Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai University (CMU), known in Thai as มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่, is a national public research university in northern Thailand, founded in 1964 as the first institution of higher education outside Bangkok and the first provincial university in the country.清迈大学（英语：Chiang Mai University，简称 CMU；泰语：มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่）是泰国北部的一所国立公立研究型大学，创办于 1964 年，是泰国曼谷以外的第一所高等教育机构与全国第一所地方大学。

Its main Suan Sak campus lies between central Chiang Mai and the Doi Suthep mountain, and the university enrols 37,929 students in 334 programmes spread across 25 faculties, with 1,961 international students and 2,188 academic staff.其主校区素贴校区（Suan Sak）位于清迈市中心与素贴山之间，全校在 25 个学院、334 个课程项目中就读的学生共 37,929 人，其中国际学生 1,961 人、专任教师 2,188 人。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Chiang Mai University stands 555th in the world, and it appears in the 701-800 band of the 2026 Shanghai Ranking, one of the strongest provincial universities in Thailand.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，清迈大学位列世界第 555 位，并进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名 701-800 区间，是泰国实力最强的地方大学之一。

History

• In 1941, while Sindh Kamalanavin was Minister of Education under Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the idea of extending higher education into the provinces was first proposed, with Mom Luang Pin Malakul advising on the establishment of a provincial university.1941 年，在披汶·颂堪（Plaek Phibunsongkhram）出任总理期间，教育部长信·卡玛拉纳威（Sindh Kamalanavin）首次提出把高等教育扩展到地方，并请玛·鹿·屏·玛拉恭（Mom Luang Pin Malakul）就设立地方大学提供建议。

• Those early plans were shelved when the Greater East Asia War broke out, and although Mom Luang Pin Malakul had already drafted advice on the matter, the demand for a university in the north did not resume until after the war ended.这些早期计划在太平洋战争爆发后被束之高阁；尽管玛·鹿·屏·玛拉恭已就此拟具建议，北方设立大学的诉求直到战争结束后才重新兴起。

• In 1953 the Chiang Mai newspaper Kon Muang ran an eight-week campaign from 6 June to 24 July under the headline "Should a University be Established in the North?", while citizens distributed tags, stamps and circular signs demanding a university for Lanna.1953 年，清迈报纸《Kon Muang》自 6 月 6 日至 7 月 24 日连续八周刊出「北方应否设立大学？」的讨论，民众同时散发标牌、印章与传单，要求为兰纳地区设立大学。

• After the war, the people of Chiang Mai, led by Ki and Kimhaw Nimmanhaeminda, called on the government to establish a university in Chiang Mai Province and pressed the case through public meetings.战后，清迈民众在吉·尼曼哈明达（Ki Nimmanhaeminda）与金豪·尼曼哈明达（Kimhaw Nimmanhaeminda）等人的带领下，呼吁政府在清迈府设立大学，并通过集会持续施压。

• In 1960 the Cabinet under Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat approved the establishment of a university in Chiang Mai Province and set 1964 as the year in which teaching would begin.1960 年，沙立·他纳叻（Sarit Thanarat）领导的内阁批准在清迈府设立大学，并定于 1964 年开始授课。

• Mom Luang Pin Malakul chaired the preparatory committee while serving as Minister of Education, taking charge of the university's mission, the site survey, the campus layout, the curricula and its first buildings.玛·鹿·屏·玛拉恭在担任教育部长期间出任筹备委员会主席，负责学校使命、选址勘察、校园规划、课程设置与首批建筑。

• On 2 October 1962 the foundation stone of one of the university's first buildings, today known as Sala Tham, was laid in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat.1962 年 10 月 2 日，该校首批建筑之一（今称法堂 Sala Tham）举行奠基仪式，由总理、陆军元帅沙立·他纳叻主持。

• The Chiang Mai University Act was promulgated on 15 January 1964 and published in the Royal Gazette on 21 January, coming into force on the day after publication.《清迈大学法》于 1964 年 1 月 15 日颁布，1 月 21 日刊于《皇家公报》，并于刊登次日正式生效。

• The first academic term began on 18 June 1964, when the university opened with three founding faculties, namely the Faculty of Humanities, the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science.首学期于 1964 年 6 月 18 日开课，建校时仅设三个创始学院，即人文学院、社会科学学院与理学院。

• The name of the Faculty of Humanities had been settled as early as 1963 by a curriculum sub-committee chaired by Professor Sarot Buasri, and the faculty opened in 1964 with four departments covering Thai, History, Foreign Languages and Human Relations.人文学院之名早在 1963 年便由萨洛·布阿西（Sarot Buasri）教授主持的课程小组委员会确定，学院于 1964 年开设泰语、历史、外语与人际关系四个学系。

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit presided over the official opening ceremony on 24 January 1965, accompanied by Princess Ubol Ratana and Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.1965 年 1 月 24 日，国王普密蓬·阿杜德（Bhumibol Adulyadej）与诗丽吉王后亲临主持正式揭幕典礼，乌汶叻公主与王储哇集拉隆功随行。

• In the 1960s the Suan Sak site was still largely forested, and the founders deliberately placed the buildings between the trees so that the campus retained much of its original natural setting.1960 年代，素贴校区一带仍多为林地，创办者有意识地让建筑穿插于树木之间，使校园至今保有当年的自然风貌。

• Through the 1970s and 1980s the young university grew from its three founding faculties into a comprehensive institution covering agriculture, engineering, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy and the arts.20 世纪 70 至 80 年代，这所年轻大学由最初的三个学院扩展为涵盖农学、工学、医学、牙医学、护理学、药学与人文学科的综合性大学。

• The Suan Dok health-science campus developed around the Faculty of Medicine and Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, which became the largest teaching hospital in northern Thailand.素贴寺校区围绕医学院与玛哈拉·纳空·清迈医院（Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital）发展，后者成为泰国北部规模最大的教学医院。

• The 864-acre Mae Hia campus, home to veterinary medicine and agro-industry, received the Energy Research and Development Institute when the institute moved there in January 2009.占地 864 英亩的美雅（Mae Hia）校区是兽医学与农业产业学科的所在地，能源研究与发展研究所（ERDI）于 2009 年 1 月迁入该校区。

• The university's newest acquisition is the 1,890-acre Si Bua Ban campus in Lamphun Province, about 55 kilometres south of Chiang Mai and close to the Lamphun industrial centre.该校最新取得的校区是位于南奔府、距清迈以南约 55 公里、毗邻南奔工业中心的诗巴班（Si Bua Ban）校区，占地 1,890 英亩。

• The university marked its 55th anniversary in 2019 under the theme "55 Years Towards CMU's Next Step", celebrating its rise from a provincial college into a national research university.该校于 2019 年以「迈向未来的 55 年」为主题庆祝建校 55 周年，回顾其从地方学院成长为国立研究型大学的历程。

• In 2024 Chiang Mai University celebrated its 60th anniversary with a commemorative emblem that combined the Thai numeral ๖๐ and the international numeral 60 alongside Lanna-inspired lines.2024 年，清迈大学以结合泰文数字「๖๐」与阿拉伯数字「60」并融入兰纳纹样的纪念标志庆祝建校 60 周年。

• The university is now led by President Pongruk Sribanditmongkol, an academic physician who signs its official announcements and commencement documents.该校现由校长蓬鲁·斯里班迪蒙空（Pongruk Sribanditmongkol）执掌，这位医学出身的学者署理学校各项官方公告与毕业典礼文书。

• From a single provincial campus in 1964, Chiang Mai University has grown into a four-campus system with 25 faculties, more than 37,000 students and over 310,000 living alumni.从 1964 年的单一地方校区起步，清迈大学如今已发展为拥有四个校区、25 个学院、逾 3.7 万名学生与超过 31 万名在世校友的大学体系。

• The university traces its identity to the Lanna cultural heritage of northern Thailand, and its 1964 founding remains the reference point for the anniversary celebrations it holds each year.该校把自身认同溯源至泰国北部的兰纳文化传统，1964 年的创办年至今仍是其每年校庆活动的基准。

Academics

• Chiang Mai University teaches 37,929 students across 25 faculties, supported by 2,188 academic staff and 14,903 staff in total, with 1,961 international students enrolled.清迈大学在 25 个学院中教授 37,929 名学生，共有专任教师 2,188 人与员工 14,903 人，其中国际学生 1,961 人。

• Its faculties cover the full academic spectrum, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Associated Medical Sciences, Economics, Business Administration, Law, Education and Fine Arts.其学院覆盖完整学科光谱，包括人文、社会科学、理学、工学、农学、医学、牙医学、护理学、药学、相关医学、经济学、工商管理、法学、教育学与美术等学院。

• The university offers 334 programmes ranging from bachelor's degrees to master's, doctoral and higher-diploma courses, among them a set of international programmes taught in English.该校开设 334 个课程项目，涵盖学士、硕士、博士与高级文凭各层次，其中包含一批以英语授课的国际课程。

• The Faculty of Science, one of the three founding faculties of 1964, today comprises eight academic departments in biology, chemistry, industrial chemistry, geological sciences, physics and materials science, mathematics, statistics and computer science, along with five research centres.理学院是 1964 年建校时的三个创始学院之一，如今设有生物、化学、工业化学、地质科学、物理与材料科学、数学、统计与计算机科学等八个学系，并辖五个研究中心。

• The Faculty of Humanities, named in 1963 and opened with four departments in 1964, now teaches Thai, history, English, French, philosophy and other humanities disciplines.人文学院于 1963 年定名、1964 年开设四个学系，如今教授泰语、历史、英语、法语、哲学及其他人文诸学科。

• Research is organised through institutes such as the Energy Research and Development Institute-Nakornping, the Research Institute for Health Sciences and the Social Research Institute.其研究通过能源研究与发展研究所（ERDI）、健康科学研究所（RIHES）与社会研究所（SRI）等机构组织实施。

• The Faculty of Medicine and its associated health-science faculties operate alongside Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, giving the university a large clinical teaching base in northern Thailand.医学院及其相关医学类学院与玛哈拉·纳空·清迈医院协同运行，为该校在泰国北部提供了规模庞大的临床教学基地。

• The Graduate School coordinates master's and doctoral study across all faculties, while a College of Arts, Media and Technology adds applied programmes in digital and creative fields.研究生院统筹全校各学院的硕士与博士培养，而艺术、媒体与技术学院（CAMT）则增设数字与创意领域的应用课程。

• The Language Institute Chiang Mai University provides English and other language training, and the university runs a demonstration school offering kindergarten-to-secondary education.清迈大学语言学院（LICMU）提供英语及其他语言培训，学校同时开办一所涵盖幼儿园至中学阶段的附属示范学校。

• The university's central libraries, computing services and the Ang Kaew reservoir together support teaching and research across the main campus.该校的中心图书馆、计算服务与昂盖水库（Ang Kaew）共同支撑主校区的教学与研究。

• Chiang Mai University reports more than 310,000 living alumni and maintains exchange and research links with universities across Asia, Europe and North America.清迈大学报告拥有逾 31 万名在世校友，并与亚洲、欧洲与北美的多所大学保持交换与研究联系。

• As a research university it participates in Thailand's Research University Network and in joint research with government agencies and international partners.作为一所研究型大学，它参与泰国「研究型大学网络」，并与政府机构及国际伙伴开展联合研究。

• The Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Engineering are among its historically strongest units, and the university's rise is often compared with that of older Bangkok institutions such as Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University and Mahidol University.农学院与工学院是该校历史上最强的学院之一；其崛起常与朱拉隆功大学、农业大学与玛希隆大学等更早的曼谷院校相提并论。

• OpenAlex records 50,336 scholarly works attributed to Chiang Mai University carrying 1,989,752 citations, an indication of sustained research output across its science, medical, agricultural and engineering faculties.OpenAlex 收录清迈大学文献 50,336 篇、被引 1,989,752 次，显示出其理学、医学、农学与工程各学院持续的研究产出。

• Admission follows Thailand's national system, with undergraduate selection through the national central admission process and separate routes for international applicants.招生遵循泰国全国体系，本科生通过全国统一录取系统选拔，国际申请者则走单独的申请通道。

• Its academic profile spans agriculture, science, engineering and the health sciences as well as the humanities and social sciences, making it one of the broadest universities outside Bangkok and the largest higher-education provider in northern Thailand.其学科画像横跨农学、理学、工学与健康科学，兼及人文与社会科学，是曼谷以外学科最为齐全的大学之一，也是泰国北部规模最大的高等教育机构。

Campus

• Chiang Mai University operates four campuses, three of them in Chiang Mai and one in Lamphun, which together cover about 3,490 acres or 14.1 square kilometres.清迈大学设有四个校区，其中三个位于清迈、一个位于南奔，合计占地约 3,490 英亩（14.1 平方公里）。

• The Suan Sak main campus occupies a 725-acre site about five kilometres west of the city centre, bounded on three sides by shopping streets and on the fourth by the Chiang Mai Zoo.素贴（Suan Sak）主校区占地 725 英亩，位于清迈市中心以西约五公里处，三面为商业街、第四面临清迈动物园。

• An attractive feature of the main campus is the Ang Kaew Reservoir, built to supply water to the university and now also used as a recreation area by campus residents and local residents.主校区的一大亮点是昂盖水库（Ang Kaew），它最初为校园供水而建，如今也是校园居民与当地居民的休闲去处。

• The Suan Dok campus, opposite the Wat Suan Dok temple and closer to the city, occupies a 110-acre site housing the faculties of medicine, associated medical sciences, nursing, dentistry and pharmacy.素贴寺校区位于素贴寺（Wat Suan Dok）对面、更靠近市区，占地 110 英亩，容纳医学院、相关医学学院、护理学院、牙学院与药学院。

• About five kilometres south of the main campus, the 864-acre Mae Hia campus is home to the faculties of veterinary medicine and agro-industry and to the Energy Research and Development Institute.美雅（Mae Hia）校区位于主校区以南约五公里，占地 864 英亩，是兽医学院、农业产业学院与能源研究与发展研究所的所在地。

• The newest Si Bua Ban campus in Amphoe Mueang Lamphun, about 55 kilometres south of Chiang Mai, occupies a 1,890-acre site close to the Lamphun industrial centre.最新的诗巴班（Si Bua Ban）校区位于南奔府治县，距清迈以南约 55 公里，占地 1,890 英亩，毗邻南奔工业中心。

• The university provides 18 housing complexes for its students, seventeen of them on the main campus and one on the Mae Hia campus, giving most students the option of living in university accommodation.该校为学生提供 18 处宿舍区，其中 17 处在主校区、1 处在美雅校区，使多数学生可选择入住校内宿舍。

• The main campus stands at about 18.79 degrees north and 98.98 degrees east, set against Doi Suthep, and the city's shopping streets and the adjacent zoo make it easy to reach from central Chiang Mai.主校区大致位于北纬 18.79 度、东经 98.98 度，背靠素贴山；紧邻市区的商业街与动物园，使其从清迈市中心前往十分便利。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Chiang Mai University is placed 555th in the world, the figure it uses in its current ranking profile.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，清迈大学位列世界第 555 位，这是其当前排名简介所采用的数字。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 1001-1200 band, a banded position rather than an exact world rank.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校置于 1001-1200 位区间，这是一个区间名次而非精确的世界排名。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings Chiang Mai University is ranked 693rd, giving it a place among the stronger universities of Southeast Asia.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，清迈大学位列第 693 位，跻身东南亚实力较强的高校之列。

• The 2026 Shanghai Ranking, also known as ARWU, places the university in the 701-800 band, which is a broad tier rather than a single number.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）把该校列入 701-800 区间，这是一个较宽的档次而非单一数字。

• Quacquarelli Symonds ranked Chiang Mai University 88th in Asia in 2023, reflecting its leading position among Thai universities outside Bangkok.Quacquarelli Symonds 在 2023 年将清迈大学列为亚洲第 88 位，反映其在曼谷以外的泰国高校中的领先地位。

• Within Thailand the Office of the Higher Education Commission has placed the university third in academics and fifth in research, one of the strongest research records in the country.在泰国国内，高等教育委员会曾把该校的学术水平列为第三、研究水平列为第五，是全国研究记录最强的大学之一。

• OpenAlex records 50,336 scholarly works associated with the university and 1,989,752 citations, an average of roughly 40 citations per recorded work.OpenAlex 收录与该校相关的文献 50,336 篇、被引 1,989,752 次，平均每篇约被引 40 次。

• Chiang Mai University is especially known for medicine, engineering, agriculture and science, and it presents itself as the leading comprehensive university serving northern Thailand and the wider Lanna region.清迈大学尤以医学、工学、农学与理学见长，并把自身定位为服务泰国北部及整个兰纳地区的领先综合性大学。

• It belongs to Thailand's Research University Network and works on sustainability partnerships, including recent cooperation with German development organisations on green hydrogen in Chiang Mai.该校隶属泰国「研究型大学网络」，并在可持续议题上开展合作，包括近期与德国发展机构就清迈绿色氢能的协作。

Student life

• The university's motto is the Pali proverb "Attānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitā", meaning "The wise discipline themselves", inscribed in the outer ring of its emblem.该校校训为巴利文箴言「Attānaṃ damayanti paṇḍitā」，意为「智者自我磨练」，刻于其校徽的外环之上。

• Its official colour is a distinctive Dok Rak purple, a blend of magenta and cyan, chosen to distinguish the university from other northern institutions that use magenta.其官方校色是独特的「Dok Rak」紫，由品红与青蓝调和而成，用以区别于其他使用品红色的北方院校。

• The university flower is the Thong Kwao, or Flame of the Forest, which grows on the campus grounds and blooms in orange and yellow during the winter.该校的校花是「Thong Kwao」（火焰树），生长于校园之中，冬季绽放出橙黄两色的花朵。

• The emblem shows an elephant holding a torch, where the elephant stands for northern Thailand, the torch for the light of knowledge and the eight-pointed radiance for the eight faculties originally planned.其校徽为一头举着火把的大象，大象象征泰国北部，火把象征知识之光，八道光芒则代表最初规划设立的八个学院。

• The university requires students to wear school uniforms, a dress code that the Student Development Division publicly supported in 2022.该校要求学生穿着校服，这一着装规定在 2022 年得到学生发展处的公开支持。

• In the early years students who admired the Suntharaphon band composed a university song inspired by the Thong Kwao flower, and together with several other university songs it has become part of campus tradition still sung at ceremonies.建校初期，喜爱 Suntharaphon 乐队的学子以火焰树为灵感创作了一首校歌；它与其他若干校歌一道成为校园传统，至今仍在校庆典礼上被传唱。

• The university holds an annual commencement ceremony, and its 59th graduating class was celebrated in 2024, the same year the institution marked its 60th anniversary.该校每年举行毕业典礼，其第 59 届毕业生于 2024 年受贺，同年学校也迎来建校 60 周年。

• Because the main campus is only about five kilometres from central Chiang Mai, students move easily between the wooded campus, the city's markets and the adjacent Chiang Mai Zoo, keeping student life closely tied to the city.由于主校区距清迈市中心仅约五公里，学生可在林地校园、城市市集与毗邻的清迈动物园之间轻松往返，也使学生的日常生活与清迈这座城市紧密相连。

Notable people

• Yingluck Shinawatra, who studied at the university, became the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand, the most senior political office held by any of its alumni.曾在清迈大学就读的英拉·西那瓦出任泰国第 28 任总理，是其校友担任过的最高政治职务。

• Apirak Kosayothin, a graduate, served as the 14th Governor of Bangkok, one of the highest municipal offices in the country.毕业生阿批拉·哥沙育丁（Apirak Kosayothin）出任曼谷第 14 任市长，是全国最高的市政职务之一。

• Suthep Thaugsuban, an alumnus, was Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand from 2008 to 2011 and later a prominent figure in Thai politics.校友素贴·特素班（Suthep Thaugsuban）于 2008 至 2011 年担任泰国副总理，其后成为泰国政坛的重要人物。

• Kasem Wattanachai, a graduate, has served as a Privy Councilor of Thailand from 2001 onwards, advising the monarchy on state affairs.毕业生卡森·瓦塔纳猜（Kasem Wattanachai）自 2001 年起担任泰国枢密院大臣，就国事向王室提供咨询。

• Chaturon Chaisang, who attended the university, was Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand from 2002 to 2006.曾就读于该校的差徒隆·猜桑（Chaturon Chaisang）于 2002 至 2006 年担任泰国副总理。

• Sompop Jantraka, an alumnus, became a well-known activist against human trafficking and founded the Daughters Education Programme.校友颂蓬·占塔拉卡（Sompop Jantraka）成为知名的反人口贩运活动人士，并创办了「女儿教育计划」。

• Samruam Singh, a graduate, is remembered as an author, scholar and activist whose writing documented rural life in northern Thailand.毕业生萨鲁安·辛（Samruam Singh）以作家、学者与活动人士的身份被铭记，其作品记录了泰国北部的乡村生活。

• Roger A. Beaver, a biologist, taught at the university as a lecturer and is known for his ecological research on tropical insects.生物学家罗杰·比弗（Roger A. Beaver）曾在该校担任讲师，以对热带昆虫的生态研究著称。

• Minfong Ho, a writer, served among the university's lecturers and is known for novels such as Rice Without Rain.作家何敏凤（Minfong Ho）曾是该校教师之一，以《没有雨的水稻》等小说闻名。

• Mom Luang Pin Malakul, the founder who laid the foundation of Chiang Mai University, served as Minister of Education and chaired the committee that created the institution.创办者玛·鹿·屏·玛拉恭为清迈大学奠定根基，他担任教育部长并主持了创建该校的筹备委员会。

• Jitaraphol Potiwihok, an alumnus, works as both a physician and an actor, linking the university to Thai popular culture.校友吉达拉蓬·波提维霍（Jitaraphol Potiwihok）身兼医生与演员，把该校与泰国流行文化联系起来。