Khon Kaen University history

There were plans to open a university in Ubon Ratchathani Province, but the Second World War broke out. It wasn't until 1960 that plans to open more institutions of further education in the northeast would resume.

In 1962, under the governance of Prime Minister Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, the proposition to open an institution of further education in the academic fields of engineering and advanced agriculture was passed.

In 1963 the faculty's subcommittee established that the campus would be located approximately four kilometers from the city of Khon Kaen and would occupy approximately 3,300,000 m.

The area roughly measured 5,500 rai and was 4 kilometers from the city of Khon Kaen.June 9, 1964 – The building of Faculty of Science and Arts” was constructed.

1965– The cabinet made resolution to change the name of the university from, “North-East University” to “Khon Kaen University” following the name of the province.

1966 – The Khon Kaen University Act was ordered to be issued and announcement was made in the Royal Gazette on January 25, 1966, the date held as the university foundation date.

Phrabat Somdet Phra Paraminthra Maha Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX) founded Khon Kaen University on December 20, 1967.

The Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, was founded under the third National Economic and Social Development Plan with the consensus of Khon Kaen University Council at the third meeting of 1971 on Monday 26, July, 1971.

The Ministry of University Affairs made an announcement by virtue of Article 9, Clause Two of the Khon Kaen University Act of 1978.

The structure comprises six departments and teaching and learning is organized under the Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Public Health, a 4-year curriculum, in which the first group of undergraduate students were enrolled in 1980.

Faculty of Economics was established in 2005, splitting from Faculty of Management Science, whose name changed to Faculty of Business Management and Accountancy.