surgery Diploma offered by the school, the licentiates were placed on the General Council’s Colonial List of the British Medical Register and were entitled to practise anywhere within the British Empire. In 1910, Dr Robert Donald Keith became the second Principal of the School, the first two years of the five-year course were devoted to pure science studies. Physics, biology and chemistry were taught in the first year, followed by physiology, the remaining three years were attachment to clinical clerkships in medicine, surgery and midwifery, which covered pathology, hygiene and medical jurisprudence. Materia Medica was integrated into the year, where practical pharmacy was taught
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National University of Malaysia
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Its teaching hospital, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is located in Cheras and also has a branch campus in Kuala Lumpur. There are 17,500 undergraduate students enrolled, and 5,105 postgraduate students of which 1,368 are foreign students from 35 countries, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is one of five research universities in the country. It was ranked number 259th in the world by QS World University Rankings in 2014 and it is ranked 98th place in the 100 best new universities established within the last 50 years in the world. It is the university from Malaysia that made it in the 2012 Quacquarelli Symonds Top 50 Universities Under 50 Years Old list ranked in the 31st place. It placed 56th and 56th in the QS Top 500 Asian University Rankings in 2014 and 2015 respectively, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the national university of Malaysia was born from the aspirations of the nationalists to uphold the Malay Language as a language of knowledge. The quest for a university was suggested in 1923 by the writer Abdul Kadir Adabi as a move against British colonisation. This nationalist tide galvanised Malay intellectuals of the time but met British suppression, the nationalists never wavered and in 1969 the movement again blossomed. A Sponsoring Committee chaired by Syed Nasir Ismail, a Malay intellectual, was set up to prepare a report recommending the establishment of UKM, in October 1977, UKM moved to its present premises which form the main campus in Bangi. The UKM Bangi Campus is 45 km from KLIA,30 km from Kuala Lumpur and 20 km from Putrajaya, UKM has two health campuses, the Kuala Lumpur campus in Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, and the UKM Medical Centre in Cheras. The Kuala Lumpur campus consists of the Faculties of Health Sciences, Pharmacy, Dentistry, with a size of 20 hectares, the Kuala Lumpur campus was established in 1974. The campus in Cheras consists of the Medical Faculty, the UKM Teaching Hospital, the Cheras campus was opened in 1997. The year 2006 also saw UKM winning the Prime Ministers Quality Award and this award vindicates UKMs efforts at quality education and management, as outlined by the objectives of the UKM Strategic Plan 2000–2020. The Strategic Plan has been augmented by the newly unveiled UKM Knowledge Ecosystem Transformation Plan, social Science and Humanities Science and Technology Islamic Studies The three above make up the founding faculties. UKM Strategic Centre deputy executive director Associate Professor Dr Masturah Markom responded to the snub by saying that the rankings were unfair to the Malaysian education context, UKM Medical Centre PATMA Library Official University website Official news portal
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
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Universiti Putra Malaysia, or UPM, is recognised by the independent government assessments as one of Malaysias leading research Universities. It was formerly known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia or Agricultural University of Malaysia, UPM is a research university offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses with a research focus on agricultural sciences and its related fields. It was ranked as the joint 376th best university in the world in 2014 by Quacquarelli Symonds, on 2015, UPM was ranked 45th in Best Global Universities for Agricultural Sciences of U. S. News & World Report College and University Ranking. The School of Agriculture was officially instituted on 21 May 1931 by John Scott, the school was located on a 22-acre piece of land in Serdang and offered two programmes - a three-year diploma programme and a one-year certificate course in Agriculture. In 1947, the school was declared the College of Agriculture Malaya by Sir Edward Gent, the establishment of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia came about when the College of Agriculture in Serdang merged with the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Malaya. In the early 80s, UPM extended its area of studies to include the field of Science, in 1997, the name Universiti Pertanian Malaysia was changed to Universiti Putra Malaysia by former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. The university since its inception as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, has had two branch campuses apart from the campus at Serdang, Selangor. It is also believed that it has a branch in North Korea. However, due to the nature of the North Koren education system and also the ineffectiveness of the Malaysian government. The UPM branch campuses were located in Bintulu, Sarawak and Mengabang Telipot, the campus in Terengganu has been upgraded to the University College of Science and Technology Malaysia, with its own management and administration. KUSTEM officially broke away from UPM on 1 July 2001, the Medicine and Health Sciences faculty maintains a campus complex adjacent to a local hospital in Serdang. UPM began its life in 1973 with three founding Faculties and a Division of Basic Sciences. UPM now offers 59 bachelor programmes,7 diploma programmes, and 12 Masters, there are 16 Faculties, eight Centres, nine Institutes, two Schools, a University Park and a branch campus in Bintulu, Sarawak. The Doctor of Medicine program provided by the Medical and Health Science division of the university was recognised by the Malaysia Medical Council on 5 June 2001. Faculty of Engineering The Faculty of Engineering of Universiti Putra Malaysia was established on 1 January 1975 at the main Serdang Campus and it is one of the largest faculties at UPM with a student population of over 3000. The campus’ location at the heart of the Multimedia Super Corridor provides the faculty with access to the array of IT, the eight academic departments housed in the faculty offer a similar number of Bachelor of Engineering degree programs. Out of 800 postgraduates, almost 50% are international students, in addition to providing facilities and opportunities for teaching and research, the faculty has established Research Centres in engineering and related fields. The Centres of Excellence organise research and development programs, consultancy, the objective is to secure contracts from the public or private sectors to generate income for the faculty
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Universiti Utara Malaysia
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The Universiti Utara Malaysia was established on 16 February 1984 under the Universiti Utara Malaysia 1984 Order. The university was corporatised on 23 April 1998 and it is located in Sintok, Kedah. The university is known as a management university. UUM is ranked 701 in the QS World University Rankings® 2015/16, the planning of the construction of the university began in August 1983 when the Ministry of Education began to plan the university. On 19 October 1983, the Cabinet gave its approval for this project in Kedah, at that time, the project was called The Sixth University Project. Several months later, the office of the sixth university. The first academic year began in June 1984, the Darul Aman Campus was on a 62-acre tract of land in Bandar Darulaman. It was 18 km north of Alor Setar and 4.8 km from Jitra, meanwhile, the planning of a permanent campus for the university had begun. The permanent UUM campus, referred to as the Sintok Campus, situated in a former tin mining area, it is located in a valley of lush tropical forests, embraced by blue hills, and watered by two rivers that flow along the middle of the campus. The rivers are Sungai Sintok and Sungai Badak, the MYR580 million Sintok Campus was opened on 17 February 2004 by the Royal Chancellor, His Royal Highness Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah. In January 2008, a restructuring of the university system was undertaken. Thirteen faculties were merged and streamed into three academic colleges, namely UUM COB, UUM CAS, and UUM COLGIS. The main campus is located on a 1,061 hectare site in Sintok, the campus is 48 kilometres north of Alor Setar and 10 kilometres south of the Bukit Kayu Hitam and are near the Malaysia-Thailand border. Other towns in near approximation of this university ar Jitra and Changlun, due to its vast land area, the university has used 107 hectares of forest to develop facilities open for use by outsiders. Thus the campus has evolved into a campus where outsiders. Among the facilities are an area, a nine-hole golf course, a go-kart circuit, a shooting and archery range. The training base and facilities for the Malaysian National Service Programme was located inside the campus, UUMKL Campus is the first UUM fully owned study centre located outside Sintok and operated directly by UUM. It is a campus which occupies a nine storey building located in the city center along Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz in the Kampung Baru area
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Yangon Institute of Economics
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The Yangon Institute of Economics is the premier university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as the Department of Economics of Yangon University in 1924, the institute offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and diplomas, mostly in commerce, statistics and economics. It is also the business school in the country, offering full-time, executive. The institute serves over 7000 undergraduate and graduate students over its three Yangon area campuses, the campus in Kamayut in the city and satellite campuses in Hlaing. The YIE began as Department of Economics under the Yangon University in 1924, the Department of Economics began offering commerce as a special subject in 1940, and courses in statistics in 1953. In 1955, a separate Commerce Department was established, and in 1956 a separate Statistics Department was established, in 1964 the institute became an independent tertiary institute with three academic departments and one separate research department. In 1987, the Research Department was transformed into the Department of Management Studies and another academic department, the Institute now has five major academic departments and four supporting academic departments, Burmese, English, mathematics and geography. It added not only a full-time MPA, MDevS but also a full-time MBA program in 1995, an executive MBA program in 2002, the institute confers bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees as well as post-graduate diplomas. Regular undergraduate programs take three years and Honors undergraduate programs take four years, the masters programs take two years. The Master of Business Administration Program is offered in English by the Department of Management Studies, the two-year program consists of eight quarters. Three four-credit courses are offered in each quarter, to complete the MBA, the candidates must take 24 courses to obtain the required 96 credit units. Reflecting the relatively undeveloped business environment in Myanmar, the MBA degree offered is only in general management, no other majors such as accounting, finance or banking are available. Higher diplomas lead to degree programs
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University of Yangon
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University of Yangon, located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest university in Myanmars modern education system and most well-known university in Myanmar since then. The university now offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees programmes in liberal arts, sciences. Full-time bachelors degree had not been offered at the main campus since the student protests of 1996. Yet, the university reoffered the excellent students throughout the country, akin to the most excellent students of a year, now even including Political Science for Undergraduate students and other Postgraduate diplomas like social works and geology have been offered there. Yangon University is the progenitor of most major universities in the country, until 1958 when Mandalay University became an independent university, all institutions of higher education in Myanmar were under Yangon University. From the beginning, Yangon University has been at the centre of discontent throughout its history. All three nationwide strikes against the British began at then Rangoon University, anti-colonial movements leaders such as General Aung San, U Nu, Ne Win and U Thant were some notable alumni of the university. The tradition of student protested at the university continued in the post-colonial era—in 1962,1974,1988, established in 1878 as an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta, the Rangoon College was operated and managed by the Education Syndicate set up by the British colonial administration. The college was renamed Government College in 1904, and University College in 1920, Rangoon University was founded in 1920, when University College and Judson College were merged. The American Baptist Mission decided to recognise Judson College as an institution within Rangoon University. Rangoon University modelled itself after University of Cambridge and University of Oxford, although it was attended only by the elites of the day, the university nonetheless was at the centre of anti-colonial movement. All three nationwide strikes against the British colonial government began at the university, throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Rangoon University was the most prestigious university in Southeast Asia and one of the top universities in Asia, attracting students from across the region. After the military coup of 1962 under Gen, in addition, the medium of instruction was changed to Burmese, a radical departure from English, which had been the Universitys medium of instruction since its founding. Educational standards began to decline markedly and international bodies stopped recognising degrees issued or obtained at the University, the university was also renamed the Rangoon Arts and Sciences University, after certain departments and faculties were separated from the University in 1964. Rangoon University students staged a demonstration and protest on campus against unjust university rules on 7 July 1962. Ne Win sent his troops to disperse the students led to dozens of students being shot dead. The military stormed the campus on 11 December killing some of the students, recovered the coffin, in 1989, after the military junta had changed place names throughout Myanmar, the University was renamed Yangon University. The University was closed for most of the 1990s, because of fears of a repeat of the 8888 Uprising, to this day, the university is shut down at irregular intervals by the government
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Mandalay University
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Mandalay University is a public liberal arts university located in Mandalay, Myanmar. Formerly an affiliate of Rangoon University, Mandalay University is the second oldest university in the country, the university offers bachelors, masters and doctorates degree programs in common liberal arts, sciences and law disciplines. Mandalay University was established as Mandalay College, a college of Rangoon University in 1925. The college was closed beginning in 1942 because of World War II and was reopened only after the war in 1947. In 1958, it became an independent university and the university in Upper Myanmar. Regional colleges like Magwe College, Taunggyi College, Myitkyina College, the universitys Faculty of Medicine was carved out to create Institute of Medicine, Mandalay. In 1978, it was renamed Mandalay Arts and Science University and it again became Mandalay University after the current military government came to power in 1988 although the universitys educational focus remains liberal arts, sciences and law. |Master of Public Administration |MPA | |} Aung Thaung Henry Van Thio Khin Maung Toe Khin Maung Thein Khin Maung Nyunt Nu Nu Yi Sai Htee Saing Tin Moe Tun Aung Tun Tin Lay Phyu
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Ateneo de Manila University
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The Ateneo de Manila University is a private research university in Quezon City, Philippines. Founded in 1859 by the Society of Jesus, the Ateneo is the third-oldest university in the Philippines, Ateneo offers elementary and secondary education exclusively to male students. The undergraduate and graduate programmes are coeducational and organized into four schools, collectively known as the Loyola Schools, four professional schools occupy campuses in different parts of Metro Manila. Ateneo undergraduates follow a Catholic-rooted liberal arts curriculum throughout their programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Engineering, the Loyola Heights campus also hosts two chemistry research centers, Philippine Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry and National Chemistry Instrumentation Center. The Ateneo offers programmes at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, as is common in the Philippines, the primary medium of instruction is English, with a few classes taught in Filipino. Aside from teaching and research, the Ateneo de Manila also engages in social outreach, known for its liberal arts tradition, the humanities are a key feature of Ateneo education at all levels of study. In 2015, QS Top Universities placed the undergraduate programmes 461st in the world. The Ateneo Professional Schools is the professional education division of Ateneo de Manila. The Ateneo Graduate School of Business offers a variety of Master of Business Administration concentrations, the Ateneo Law School confers the Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees. The Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, opened in 2007, offers an integrated Doctor of Medicine, the Ateneo School of Government confers the Master in Public Management and Ph. D. in Leadership Studies degrees. The professional schools also confer certificates for short courses and it confers the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. It is composed of four schools, the School of Humanities, the John Gokongwei School of Management, the School of Science and Engineering, a key feature of the Loyola Schools is a liberal arts undergraduate core curriculum, required for all undergraduates. It includes philosophy, English and Filipino literature, theology, history, various branches of sciences. Ateneo follows the semester hour system common in American universities, most classes are held below 40 students and student discussion is encouraged. The Loyola Schools programmes are geared toward student-centreedness, the Ateneo was one of the first schools in the Philippines to enact a Magna Carta for Undergraduates. The Commission on Higher Education has designated several departments and programmes of the Loyola Schools as centres of excellence, Ateneo has Centers of Excellence in, Business Administration, Chemistry, English, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology and Sociology. It has Centers of Development in Biology, Environmental Science and Filipino, the Ateneo de Manila High School is a Catholic preparatory school for male students. In 2003 the high school opened a Center for Math, Science and Technology containing science and computer labs, classrooms for the math and science classes
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De La Salle University
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De La Salle University is a Roman Catholic, Lasallian research university in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, the educational institution moved on September 1921 to its present location to facilitate the increase in enrollment. The university started as an elementary and high school. It started offering in 1920 a two-year Associate in Arts in Commerce programme, the university, currently under the administration of President Raymundo Suplido FSC, is a member of several international university associations as well as local organizations. DLSU is identified by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education as a Center of Excellence in six of its programmes, the university is also among the 40 institutions granted autonomous status by CHED as of 2010. Likewise, it is the first of the two institutions granted the highest-level accreditation by the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities. The university ranks 151-160th and 601-650th in the 2013 Asian University Rankings and 2013 World University Rankings, respectively, Research is mainly funded by the De La Salle University Science Foundation. Since 2000, DLSU has been the CHED Zonal Research Center for 10 cities in southern Metro Manila, as such, it evaluates research proposals for recommendation for CHED funding, monitors CHED-funded research papers, among others. DLSU research has focused on affective computing and renewable energy, DLSU has three official student publications, including the Ang Pahayagang Plaridel, The LaSallian and Green & White, the university yearbook publication. The De La Salle University Chorale has won awards from different international choir competitions, including the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. DLSU traces its founding to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty and his request would be later endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X. An envoy of Lasallian Brothers arrived in 1910, together with Harty, the Brothers searched for a suitable campus. A13,000 m2 property in Paco, Manila was purchased for this purpose, De La Salle College was established as an elementary school and high school for boys on June 16,1911 by the three Lasallian Brothers who arrived in Manila in March 1911. Classes started on the day with 125 students. This number would reach 175 by July 10, on February 12,1912, the college was incorporated under the sole ownership of the college director, who was then Eilenbecker. The college was permitted to confer commercial high school diplomas in the same year, meanwhile, it received a charter from the Governor-General of the Philippines, allowing the college to confer associate degrees in commerce. It started offering the degree as a program in 1920. The college already had 425 students by 1921, due to the lack of space in the Paco campus, and the growing population of its student and faculty, the college moved to its present location in Malate, Manila on February 12
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University of the Philippines
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The University of the Philippines is a public university system in the Philippines. Founded by the American colonial government on June 18,1908, UP has institutional autonomy as the countrys national university as mandated by Republic Act No.9500. The University of the Philippines has 8 constituent universities, and 4 basic education schools located in 15 campuses across the country. The first UP opened in Manila in 1909 with the Colleges of Fine Arts,6 other constituent universities have since been established, the latest since 2016 is UP Cebu, despite being formed 98 years earlier. UP Diliman, the fourth CU which was established in 1949, is the flagship campus, UP, as a whole, is often cited as the Philippines top university. As of 2012,7 Philippine Presidents,13 Chief Justices of the Philippine Supreme Court,36 National Scientists and 40 National Artists of the Philippines have been affiliated with UP. On June 18,1908, the University of the Philippines was established through an act of the First Philippine Legislature. The University began with the establishment of the Philippine Medical School in 1905, which started operating in 1907, a year ahead of the rest of the U. P. A few years later, the university opened the College of Law, the Board of Regents approved the decision to look for a larger site, and a 493-hectare lot was acquired by the university in Diliman, Quezon City, then a town in the province of Rizal. Construction of the Quezon City campus began in 1939, during World War II, most of its colleges had to be closed except the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Engineering. Meanwhile, the Japanese Imperial Army occupied three Diliman campus buildings, the College of Liberal Arts Building and the Colleges of Law, the Japanese also occupied the campus of the College of Agriculture in Los Baños. Gonzalez sought a grant of ₱13 million from the US-Philippines War Damage Commission, a massive rehabilitation and construction effort was executed during the post-war years. For the first time, an extensive Diliman campus master plan, most colleges and administration offices were temporarily housed in huts and shelters made of sawali and galvanized iron. During U. P. s 40th anniversary in February 1949, administrative offices and its regional units in Manila, Los Baños, Baguio, and Cebu were all housed in the Diliman campus. General commencement exercises were held in Diliman for the first time in 1949. In the 1950s, new units and degree programs were established. Another major reform, the General Education Program, was introduced in 1959, Program became a series of core courses prescribed for all students at the undergraduate level. Most of these courses were being taught at the then College of Liberal Arts, President Vicente Sinco saw fit to reorganize the college into a University College, which would offer the core subjects to be taken during the first two years of the undergraduate program
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Nanyang Technological University
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The Nanyang Technological University is an autonomous university in Singapore. NTU is consistently ranked amongst the worlds best universities in all of the major college, in the 2016 QS World University Rankings, NTU was ranked 13th in the world and 2nd in Asia. In the 2016 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, NTU was also ranked 2nd in Asia, additionally, it has been recognised as the worlds top young university for 3 consecutive years by the QS young university rankings. NTU is a comprehensive and research-intensive university, with over 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, the University is organized into eight colleges and schools. NTU is also home to several institutions including the National Institute of Education. The universitys main campus covers 200 hectares of land, making it the largest university campus in Singapore, the primary campus grounds are located in the western part of Singapore, along 50 Nanyang Avenue. NTU also has two campuses, one in Novena and another at one-north. In 1956, prior to Singapores independence from the British, Nanyang University was established, Nanyang University merged with the National University of Singapore in 1980. A new university—the Nanyang Technological Institute —was formed to take over Nanyang Universitys campus in 1981, Nanyang Technological Institute was set up on 1 August 1981 with a charter to train three-quarters of Singapore’s engineers. When NTI started in 1982, it had a student population of 582 in three engineering disciplines – civil and structural, electrical and electronic, and mechanical and production engineering. By 1990, the undergraduate student population had grown to 6,832. The first two students were admitted in 1986. Three engineering schools were added, and the School of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore was transferred to NTI in 1987, a school of applied science was also started. In 1991, NTI merged with the National Institute of Education to form the Nanyang Technological University, the alumni rolls of the former Nanyang University were transferred to NTU in 1996. Historically, Nanyang Technological University admitted students jointly with the National University of Singapore, students made only one application and they would be accepted by either university. In 2004, the joint admission ended and students could apply separately to both universities as both began to distinguish themselves. NTU became autonomous in 2006 and stands as one of the two largest public universities in Singapore today, NTUs primary campus is the 200-hectare Yunnan Garden Campus which is situated adjacent to the town of Jurong West. The campus grounds were donated by the Singapore Hokkien Association to Nanyang University
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National University of Singapore
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The National University of Singapore is an autonomous university in Singapore. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest institute of learning in Singapore, as well as the largest university in the country in terms of student enrolment. NUS is a research-intensive, comprehensive university with an entrepreneurial dimension, NUS is ranked as Asias top university in both the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2016. According to the latest 2016 QS World University Rankings, NUS is placed 12th in the world, NUS also fared well in the 2016–17 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, coming in 24th in the world and 1st in Asia. NUSs main campus is located in South-West Singapore adjacent to Kent Ridge, the Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and research institutes, while the Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore is located at the Outram campus. Tan, who was the first president of the Straits Chinese British Association, managed to raise 87,077 Straits dollars, on 3 July 1905, the medical school was founded, and was known as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. In 1912, the school received an endowment of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund. Subsequently, on 18 November 1913, the name of the school was changed to the King Edward VII Medical School, in 1921, it was again changed to the King Edward VII College of Medicine to reflect its academic status. In 1928, Raffles College was established to promote arts and social sciences at tertiary level for Malayan students, two decades later, Raffles College was merged with the King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya on 8 October 1949. The two institutions were merged to provide for the education needs of the Federation of Malaya. In 1960, the governments of then Federation of Malaya and Singapore indicated their desire to change the status of the divisions into that of a national university. Legislation was passed in 1961 establishing the former Kuala Lumpur division as the University of Malaya while the Singapore division was renamed the University of Singapore on 1 January 1962, the National University of Singapore was formed with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University in 1980. This was done in part due to the desire to pool the two institutions resources into a single, stronger entity, and promote English as Singapores main language of education. The original crest of Nanyang University with three intertwined rings was incorporated into the new coat-of-arms of NUS, NUS began its entrepreneurial education endeavours in the 1980s, with the setting up of the Centre for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship in 1988. In 2001, this was renamed the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, NUS has a semester-based modular system for conducting courses. It adopts features of the British system, such as small group teaching, students may transfer between courses within their first two semesters, enrol in cross-faculty modules or take up electives from different faculties. NUS has 16 faculties and schools, including a Music Conservatory, NUS has been ranked among the best in the Asia by two international ranking systems, the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The QS World University Rankings 2016–17 ranked NUS 12th in the world and 1st in Asia, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016–17 placed NUS at 24th in the world and 1st in Asia, while its 2015–16 reputation rankings placed it at 24th globally
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Singapore Management University
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The Singapore Management University is an autonomous university in Singapore that specialises in business and management studies. The university provides an American-style education modelled by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. SMU is ranked as one of Asias top universities, debuting in the 2015 Financial Times EMBA ranking at #10 in Asia and #36 worldwide, SMU was established on 12 January 2000 and is located in the downtown area of Singapore. SMU collaborates with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania through the Wharton-SMU Research Center, SMU summarizes its core values using the acronym CIRCLE, which stands for commitment, integrity, responsibility, collegiality, leadership, and excellence. Some 86% of undergraduate students experience some form of exposure before graduation. SMU is one of the youngest universities to receive accreditation from the oldest global accrediting body, SMU is accredited for both its business and accounting undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. SMUs Lee Kong Chian School of Business is one of the youngest in the world to be EQUIS—accredited for five years, awarded by the European Foundation for Management Development, the accreditation covers all programmes offered by the LKCSB from the undergraduate degree up to the PhD level. The idea of setting up a university in Singapore was first mooted by the Singapore government in 1997. Following a review of business schools to serve as a model for SMU. The Wharton-SMU agreement was signed in February 1999 followed in June by the Wharton-SMU Research Center collaboration, in 2000, SMU made its first home at the former Raffles College on Evans Road at the edge of the Hwa Chong Institution Campus. The campus, first opened in 1929, had already been home to several institutions, in 2001, SMU upgraded and occupied the main campus facilities, balancing the need to refit and refurbish it with facilities while preserving the heritage of colonial architecture. From 2001–2004, Professor Ronald Frank served as SMUs second president and was succeeded by president Professor Howard Hunter. In 2010, Dr Yong Pung How and Professor Arnoud De Meyer officially took over duties from Dr Richard Hu Tsu Tau and Professor Howard Hunter as the Chancellor, Dr Yong was succeeded by Mr JY Pillay as Chancellor in September 2015. SMU is the only Asian university in the network, as SMU entered its 15th year and reached an inflection point, SMUs Chairman, Board of Trustees and senior leaders endorsed a bold vision called SMU Vision 2025. Each individual course within the University is assigned a certain credit weightage, courses are typically conducted as small group seminars of under 50 students so as to allow for a high degree of interactive discourse between students and lecturers. Admission to the programmes is on a competitive and selective basis. Shortlisted applicants will be assessed by SMU professors and evaluated on their academic credentials, some schools like Law and Business require written tests in addition to interviews. SMU admits students from a list of pre-university or high school qualifications that includes Singapore Cambridge A-Level, Polytechnic, application begins in October and closes on 1 April
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Burapha University
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Burapha University is one of Thailands public universities. It is in the town of Bangsaen, Chonburi Province. It was established on 8 July 1955, originating from Bangsaen Educational College which was the first regional educational institute. The university offers degrees in more than 50 programs of study, including 75 masters programs, Burapha University has three campuses, Burapha University, Chonburi Campus, Mueang District, Chonburi Province established in 1955. Burapha University, Chanthaburi Campus, Ta-Mai District, Chanthaburi Province established in 1996, Burapha University, Sakaeo Campus, Wattana Nakorn District, Sa Kaeo Province established in 1997. The university colors are gray and gold, gray represents the progress of intellectual knowledge. The colors represent Universitys commitment to the knowledge and morality. The university began as Bangsaen Educational College established on 8 July 1955, there were 41 first generation students. In 1956 the college received Piboonbumpen School from the Division of General Education to be a school of the college. For more effective management, for instance, Chanthaburi Campus was established in 1996. Burapha University has three campuses, which cover about 1,353.35 acres of land. Burapha University consists of Twenty-Two faculties, One college and One School, the international ranks are between 191-200 in Asia Official website BUU library
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Mahidol University
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Mahidol University, an autonomous research institution, has its origin in the establishment of Siriraj Hospital in 1888. Becoming the University of Medical Science in 1943, it has recognized as the forth public university in Thailand. Then, the University was renamed in 1969 with great honor by the late His Majesty King Bhumibol Aduyadej after his father, prince Mahidol of Songkhla, who is widely regarded as Father of Modern Medicine and Public Health of Thailand. The university originally focused on Health Sciences but also expanded to fields in recent decades. MU hosted the first medical school of Thailand, the Siriraj Medical School, today, MU offers a range of graduate and undergraduate programs from natural sciences to liberal arts with remote campuses in Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Sawan, and Amnat Charoen provinces. Mahidol University has been ranked Thailands No.1 university in 2011 by QS Asian University Rankings, in 2015, Mahidol University was ranked as one of the Worlds Top 100 universities at which to study medicine, according to the QS World University Rankings. The first Siamese medical school, the Rajapaethayalai, was founded under commissions of King Chulalongkorn in 1888 situated on the former Palace or todays Bangkok Noi campus, the medical school was merged with Chulalongkorn University organized by Vajiravudhs decree in 1917 as the Faculty of Medicine to Chulalongkorn University. The university was founded on February 7,1943 and experienced drastic growth since then. Many new schools and departments were established during this era, in 1959, the Medical Science Preparatory School was moved to Payathai area - thus beginning the Payathai campus. During the 1960s the university focused its development on the Payathai campus, in 1965, another medical school was established – the Faculty of Medicine of Ramathibodi Hospital at Payathai. In 1968, the university established another pharmacy and dentistry schools at new campus apart from those received from Chulalongkorn University, the university bought a large suburban area known as Salaya in 1971 for its future developments. In the following years, the faculties of Dentistry and Pharmacy were returned to Chulalongkorn University. King Bhumibol expressed his will that MU should also expand to the Social Science fields, the construction of Salaya campus began in 1975 but was soon delayed due the political situation and financial shortage. On July 23,1983, the Salaya campus was officially opened, all education for freshman-year students was transferred to Salaya. The first internship college in Thailand was founded in MU in 1986, in 1999, the Rajasuda College devoted solely to disabled persons was established. Adhasit Vejjajiva, M. D. father of former Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, had once been the president of MU from 1995 to 1999, in 2002, MU expanded its campus to Kanchanaburi – to offer its students more learning opportunities with rural communities. The university is constructing the Amnaj Chareon Campus to be completed in 2009. Then it become the largest university in Asia, MU entered the THES - QS World University Rankings in 2006 as 322nd in the world and 3rd in Thailand
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Prince of Songkla University
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Prince of Songkla University is the first university in southern Thailand, established in 1967. The name of the university was granted by the King Bhumibol Adulyadej in honor of His Royal Highness Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla, the university consists of four campuses and one education service area. In 1968, the first permanent campus was established in Pattani, the campus in Hat Yai was opened in 1971 and is now the main campus, with more than 50% of the universitys students. Other campuses were established in Phuket and Surat Thani, additionally, the Trang education service area was founded in 1991. As 2007, the university offers 295 educational programs to its 34,000 students, including 18 international programs, Prince of Songkla University hosts hundreds of international students. The Phuket campus accommodates the most students from European and North American universities, in 1965 the cabinet approved, in principle, that the main campus of the university was to be at Ruesamilae, an urban area of Pattani. It was agreed to relocate the Faculty of Engineering to a new site, after a long search, it was decided that the Faculty of Engineering should be located in Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province. In 1968 the National Assembly of Thailand passed the Prince of Songkla University Act, Prince of Songkla University thus proclaimed 13 March as its “Foundation Day”. In 1969, the construction at Hat Yai campus was started, on 5 July 1971 when it was partially completed, about two hundred students and staff members of the Faculty of Engineering were moved to the new campus at Hat Yai. Prince of Songkla University is always ranked in the top 10 universities of Thailand, the university was 481st worldwide in 2006 and 525th in 2007 in THES - QS World University Rankings which was the 7th and 6th Thai universities on the list, respectively. In the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, the university performs as a successful cyber-university, in Thailand, it has topped the list of Thai universities for five non-consecutive times in 2008,2009, and 2011. Prince of Songkla University is the first Thai university to make top 400, top 300, in July 2009, the university was ranked 175th in the world, 18th in Asia and 2nd in the Southeast Asia behind the National University of Singapore. They have published more than 40 articles in international journals plus 10 petty patents and patents. This involves energy conversion, energy storage and energy saving and they are aimed to be environmental friendly from the starting process until the end of usage and recycling process. 3) to develop the nanomaterials for color and multifunctional films coated on window glasses for long-life using in buildings, Energy conservation is thus an ultimate aim. By the objectives and goals described above, it is believed that CENE achievement would lead to Clean Energy for Green City. com
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Vietnam National University, Hanoi
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Vietnam National University, Hanoi is a university in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The university has 10 colleges and faculties and this is one of two national universities. It also is the most prestigious university in Vietnam, rank 139 in Asia, throughout its history the university has had several name changes, the Indochinese University, Vietnam National University, the University of Hanoi. In 1993, Vietnam National University, Hanoi was created by merging the University of Hanoi, Hanoi University of Education, the institution also owns two high schools for gifted students in foreign languages and natural science
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