Kasetsart University

Kasetsart University is a public research university in Bangkok, Thailand, the largest university in the country and its first agricultural university, and it is placed in the 701-710 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.泰国农业大学是一所位于泰国曼谷的公立研究型大学，是该国规模最大的大学与第一所农业大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 701-710 区间。

It was established on 2 February 1943 out of the older College of Agriculture and has since expanded from agricultural science into life sciences, science, engineering, social sciences and the humanities.该校于 1943 年 2 月 2 日在原有农学院基础上建立，此后从农业科学扩展到生命科学、理学、工程、社会科学与人文学科。

The university's OpenAlex record lists 41,829 research works and 1,018,286 citations, it stands in the 1601-1800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and it is 1332nd in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 41,829 项、被引 1,018,286 次，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 1601-1800 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1332。

History

• In 1902 King Chulalongkorn promoted the country's silk, silverware and weaving industries and hired Dr Kametaro Toyama of the University of Tokyo to train Siamese students in Japanese silk and weaving crafts.1902 年，朱拉隆功国王推动本国丝绸、银器与纺织产业，聘请东京大学的玉山镰太郎博士为暹罗学生教授日本丝绸与纺织工艺。

• In 1904 the School of Sericulture was founded at Tambon Thung Saladaeng in Bangkok by Prince Benbadhanabongse, director of sericulture in the Ministry of Agriculture.1904 年，农业部蚕业司司长本巴他那邦亲王在曼谷通萨拉登区创办蚕业学校。

• The school was renamed the School of Agriculture in 1906, and by 1908 the Ministry of Agriculture had merged it with the School of Surveying and the School of Irrigation into the School of the Ministry of Agriculture.该校于 1906 年更名为农业学校；到 1908 年，农业部已将其与测绘学校（创办于 1882 年）和水利学校（创办于 1905 年）合并为农业部学校。

• Thailand's first tertiary-level agriculture curriculum was offered from 1909, when the merged school began courses at university level.泰国首个高等教育层次的农业课程自 1909 年起开设，当年合并后的学校开始提供大学层次的课程。

• In 1913 the Siamese government merged the School of the Ministry of Agriculture with the Civil Service College, in line with King Vajiravudh's initiative to establish that college.1913 年，暹罗政府依瓦栖拉兀国王设立文官学院的倡议，把农业部学校与文官学院合并。

• In 1917 the first primary school of agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture was founded as the Primary School Agriculture Teacher Training School, moving to Nakhon Pathom Province in 1918.1917 年，农业部下属的第一所农业小学以「农业小学师资培训学校」之名创办，并于 1918 年迁往佛统府。

• In 1931 Prince Sithiporn Kridakara and Chaophraya Thammasakmontri expanded the school regionally, with campuses at Saraburi, Chiang Mai, Nakhon Ratchasima and Songkhla.1931 年，西提蓬·格里达功亲王与昭披耶·塔玛萨蒙德里把该校向区域扩展，在北标、清迈、呵叻与宋卡设点。

• In 1935 those regional teacher training schools were closed and merged, and only the Mae Jo School in Chiang Mai was retained and renamed the Secondary-level Agriculture Technical School, later the College of Agriculture.1935 年，各地的农业师资培训学校被关闭并合并，仅保留清迈的湄洲学校，改称中级农业技术学校，后又成为农学院。

• The Ministry of Agriculture established the Central Agriculture Station at Bang Khen, which caused the College of Agriculture to move to Bang Khen District in 1938.农业部在邦坚设立中央农业试验站，农学院因此于 1938 年迁至邦坚区。

• In 1943 Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram upgraded the College of Agriculture into Kasetsart University as a department of the Ministry of Agriculture.1943 年，銮披汶·颂堪元帅把农学院升格为泰国农业大学，作为农业部下属机构。

• The university initially consisted of four faculties covering agriculture, fisheries, forestry and cooperatives, the last of which later divided into economics and business administration.该校最初设四个学院，涵盖农业、渔业、林业与合作事业，最后一个后来分化为经济学院与工商管理学院。

• In 1966 Mom Luang Xujati Kambhu, the fifth president, judged the Bang Khen campus too confined for the growth of agricultural science demanded by the national development plan.1966 年，第五任校长蒙銮·素察提·甘普认为邦坚校区过于局促，无法满足国家发展计划对农业科学发展的需要。

• The Kamphaeng Saen campus was established on 12 November 1979 as a result, becoming the first and largest branch campus.甘烹盛校区因此于 1979 年 11 月 12 日设立，成为首个也是规模最大的分校区。

• Si Racha campus was established in the late 1980s, and the Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province campus was opened on 15 August 1996 to mark the golden jubilee of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's accession.是拉差校区于 1980 年代末设立；为纪念普密蓬·阿杜德国王登基五十周年，色军府校区于 1996 年 8 月 15 日启用。

• Further campuses were developed at Suphan Buri, Krabi and Lopburi, extending the university's agricultural teaching across the regions of Thailand.该校还在素攀武里、甲米与华富里设立校区，把其农业教学延伸到泰国各地。

• On 18 July 2015 the Kasetsart University Act transformed the institution from a public university into a national university, a distinct legal category in Thailand.2015 年 7 月 18 日，《泰国农业大学法》把该校从公立大学转变为「国立大学」，这是泰国的一种独立法律类别。

• The Nontri tree has been a symbol of the university since 1963, when King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit planted nine nontri trees in front of the main auditorium on 29 November.自 1963 年起，农大树成为该校象征；当年 11 月 29 日，普密蓬·阿杜德国王与诗丽吉王后在主礼堂前种下九棵农大树。

• The university's emblem depicts Phra Phirun, the god of rain, mounted on a naga and encircled by lotus petals, with the founding year 1943 inscribed in Thai and English versions.其校徽描绘雨神帕披伦骑在纳迦之上，四周环绕莲花瓣，泰文与英文版本均刻有建校年份 1943。

• Its development from a sericulture school in 1904 to a national university in 2015 tracks the institutionalisation of agricultural science in Thailand over more than a century.该校从 1904 年的蚕业学校发展为 2015 年的国立大学，其历程映照出泰国农业科学在一个多世纪中的制度化。

Academics

• The university is among the largest in Thailand by enrolment and offers programmes across agriculture, fisheries, forestry, science, engineering, economics, social sciences and the humanities.按在校规模该校属泰国最大之列，开设涵盖农业、渔业、林业、理学、工程、经济学、社会科学与人文学科的项目。

• Its Kamphaeng Saen campus hosts the Faculty of Agriculture and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, which form the core of its agricultural teaching and research.其甘烹盛校区设农学院与兽医学院，构成该校农业教学与研究的核心。

• The university's Research and Development Institute administers and coordinates research projects across the institution.该校的研究与发展研究所负责统筹与协调全校的研究项目。

• The Institute of Food Research and Product Development works on food science and technology and supports government policy on agricultural products.食品研究与产品开发研究所从事食品科学与技术研究，并支持政府的农产品政策。

• The Kasetsart Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Product Improvement Institute was established on 29 July 1991 to develop quality standards in non-food innovation.泰国农业大学农业与农工业产品改良研究所于 1991 年 7 月 29 日成立，致力于制定非食品创新的质量标准。

• The university's Institute for Advanced Studies contains four centres covering agriculture and food, tropical natural resources, nanotechnology for chemical, food and agricultural industries, and industrial technology.其高等研究院下设四个研究中心，涵盖农业与食品、热带自然资源、面向化工与食品及农业产业的纳米技术，以及工业技术。

• The Princess Sirindhorn International Center for Research Development and Technology Transfer was created with the Bureau of the Royal Household to support royal projects and technology transfer.诗琳通公主国际研究开发与技术转移中心与王室事务局合作设立，用于支持王室项目与技术转移。

• A Center for Excellence in Silk at Kamphaeng Saen supplies silkworm eggs and technical know-how to Thai farmers, continuing the university's sericulture origins.甘烹盛校区的蚕业卓越中心为泰国农民提供蚕种与技术知识，延续该校的蚕业渊源。

• Research and training stations run by the faculties of agriculture, fisheries and forestry are distributed across Thailand, from Phetchabun and Doi Pui to Ranong, Trat and Phang Nga.由农学院、水产学院与林学院管理的研究与培训站点遍布泰国，从碧差汶、多伊布依到拉廊、达叻与攀牙。

• In the QS ranking by subject the university was placed 63rd in the world for agriculture and forestry in 2021 and 29th in 2017.在 QS 学科排名中，该校 2021 年农业与林业位列世界第 63，2017 年曾列第 29。

• OpenAlex attributes 41,829 works and 1,018,286 citations to the institution, concentrated in agriculture, food science, fisheries and the biological sciences.OpenAlex 记录该校 41,829 项成果与 1,018,286 次被引，集中在农业、食品科学、渔业与生物科学领域。

• Teaching ranges from undergraduate to doctoral level, and the university offers international programmes taught in English alongside its Thai-language provision.其教学涵盖本科至博士层次，并在泰语课程之外开设以英语授课的国际项目。

• The institution's regional campuses give students in Sakon Nakhon, Suphan Buri, Krabi and Lopburi access to agricultural and technical programmes near their home provinces.其区域校区使色军、素攀武里、甲米与华富里的学生能在本府附近就读农业与技术类项目。

• An affiliated Irrigation College and a College of Nursing operate within the university's wider academic network.附属的水利学院与护理学院在该校更广的学术网络内运作。

• Research coordination is centralised through the research and development institute, which links the faculties to national agricultural policy.其研究协调集中于研究与发展研究所，把各学院与国家农业政策相衔接。

• The Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Business Administration descend from the original faculty of cooperatives created when the university was founded in 1943.其经济学院与工商管理学院源自 1943 年建校时设立的合作事业学院。

• Undergraduate teaching at Bangkhen and Kamphaeng Saen is supported by field practice at the university's farms, fisheries stations and forests across Thailand.邦坚与甘烹盛两校区的本科教学，由该校分布于泰国各地的农场、水产站与林场提供实地实践支持。

Campus

• The main campus occupies 846 rai, about 135 hectares, in Chatuchak District in northern Bangkok, and it is served by the Kasetsart University BTS station.主校区位于曼谷北部乍都乍区，占地 846 莱（约 135 公顷），并有农业大学轻轨站提供服务。

• The Kamphaeng Saen campus in Nakhon Pathom Province, established in 1979, covers 7,951.75 rai, about 1,272 hectares, making it the largest branch.1979 年设立的佛统府甘烹盛校区占地 7,951.75 莱（约 1,272 公顷），是规模最大的分校区。

• The Sriracha campus in Chonburi Province occupies 199 rai, about 32 hectares, and was established in the late 1980s.春武里府的是拉差校区占地 199 莱（约 32 公顷），设于 1980 年代末。

• The Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province campus covers 4,488 rai, about 718 hectares, and contains faculties of natural resources and agro-industry, science and engineering, liberal arts and management sciences, and public health.色军府校区占地 4,488 莱（约 718 公顷），设自然资源与农工业、科学与工程、人文与管理科学以及公共卫生等学院。

• The university's main campus lies at approximately 13.75398 degrees north and 100.50144 degrees east, within the Bangkok metropolitan area.其主校区坐标约为北纬 13.75398 度、东经 100.50144 度，位于曼谷都会区内。

• Campus facilities include the main auditorium in front of which the king and queen planted the nine nontri trees in 1963, and research stations in the surrounding provinces.校园设施包括 1963 年国王与王后种下九棵农大树的主礼堂，以及在周边府治设立的研究站点。

• Together the campuses and research stations give the university a national footprint, with agricultural stations from the north-eastern plateau to the southern peninsula.各校区与研究站点共同赋予该校全国性布局，农业试验站点从东北高原延伸到南部半岛。

• The main campus is linked to central Bangkok by the city's elevated rail system and by road, placing it within reach of the capital's institutions.主校区经城市高架轨道与公路与曼谷市中心相连，便于通达首都各机构。

• Because its original site grew out of an agricultural experiment station at Bang Khen, the campus retains working farms and field plots alongside its academic buildings.由于校址源自邦坚的农业试验站，校园至今在学术建筑之外保有生产性农场与试验田。

• Beyond the four main campuses, the university maintains research and training stations in more than twenty provinces, from Doi Pui in the north to Ranong in the south.在四处主校区之外，该校还在二十余个府设有研究与培训站点，北至多伊布依、南至拉廊。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Kasetsart University is placed in the 701-710 band, according to the official ranking table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，泰国农业大学处于 701-710 区间。此排名以官方榜单为准。^[1]

• It stands in the 1601-1800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and is 1332nd in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校处于 1601-1800 区间，并在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1332。

• It was not placed in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未列入软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名。

• In the 2021 QS ranking by subject it was 63rd in the world for agriculture and forestry and 301-305th for environmental studies.在 2021 年 QS 学科排名中，其农业与林业位列世界第 63，环境研究处于 301-305 区间。

• Its agriculture and forestry ranking reached 29th in the world in the 2017 QS subject table, its strongest disciplinary position.其农业与林业在 2017 年 QS 学科榜中曾达世界第 29，是其最强的学科座次。

• OpenAlex attributes 41,829 works and 1,018,286 citations to the institution, reflecting a research base weighted towards agriculture, food and fisheries.OpenAlex 记录该校 41,829 项成果与 1,018,286 次被引，其研究基础偏向农业、食品与渔业。

• The university is treated as the leading agricultural institution in Thailand, a position that derives from its origin as the country's first agricultural university in 1943.该校被视为泰国农业领域的领先院校，这一地位源自其 1943 年作为该国首所农业大学的出身。

• Its research institutes in food, agro-industry and silk connect its academic work directly to Thai agricultural policy and rural livelihoods.其在食品、农工业与蚕业方面的研究机构，把学术工作与泰国农业政策及农村生计直接相连。

• Campus facilities and stations across Thailand underpin its role in extension work and technology transfer to farmers.遍布泰国的校区与站点，支撑其在推广工作与向农民转移技术方面的角色。

• As a national university under the 2015 act, it holds a distinct legal status among Thai higher education institutions.作为依 2015 年法案设立的国立大学，该校在泰国高等教育机构中具有独特的法律地位。

• Its faculties of veterinary medicine, fisheries and food science are among the oldest in Thailand, and its graduates staff the national agricultural extension service.其兽医学、水产与食品科学等学院是泰国历史最久的相关学院，其毕业生构成国家农业推广队伍。

Student life

• The university's symbols are the rain god Phra Phirun on a naga and the nontri tree, nine of which were planted by King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit in 1963.该校的象征是骑纳迦的雨神帕披伦与农大树；1963 年普密蓬·阿杜德国王与诗丽吉王后亲手种下其中九棵。

• The planting of the nine nontri trees on 29 November 1963 is remembered as a historic day for the university community.1963 年 11 月 29 日种下九棵农大树的日子，被该校社群视为具有历史意义的一天。

• Student life is spread across the Bangkok campus and the regional campuses, each with its own faculties and student organisations.学生生活分布于曼谷校区与各区域校区，各校区设有自身的学院与学生组织。

• Because many campuses retain farms, fisheries stations and forests, practical agricultural work forms part of the student experience for those in the agricultural faculties.由于许多校区保有农场、水产站与森林，农科类学生的求学经历中包含实践性农业作业。

• Field stations in provinces from Phetchabun to Ranong provide residential placements where students carry out research and extension work.从碧差汶到拉廊等府治的野外站点提供驻点实习，学生在此开展研究与推广工作。

• The university's royal connections give its ceremonial life a distinctive character, with royal projects supported through the Princess Sirindhorn centre.该校与王室的联系赋予其礼仪生活独特色彩，王室项目通过诗琳通公主中心得到支持。

• Student activities are organised at faculty level, with traditions that reflect the university's agricultural identity from its 1943 foundation.学生活动按学院组织，其传统反映该校自 1943 年建校以来的农业院校身份。

• Graduates work across Thai agriculture, fisheries, forestry, food industries and public administration, and an alumni network links them to the university's extension work.毕业生分布于泰国农业、渔业、林业、食品产业与公共行政领域，校友网络把他们与学校的推广工作相联系。

• Its location in northern Bangkok places students within reach of the capital's employment market and of the agricultural provinces surrounding it.其位于曼谷北部的位置，使学生便于接触首都的就业市场以及周边的农业省份。

• Students join faculty-based clubs and take part in the university's agricultural fairs, which display produce from its own farms and research stations.学生加入以学院为单位的社团，并参与学校的农业展览会，展出其自有农场与研究站点的产品。

Notable people

• King Chulalongkorn initiated the promotion of silk and weaving industries in 1902 that led to the training of Siamese students in Japanese craft techniques.朱拉隆功国王于 1902 年推动丝绸与纺织产业，由此促成了暹罗学生学习日本工艺技术。

• Dr Kametaro Toyama of the University of Tokyo was hired to train Siamese students in silk and weaving, supplying the technical expertise for the early school.东京大学的玉山镰太郎博士受聘为暹罗学生教授丝绸与纺织，为早期学校提供技术支持。

• Prince Benbadhanabongse, director of sericulture in the Ministry of Agriculture, founded the School of Sericulture in 1904.农业部蚕业司司长本巴他那邦亲王于 1904 年创办蚕业学校。

• Prince Sithiporn Kridakara and Chaophraya Thammasakmontri expanded agricultural education regionally in 1931, laying the ground for the later university.西提蓬·格里达功亲王与昭披耶·塔玛萨蒙德里于 1931 年把农业教育向区域扩展，为后来的大学奠定基础。

• Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, then prime minister, upgraded the College of Agriculture into Kasetsart University in 1943.时任总理銮披汶·颂堪元帅于 1943 年把农学院升格为泰国农业大学。

• Mom Luang Xujati Kambhu, the fifth president, argued in 1966 for a larger campus, which led to the creation of the Kamphaeng Saen campus in 1979.第五任校长蒙銮·素察提·甘普于 1966 年主张扩建校区，由此促成 1979 年甘烹盛校区的设立。

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit planted the nine nontri trees at the main auditorium on 29 November 1963, an act commemorated in the university's traditions.普密蓬·阿杜德国王与诗丽吉王后于 1963 年 11 月 29 日在主礼堂种下九棵农大树，此举被记入学校传统。

• Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn lends her name to the university's international centre for research development and technology transfer, which supports royal projects.诗琳通公主之名被用于该校的国际研究开发与技术转移中心，该中心支持王室项目。

• The university's graduates populate Thai agricultural science, fisheries administration, forestry and the food industry, fields tied to its founding mission.该校毕业生遍布泰国农业科学、渔业管理、林业与食品产业，这些领域与其创办使命相关。

• Successive presidents after Mom Luang Xujati Kambhu oversaw the founding of the regional campuses at Kamphaeng Saen, Si Racha and Sakon Nakhon.蒙銮·素察提·甘普之后的历任校长相继主导了甘烹盛、是拉差与色军各区域校区的设立。