King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang

King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang is a public science and technology university in Lat Krabang district, eastern Bangkok, founded in 1960 as a telecommunications training centre supported by the Japanese government.拉卡邦先皇技术学院是位于曼谷东部拉卡邦区的一所公立科技大学，1960 年在日本政府支持下以电信培训中心起步。

It grew from that small training centre into one of Thailand's leading engineering institutions, teaching through nine core faculties and a wider group of professional schools and colleges, and it awards degrees from bachelor's to doctorate.该校由小型培训中心发展为泰国主要工程技术院校之一，教学以九个核心学院为主，并设有多个专业学院与书院，可授予从学士到博士的学位。

The 2027 QS World University Rankings place it in the 1201-1400 band, Times Higher Education ranks it 1401-1601, U.S. News places it 2,215th, and it did not enter the 2026 ARWU main table.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将其列入 1201-1400 区间，泰晤士高等教育排名为 1401-1601，U.S. News 位列第 2215 名，该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

History

• The institute traces its origin to 1960, when the Thai and Japanese governments agreed on a technical cooperation programme to create a telecommunications training centre in Nonthaburi province.学院的历史可追溯至 1960 年，泰日两国政府当时签订技术合作计划，在暖武里府创建一所电信培训中心。
• That first agreement ran from August 1960 to August 1965, and Japanese experts helped design the curriculum, train instructors and equip the laboratories.首份协议自 1960 年 8 月执行至 1965 年 8 月，日方专家协助设计课程、培训师资并装备实验室。
• Engineering teaching began in 1960 with a course in telecommunications engineering, the subject that remained the institute's signature for its first two decades.工程教学于 1960 年以电信工程课程起步，这一学科在此后二十年间始终是学院的招牌。
• The centre was later named the Nonthaburi Institute of Telecommunications and became a three-year specialty college in 1964, expanding beyond short technical courses.该中心后来定名暖武里电信学院，并于 1964 年升格为三年制专科学院，不再局限于短期技术培训。
• In 1965 the Ministry of Education brought three technical colleges under the name King Mongkut's Institute of Technology, honouring King Mongkut, or Rama IV, who is regarded as a founder of Thai science.1965 年，泰国教育部把三所技术学院统一置于「先皇技术学院」名下，以纪念被视为泰国科学奠基者的拉玛四世蒙固王。
• King Bhumibol Adulyadej approved the use of Rama IV's victory crown as the institute's emblem, a symbol that still appears on its seal and ceremonial banners.普密蓬国王批准以拉玛四世胜利之冠作为学院标志，这一符号至今见于校徽与典礼旗帜。
• In 1971 the Ladkrabang college was raised to institute status alongside the other two colleges, and part of the school moved to the new campus at Lat Krabang.1971 年，拉卡邦学院与另外两所学院一同升格为学院建制，学校部分系所迁往拉卡邦新校区。
• Architecture, industrial education, science and agricultural technology departments were established at Ladkrabang in the same period, turning a telecom school into a broad technical institute.同一时期，拉卡邦校区设立建筑、工业教育、科学与农业技术等系，电信学校由此转型为综合性技术学院。
• A Japanese corporation funded a scholarship system from 1971, and from 1977 students took part in practical factory-based training arranged with Japanese industry.1971 年起，日本企业资助设立奖学金制度，1977 年起学生开始参加与日本产业界合作的工厂实训。
• Tokai University signed an academic exchange agreement in 1977, the first of a series of Japanese partnerships that shaped the institute's teaching and research.东海大学于 1977 年签订学术交流协议，这是塑造该校教学与科研的一系列日方合作中的第一项。
• A second phase of project-type technical cooperation ran from December 1978 to August 1983, supporting curriculum reform, staff development and laboratory construction.1978 年 12 月至 1983 年 8 月，第二期项目型技术合作实施，支持课程改革、师资培养与实验室建设。
• JICA also helped KMITL run third-country training in information technology from 1978, bringing participants from other developing countries to Bangkok. By the 2000s the scheme, renamed the Japan-Thai Partnership Program, had run eleven programmes with thirteen courses.日本国际协力机构还自 1978 年起协助学院开展信息技术第三国培训，把其他发展中国家的学员请到曼谷，该计划后更名为日泰伙伴计划，至 2000 年代已完成十一个项目、十三门课程。
• In 1982 the institute launched Thailand's first doctoral programme in electrical engineering and awarded the degree to Chom Kimpan, the first Doctor of Engineering granted by a Thai university.1982 年，学院开设泰国首个电气工程博士项目，并把学位授予 Chom Kimpan，这是泰国大学颁发的首个工程博士学位。
• A third phase of Japanese cooperation followed from April 1988 to March 1993, and a construction scholarship system was added in 1989 to fund buildings and equipment.第三期日方合作于 1988 年 4 月至 1993 年 3 月展开，1989 年又设立建设奖学金，用于资助校舍与设备。
• Tokyo Institute of Technology concluded an exchange agreement in 1992, and the Partners Project used a Japanese satellite for experiments in distance medicine, distance education and computer networking.东京工业大学于 1992 年缔结交流协议，「伙伴项目」则利用日本卫星开展远程医疗、远程教育与计算机网络实验。
• A Post-Partners Project continued that satellite work from 1996, linking KMITL with Japanese universities and Thai public agencies in applied communications research.1996 年起，「后伙伴项目」延续卫星相关研究，把学院与日本高校及泰国公共机构联结在应用通信研究中。
• The University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo signed an academic exchange agreement in 1997, deepening the telecommunications partnership that had begun in 1960.东京电气通信大学于 1997 年签署学术交流协议，进一步深化自 1960 年延续下来的电信合作。
• The cooperation also brought an invitation programme at Japan's Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy and staff exchanges with Japanese public institutions.合作还包括在日本邮政与电信政策研究所的邀请项目，以及与日本公共机构的人员交流。
• As its remit widened, the institute added faculties of information technology, agro-industry, liberal arts, nursing and medicine to its established engineering and science base.随着办学范围扩大，学院在既有工程与理科基础上陆续增设信息技术、农产工业、人文、护理与医学等学院。
• In 2017 Carnegie Mellon University joined KMITL to create CMKL University with support from the Office of the Higher Education Commission, and the new institution admitted its first students in 2018.2017 年，卡内基梅隆大学与拉卡邦先皇技术学院在高等教育委员会支持下共建 CMKL 大学，新校于 2018 年迎来首批学生。
• That partnership extended the institute's American links beyond exchange agreements, placing artificial intelligence and computer engineering at the centre of its newer programmes.这一合作使学院的美国联系超越一般交换协议，把人工智能与计算机工程置于其新设项目的核心。
• Sixty years after the first telecom course, KMITL presents itself as a comprehensive science and technology university while keeping engineering as its largest and best-known division.首个电信课程开设六十年后，学院以综合性科技大学自居，工程仍是其规模最大、最为人熟知的学部。

Academics

• The Faculty of Engineering is the largest unit, with departments covering civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics, computer, chemical, industrial, agricultural, food, biomedical, instrumentation and telecommunications engineering.工程学院是规模最大的教学单位，系科涵盖土木、机械、电气、电子、计算机、化工、工业、农业、食品、生物医学、仪器与电信工程。
• Its telecommunications and electronics departments descend directly from the 1960 training centre, and they still supply engineers to Thailand's broadcasting and network industries.其电信与电子系直接承袭 1960 年培训中心的脉络，至今仍为泰国广播与网络产业输送工程师。
• The Faculty of Architecture teaches architecture, interior architecture, industrial design, communication arts and design, fine arts and urban and environmental planning.建筑学院教授建筑、室内建筑、工业设计、传播艺术与设计、美术以及城市与环境规划。
• Its design studios cover three-dimensional communication design, film and video, photography, painting, sculpture and printmaking, giving the institute a strong visual-arts presence.其设计工作室涵盖三维传播设计、影视、摄影、绘画、雕塑与版画，使学院在视觉艺术领域同样具有影响。
• The Faculty of Science provides the foundational departments of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics and statistics that serve engineering and health programmes.理学院设生物、化学、计算机科学、数学、物理与统计等基础系科，为工程与健康类专业提供支撑。
• The Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology trains technical teachers and trainers in engineering education, architecture education, agricultural education and industrial education.工业教育与技术学院培养工程教育、建筑教育、农业教育与工业教育方向的技术教师与培训师。
• The Faculty of Agricultural Technology covers agronomy, horticulture, animal science, animal production, soil science, plant pest management and agricultural development.农业技术学院涵盖农学、园艺、动物科学、动物生产、土壤学、植物病虫害管理与农业发展。
• The Faculty of Agro-Industry specialises in food processing, fermentation technology, agricultural industry and food process engineering, fields tied to Thailand's export economy.农产工业学院专攻食品加工、发酵技术、农业产业与食品加工工程，这些领域与泰国出口经济紧密相关。
• The Faculty of Information Technology and the Faculty of Medicine represent the institute's newer direction, pairing computing with clinical training in a country short of doctors.信息技术学院与医学院代表学校较新的发展方向，在医生短缺的泰国把计算技术与临床训练结合起来。
• The KMITL Business School offers international and Thai-language programmes in business administration, industrial business, digital logistics, supply-chain management and entrepreneurship.拉卡邦先皇技术学院商学院开设国际与泰语项目，涵盖工商管理、产业经营、数字物流、供应链管理与创业。
• The International College, the College of Advanced Manufacturing Innovation, the College of Nanotechnology, the aviation academy and the College of Music broaden the curriculum beyond traditional engineering.国际学院、先进制造创新学院、纳米技术学院、航空学院与音乐学院把课程扩展到传统工程之外。
• With Tokyo Institute of Technology, the National Science and Technology Development Agency and SIIT, KMITL helps deliver the Thailand Advanced Institute of Science and Technology's international master's programme in automotive engineering.该校与东京工业大学、泰国国家科学技术发展署及 SIIT 合作，共同开设泰国高等科学技术研究院的汽车工程国际硕士项目。
• International programmes are taught in English and attract students from across Southeast Asia, while Thai-language programmes enrol the great majority of undergraduates.国际项目以英语授课，吸引东南亚各地学生，泰语项目则招收绝大多数本科生。
• CMKL University, the joint venture with Carnegie Mellon, offers graduate programmes in artificial intelligence, computer engineering and related fields on the Lat Krabang campus.与卡内基梅隆大学合办的 CMKL 大学在拉卡邦校区开设人工智能、计算机工程及相关领域的研究生项目。
• Under JICA programmes the institute sent professors to the engineering department of the National University of Laos and accepted Lao research students in Bangkok.在日本国际协力机构项目下，该校曾派教授赴老挝国立大学工程系任教，并在曼谷接收老挝研究生。
• The Research Center for Communication and Information Technology, known as ReCCIT, was created under a fourth Japanese project-type cooperation to strengthen graduate research in networks and communications.通信与信息技术研究中心简称 ReCCIT，依据第四期日方项目型合作设立，旨在加强网络与通信方向的研究生科研。
• The Industry and University Cooperative Research Center in Data Storage Technology works with NECTEC under Thailand's hard-disk drive competitiveness programme.数据存储技术产业与大学合作研究中心与泰国国家电子与计算机技术中心合作，服务泰国硬盘产业竞争力计划。
• Other units include an advanced photonics research centre, a nanotechnology centre run with NANOTECH, an electronics testing centre, a business incubator and an engineering research park.其他机构包括先进光子学研究、与国家纳米技术中心合办的纳米技术中心、电子产品检测中心、企业孵化器与工程研究园。
• The Electrical and Electronic Products Testing Center, run with the National Science and Technology Development Agency, tests consumer equipment, while the Scientific Instruments Service Centre and the Engineering Service and Development Center support industry. The Electronics Research Center and the Computer Research and Service Center provide design and computing services to outside clients.与国家科学技术发展署合办的电气电子产品检测中心负责检测消费设备，科学仪器服务中心与工程服务发展中心则为产业提供支持，电子研究中心与计算机研究服务中心还为校外客户提供设计与计算服务。
• The institute awards bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, and its graduate school coordinates research degrees across the faculties and the joint CMKL programmes.学院授予学士、硕士与博士学位，研究生院统筹各学院及 CMKL 联合项目的研究型学位。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Lat Krabang district on the eastern edge of Bangkok, about 30 kilometres from the city centre at roughly 13.75 degrees north and 100.50 degrees east.主校区位于曼谷东缘的拉卡邦区，距市中心约 30 公里，坐标约为北纬 13.75 度、东经 100.50 度。
• It sits near Suvarnabhumi Airport, whose opening in 2006 reshaped the surrounding district and made the campus a gateway between the city and the eastern seaboard.校园毗邻素万那普机场，该机场 2006 年启用后重塑了周边地区，也使校园成为连接曼谷与东部沿海的门户。
• The campus fronts Chalongkrung Road and is served by the Lat Krabang station on the Airport Rail Link, which connects the area to central Bangkok.校园临查隆格隆路，机场快线拉卡邦站提供服务，把这一带与曼谷市中心连接起来。
• Academic buildings, laboratories and workshops are grouped by faculty, with the engineering complex and its testing halls forming the historic core of the campus.教学楼、实验室与工场按学院分区布置，工程建筑群及其检测大厅构成校园的历史核心。
• Student residences, canteens and sports grounds occupy the quieter side of the campus, separating daily living from the traffic of the adjoining industrial estates.学生宿舍、食堂与运动场位于校园较安静的一侧，把日常生活与邻近工业区的车流分隔开来。
• A second campus in Chumphon province, named the Prince of Chumphon Campus, extends the institute's teaching to southern Thailand.位于春蓬府的第二校区名为春蓬王子校区，把学院的教学延伸至泰国南部。
• The Lat Krabang campus has its own stadium, gymnasiums and fields, and it hosts inter-faculty sports competitions and the annual freshmen activities.拉卡邦校区拥有自己的体育场、体育馆与球场，承办院际体育比赛与年度新生迎新活动。
• Because the campus lies on Bangkok's eastern fringe, students reach the city centre by airport rail link, bus or the expressway that runs past the airport.由于校园位于曼谷东郊，学生可乘机场快线、公交车或经机场旁的高速公路前往市中心。

Reputation

• QS places KMITL in the 1201-1400 band in its 2027 world rankings, a tied range shared with several hundred other institutions rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 区间，这是与数百所院校并列的档次，而非单一名次。
• Times Higher Education lists it in the 1401-1601 band for 2027, and U.S. News ranks it 2,215th in its 2026-2027 global list.泰晤士高等教育 2027 年排名将其列入 1401-1601 区间，U.S. News 2026-2027 全球榜单则将其排在第 2215 位。
• The institute did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, so it has no ARWU position for that year.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此当年没有软科名次。
• OpenAlex records 21,601 works and 356,942 citations for KMITL, a publication record concentrated in engineering, materials and computer science.OpenAlex 收录该校 21601 项成果与 356942 次引用，其发表记录集中于工程、材料与计算机科学。
• KMITL describes itself as the largest engineering school in Thailand, and it reports graduate employability above 90 per cent within an academic year.该校自称泰国规模最大的工程学院，并称毕业生在一个学年内的就业率超过九成。
• KMITL takes part in the Southeast Asia Engineering Education Network, known as SEED-NET, a Japanese-supported network that links engineering faculties across the region.该校参与东南亚工程教育网络（SEED-NET），这一由日本支持的网络联结区域内多所工程院系。
• Its reputation rests on the Japanese-assisted telecommunications programme, which for decades supplied engineers to Thai state agencies and to the electronics industry.其声誉建立在日方协助的电信项目之上，数十年来为泰国政府机构与电子产业输送工程师。
• The hard-disk and automotive industries of Thailand recruit heavily from its engineering and agro-industry faculties, and the institute runs testing and research services for both sectors.泰国硬盘与汽车产业大量招聘其工程及农产工业学院的毕业生，学校也为这两个行业提供检测与研究服务。
• Its 1982 doctoral programme was the first in electrical engineering in Thailand, and the institute continues to award engineering doctorates across a wide range of specialisms.其 1982 年博士项目是泰国首个电气工程博士项目，学校至今仍在众多专业方向授予工程博士学位。
• The CMKL partnership with Carnegie Mellon gave KMITL a visible presence in artificial intelligence, and the joint university is marketed as a regional centre for computing research.与卡内基梅隆大学共建的 CMKL 使该校在人工智能领域获得显著存在，这所合办大学被定位为区域计算研究中心。

Student life

• The institute's philosophy is that education and research in science and technology are the foundation of national development, a phrase repeated at graduations and in university publications, where the wording is printed in Thai and English.学院的办学理念是科学技术教育与研究为国家发展之基，这句话在毕业典礼与学校出版物中反复出现，并以泰英双语印行。
• Students organise academic societies by faculty, along with sports clubs, music groups, volunteer teams and cultural associations that operate under the student union.学生按学院组织学术社团，并在学生会之下运营体育俱乐部、音乐团体、志愿队与文化协会。
• Engineering students dominate the annual inter-faculty sports competition, while architecture and design students mount exhibitions of studio work at the end of each semester.工程学生在年度院际体育比赛中占据主导，建筑与设计学生则在每学期末举办工作室作品展。
• The College of Music stages concerts and recitals that are open to the public, adding a cultural programme to a campus known mainly for technical subjects.音乐学院举办向公众开放的音乐会与独奏会，为以技术学科闻名的校园增添文化节目。
• Canteens across the campus serve Thai food at student prices, and the surrounding Lat Krabang markets and shops provide cheaper meals and supplies.校园各处的食堂以学生价格供应泰餐，周边拉卡邦市场与商店则提供更便宜的餐食与日用品。
• On-campus dormitories house a large share of first-year students, and upper-year students often move to apartments and townhouses in Lat Krabang district.校内宿舍容纳相当比例的一年级学生，高年级学生则多搬入拉卡邦区的公寓与联排住宅。
• The student union runs orientation for new entrants, charity drives and the yearly open house at which faculties present their laboratories to visiting school pupils.学生会为新生举办迎新活动与公益活动，并在年度开放日向到访中学生展示各学院实验室。
• Because the campus sits on the airport rail link, students can reach central Bangkok in about half an hour for internships, concerts and weekend work.由于校园位于机场快线沿线，学生约半小时即可抵达曼谷市中心，方便实习、观演与周末兼职。
• With 636 international students among roughly 25,900, the student body is overwhelmingly Thai, and most foreign students enrol in the English-taught international programmes.全校约 25900 名学生中仅有 636 名国际学生，学生构成以泰国人为主，留学生多就读英语授课的国际项目。

Notable people

• Punya Thitimajshima, a professor of telecommunications engineering at KMITL, co-invented turbo codes and received the 1998 IEEE Information Theory Society Golden Jubilee Award.Punya Thitimajshima 是拉卡邦先皇技术学院电信工程教授，参与发明 Turbo 码，并获 1998 年 IEEE 信息论学会金禧奖。
• Saravoot Yoovidhya, managing director of Red Bull's Thai beverage company and youngest son of founder Chaleo Yoovidhya, studied at the institute.Saravoot Yoovidhya 是红牛泰国饮料公司董事总经理、创始人许书标之子，曾在该校就读。
• Pakorn Peetathawatchai, president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, is counted among the institute's engineering alumni.泰国证券交易所总裁 Pakorn Peetathawatchai 被列为该校工程校友。
• Sumeth Damrongchaitham, a former chief executive and president of Thai Airways, graduated from KMITL before leading the national carrier.泰国国际航空前首席执行官兼总裁 Sumeth Damrongchaitham 毕业于该校，后来执掌这家国家航空公司。
• Chaiwat Kovavisarach, chief executive of Bangchak Petroleum, represents the institute's strong presence in Thailand's energy industry.邦查石油首席执行官 Chaiwat Kovavisarach 体现了该校在泰国能源产业中的显著影响。
• Wanchat Padungrat, founder of the Pantip.com web forum, is an alumnus who helped shape Thai online culture in the 1990s and 2000s.Pantip.com 网络论坛创始人 Wanchat Padungrat 是该校校友，参与塑造了 20 世纪 90 年代以来的泰国网络文化。
• Suchatvee Suwansawat, a former president of KMITL and former president of the Engineering Institute of Thailand, trained as a civil engineer at the institute.Suchatvee Suwansawat 曾任拉卡邦先皇技术学院校长与泰国工程师学会主席，在该校接受土木工程训练。
• Dusit Niyato, a professor of computer science at Nanyang Technological University and an IEEE Fellow, began his studies at KMITL.南洋理工大学计算机科学教授、IEEE 会士 Dusit Niyato 在拉卡邦先皇技术学院开始其学业。
• Pirada Techavijit, selected by the Axe Apollo Space Academy as the first Thai candidate for space, is a graduate of the institute.Pirada Techavijit 经 Axe Apollo 太空学院选为泰国首位太空候选人，是该校毕业生。
• Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, studied engineering at KMITL before research work in the United States.美国宇航局喷气推进实验室科学家 Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok 在该校学习工程，后赴美国从事研究。
• Agachai Sumalee, an APEC Science Prize winner and professor of civil and transportation engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, studied at KMITL.Agachai Sumalee 获亚太经合组织科学奖，现任香港理工大学土木与交通工程教授，曾在拉卡邦先皇技术学院就读。