King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB)

King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok is an autonomous public technology university in Bang Sue district, northern Bangkok, with a second and third campus in Prachinburi and Rayong provinces.北曼谷国王科技大学是一所自治公立技术大学，位于曼谷北部邦苏区，并在巴真武里府与罗勇府设有第二、第三校区。

It began in 1959 as the North Bangkok Technical School, a joint project of the Thai and West German governments, and after six decades as a vocational and technical institute became a full autonomous university under its present name in 2007.学校 1959 年以泰德合作创办的北曼谷技术学校起步，经过六十年职业教育与技术教育历程，于 2007 年以现名成为完整自治大学。

It teaches 27,846 students with 2,709 staff across 13 faculties, two colleges and two graduate schools, and QS placed it in the 1401+ band for 2027.学校拥有 13 个学院、2 个学院级单位与 2 个研究生院，共有 27846 名学生与 2709 名教职工，QS 将其列入 2027 年 1401+ 区间。

History

• On 9 October 1956 the Thai and West German governments signed a memorandum on economic and academic cooperation, the first step toward a German-assisted technical school in Thailand.1956 年 10 月 9 日，泰国与西德政府签署经济与学术合作备忘录，为在泰国建立德国援助的技术学校迈出第一步。
• A second memorandum on 16 March 1959 set the terms: Germany supplied machinery and instructors, while Thailand provided land, buildings and Thai teachers. The first agreement ran for three years and was then extended by two.1959 年 3 月 16 日的第二份备忘录确定分工：德方提供机械与师资，泰方提供土地、校舍与泰国教师。首份协议有效期三年，随后又延长两年。
• After its first three years the school stopped admitting students from other vocational schools and took only graduates of upper secondary education, raising the entry standard.开办三年后，学校不再招收其他职业学校的学生，只录取高中毕业生，从而提高了入学门槛。
• The North Bangkok Technical School opened on 18 May 1959 during the government of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, and was known colloquially as the Thai-German Technical School.北曼谷技术学校于 1959 年 5 月 18 日在沙立·他那叻元帅政府时期开学，俗称泰德技术学校。
• West Germany provided seven million baht worth of duty-exempt equipment and paid the salaries of German instructors, while Thailand covered their utilities and exempted their personal effects from duty.西德提供价值 700 万泰铢的免税设备并支付德国教师工资，泰国则承担其水电费用并免除个人物品关税。
• The first 50 students installed the workshop machinery and laid the electrical wiring and water, compressed-air and gas piping alongside their German and Thai instructors.首批 50 名学生与德国及泰国教师一起安装车间机械，并铺设电线以及水、压缩空气与燃气管道。
• The day school ran basic and advanced high vocational certificate programmes, while the evening school served adults who worked during the day and studied after hours.日校开设基础与高级职业证书课程，夜校则服务白天工作、晚间学习的成年人。
• In 1963 intake of higher vocational certificate students was fixed at 50 a year, with two-year courses for graduates of other vocational schools and three-year courses for certificate holders.1963 年，高级职业证书班招生固定为每年 50 人，另设面向其他职业学校毕业生的两年制课程与面向证书持有者的三年制课程。
• An evening supplementary school offered 180-hour and 300-hour courses certified by the Department of Vocational Education for engine, welding, radio and drafting technicians.夜校部开设 180 小时与 300 小时课程，由职业教育厅认证，培养发动机、焊接、无线电与制图技师。
• The advanced high vocational certificate added two years beyond the basic course, mostly spent on approved work experience in factories or government agencies with one day a week of theory at school.高级职业证书课程在基础课程之上再加两年，主要在工厂或政府机构进行经批准的工作实践，每周返校一天学习理论。
• In 1964 the school was upgraded to the Thai-German Technical College, reflecting its move from secondary-level vocational training toward tertiary technical education under Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn.1964 年，学校升格为泰德技术学院，反映其在总理他侬·吉滴卡宗时期从中等职业教育转向高等技术教育。
• The King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Act of 1971 merged three technical colleges into KMIT, and the North Bangkok school became its North Bangkok campus.1971 年《国王蒙固技术学院法》把三所技术学院合并为国王蒙固技术学院，北曼谷学校成为其北曼谷校区。
• In 1986 KMIT, then a three-campus institute, was divided into three autonomous universities, and the North Bangkok campus became the independent King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok under Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda.1986 年，拥有三个校区的国王蒙固技术学院分为三所自治大学，北曼谷校区在总理炳·廷素拉暖时期成为独立的北曼谷国王蒙固技术学院。
• In 1995 the institute extended its teaching to the countryside by founding the Prachinburi campus during the government of Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa.1995 年，学院在总理班汉·西巴阿差政府时期创办巴真武里校区，把教学扩展到乡村地区。
• In 2007 the institute was renamed King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok and became an autonomous state university under the Surayud Chulanont government.2007 年，学院在素拉育·朱拉暖政府时期更名为北曼谷国王科技大学，并成为自治国立大学。
• The new legal status took full effect in 2008, when the university adopted its own council, budget and academic regulations instead of direct ministry administration.新的法律地位于 2008 年全面生效，学校自此拥有自己的校务委员会、预算与教学规章，不再由部委直接管理。
• The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, known as TGGS, grew out of the German partnership and works with RWTH Aachen University on postgraduate engineering.诗琳通国际泰德工程研究生院（TGGS）源自德国合作传统，与亚琛工业大学合作开展工程研究生教育。
• In 2019 a KMUTNB student team won first prize in a technology simulation competition for high-speed railway construction held at Central South University in China.2019 年，该校学生队在中国中南大学举行的高速铁路建设技术模拟竞赛中获得一等奖。
• In 2020 the university moved most teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic and offered free Adobe Creative Cloud access to students and staff working from home.2020 年新冠疫情期间，学校把大部分教学转为线上，并为居家师生免费提供 Adobe Creative Cloud 使用权限。
• By its first term of 2022 the university enrolled 27,846 students and employed 2,709 staff, a scale reached through six decades of expansion from a single technical school.到 2022 学年第一学期，学校已有 27846 名学生与 2709 名教职工，这一规模是六十年间从单一技术学校扩张的结果。
• The fiscal 2023 budget reached 1.97 billion baht, reflecting its dual role as a degree-granting university and a provider of vocational and technical teacher training.2023 财年预算达 19.7 亿泰铢，体现其既授予学位又承担职业与技术师资培训的双重角色。
• In 2023 the university marked 64 years since the 1959 opening, with three campuses, a techno park and a graduate school network spanning Germany, France, Japan and Malaysia.2023 年，学校迎来 1959 年开学以来的第 64 年，拥有三个校区、一个科技园以及覆盖德国、法国、日本与马来西亚的研究生合作网络。

Academics

• The university reports 13 faculties, two colleges and two graduate schools across its three provinces, offering vocational certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctorates.学校在三个府设有 13 个学院、2 个学院级单位与 2 个研究生院，授予职业证书、学士、硕士与博士学位。
• The Bangkok Faculty of Engineering is the largest academic unit and covers mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, production and computer engineering.曼谷工程学院的规模最大，涵盖机械、电气、土木、化学、生产与计算机工程。
• The Faculty of Technical Education trains vocational teachers and industrial educators, a mission inherited from the school's original German-style technician training.技术教育学院培养职业教师与工业教育师资，这一使命继承自学校最初的德国式技师培训。
• The Faculty of Applied Science teaches physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology and materials science as service subjects for the engineering and industrial programmes.应用科学学院为工程与工业专业教授物理、化学、数学、生物与材料科学等基础学科。
• The College of Industrial Technology offers vocational and applied industrial programmes, preserving the practical workshop tradition of the 1959 school.工业技术学院开设职业与应用工业课程，延续 1959 年建校时的车间实训传统。
• The Faculty of Information Technology and Digital Innovation covers computer science, information systems, digital media and cybersecurity.信息技术与数字创新学院涵盖计算机科学、信息系统、数字媒体与网络安全。
• The Faculty of Applied Arts teaches languages, social sciences, industrial design and communication for technology students, while the Faculty of Architecture and Design runs architecture and design degrees.应用艺术学院为技术学生教授语言、社会科学、工业设计与传播，建筑与设计学院则开设建筑与设计学位。
• The Faculty of Business and Industrial Development offers management, logistics and industrial business programmes, linking engineering education to factory and service management.工商与产业发展学院开设管理、物流与工业商务课程，把工程教育同工厂与服务管理连接起来。
• The International College and the Sirindhorn TGGS provide English-taught bachelor's and postgraduate engineering programmes for international students.国际学院与诗琳通泰德工程研究生院为国际学生提供英语授课的本科与研究生工程课程。
• The Graduate School administers master's and doctoral degrees across faculties, including doctorates in electrical, computer and industrial engineering.研究生院统筹各学院的硕士与博士项目，包括电气、计算机与工业工程博士。
• The Prachinburi campus hosts the Faculty of Industrial Technology and Management, the Faculty of Business Administration and Service Industry and the Faculty of Digital Agro-Industry.巴真武里校区设工业技术与管理学院、工商管理与服务产业学院、数字农业产业学院。
• Of the 27,846 students recorded in the first term of 2022, 21,611 were undergraduates, 3,164 postgraduates, 763 doctoral candidates and 1,592 vocational certificate students.2022 学年第一学期记录的 27846 名学生中，本科生 21611 人、研究生 3164 人、博士生 763 人、职业证书生 1592 人。
• The same year's establishment of 2,709 staff included academic, administrative and technical personnel across the three campuses.同年 2709 名教职工包括三个校区的教学、行政与技术保障人员。
• Several engineering and computing programmes are accredited by ABET, and the university is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning.多个工程与计算类专业获得 ABET 认证，学校还是东南亚高等教育机构协会成员。
• German partners include RWTH Aachen, the University of Ilmenau, Rosenheim, Bochum and Bremerhaven universities of applied sciences, a network rooted in the 1956 cooperation agreement.德国合作伙伴包括亚琛工业大学、伊尔梅瑙工业大学以及罗森海姆、波鸿、不来梅港应用科学大学，这一网络源于 1956 年的合作协议。
• French partners include the University of Lorraine, the University of Burgundy, the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse and Toulouse III Paul Sabatier University.法国合作伙伴包括洛林大学、勃艮第大学、图卢兹国立理工学院与图卢兹第三大学。
• Asian partners include Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Multimedia University in Malaysia and Osaka University, the University of Electro-Communications, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Tokyo City University and Nagaoka University of Technology in Japan.亚洲合作伙伴包括马来西亚拉曼大学与多媒体大学，以及日本大阪大学、电气通信大学、九州工业大学、东京都市大学与长冈技术科学大学。
• The university also runs a STEM Education Center and KDTV, an educational television service, which extend its teaching beyond degree students to schools and industry.学校还设有 STEM 教育中心与教育电视服务 KDTV，把教学对象从学位生扩展到中小学与产业界。
• The Japan Science and Technology Agency is also a partner, supporting joint research and exchange alongside the university partners.日本科学技术振兴机构也是合作方，与上述高校共同支持联合研究与交流。

Campus

• The Bangkok campus occupies 14.08 hectares with 43 buildings at 1518 Pracharat 1 Road, Wong Sawang, Bang Sue, Bangkok 10800, and its main telephone line is +66 2 555-2000.曼谷校区占地 14.08 公顷，有 43 座建筑，地址为曼谷邦苏区旺沙旺帕差拉路 1 巷 1518 号，邮编 10800，总机电话为 +66 2 555-2000。
• The Prachinburi campus covers 197.41 hectares with 22 buildings, making it the largest of the three sites and the base for agro-industry and industrial management about 100 kilometres east of Bangkok.巴真武里校区占地 197.41 公顷，有 22 座建筑，是三个校区中最大者，也是距曼谷约 100 公里的农业产业与工业管理教学基地。
• The Rayong campus occupies 16 hectares with nine buildings and serves the petrochemical, automotive and logistics industries of Thailand's eastern seaboard.罗勇校区占地 16 公顷，有 9 座建筑，服务泰国东部沿海的石化、汽车与物流产业。
• The Bangkok campus lies on Pracharat 1 Road, where the MRT Blue Line runs through Wong Sawang station, giving students a direct rail link to central Bangkok.曼谷校区位于帕差拉路 1 巷，地铁蓝线经旺沙旺站在此经过，学生可乘轨道直达曼谷市中心。
• Together the three campuses cover about 227 hectares, a scale that reflects the university's vocational origins and its later expansion into degree education.三个校区合计约 227 公顷，这一规模既反映其职业教育出身，也体现后来向学位教育的扩张。
• The Bangkok site lies in the northern suburbs between the city centre and Don Mueang International Airport, close to the Chatuchak district and the capital's northern bus and rail terminals.曼谷校区位于城市中心与廊曼国际机场之间的北郊，靠近乍都节区以及首都北部的公路与铁路枢纽。
• The central library and the computer and information technology centre serve all Bangkok faculties, with online catalogues, database access for distance users and a digital repository of theses and research reports.中央图书馆与计算机信息技术中心服务曼谷各学院，并为远程用户提供在线目录、数据库访问以及学位论文与研究报告中转库。
• The KMUTNB Techno Park provides incubator space and testing services for start-ups and small manufacturers, linking campus laboratories to industrial clients.北曼谷国王科技大学科技园为初创企业与小制造商提供孵化空间与检测服务，把校园实验室与工业客户连接起来。
• The Prachinburi campus is set in the eastern province of the same name, an area of fruit orchards, food processing and expanding agro-industrial estates.巴真武里校区位于同名东部省份，当地以果园、食品加工与不断扩张的农业产业园区著称。
• The Rayong site sits in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor, near Map Ta Phut port and the automotive plants of the eastern seaboard.罗勇校区位于泰国东部经济走廊，靠近玛达普港与东部沿海的汽车工厂。
• Despite the dispersed sites, the Bangkok campus remains the administrative and research centre, housing the president's office and the central graduate school.尽管校区分散，曼谷校区仍是行政与科研中心，设有校长办公室与中央研究生院。

Reputation

• QS World University Rankings 2027 places KMUTNB in the 1401+ band, the open-ended final group shared by 102 listed institutions in this edition.2027 年 QS 世界大学排名将北曼谷国王科技大学列入 1401+ 区间，这是本版 102 所上榜高校共享的开放式末端分组。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 1201-1400 band, its strongest result among the four major global tables.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 1201 至 1400 区间，这是它在四大全球榜单中的最好成绩。
• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking places KMUTNB 1,216th in the world, a position supported by its engineering and computer science output.2026 至 2027 年度 U.S. News 全球最佳大学排名将其列为世界第 1216 位，这一位次得到其工程与计算机科学产出的支撑。
• The university does not appear in the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which selects universities by highly cited research and prizes, so its absence reflects a research profile still weighted toward teaching and applied work.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，该榜以高被引研究与奖项为主要遴选依据，其缺席反映学校科研仍偏重教学与应用。
• Its German-style engineering education and ABET-accredited programmes give it a strong reputation among Thai employers in manufacturing, energy and logistics.德国式工程教育与 ABET 认证专业使它在泰国制造、能源与物流业的雇主中享有良好声誉。
• KMUTNB is one of the three King Mongkut technology universities, alongside KMUTT in Thonburi and KMITL in Lat Krabang, a grouping created by the 1971 KMIT Act.该校是 1971 年《国王蒙固技术学院法》所设三所国王蒙固技术大学之一，另外两所是吞武里的 KMUTT 与拉甲邦的 KMITL。
• A recurrent budget of 1.97 billion baht in fiscal 2023 places it among the better-funded technology universities outside the national research universities.2023 财年 19.7 亿泰铢的经常预算，使其跻身国家研究型大学之外经费较充裕的技术大学之列。
• The Sirindhorn TGGS, run with RWTH Aachen, is its most visible international academic brand and recruits postgraduate engineers from across Southeast Asia.与亚琛工业大学合办的诗琳通泰德工程研究生院是该校最具辨识度的国际学术品牌，面向东南亚招收工程研究生。
• Its 27,846 students make it one of the largest technology-focused universities in Thailand by enrolment, with a strong presence in vocational education, industrial training and technical teacher education.27846 名学生的规模使其成为泰国招生人数最多的技术类大学之一，在职业教育、工业培训与技术师资培养方面影响突出。

Student life

• The motto, พัฒนาคน พัฒนาวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี, means to develop people and develop science and technology, is rendered in English as fostering innovation through people, and appears on university documents and ceremonial backdrops.校训「พัฒนาคน พัฒนาวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี」意为「发展人、发展科学与技术」，英文释义为通过人才发展推动创新，见于学校文件与典礼背景。
• The university colours are vermilion, orange and black, used in graduation ceremonies and on the seal of the Great Crown of Victory.校色为朱红、橙色与黑色，用于毕业典礼以及大胜利王冠校徽。
• Degrees are conferred by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn on behalf of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, a ceremony that ties the university to the palace and the Thai honours system.学位由玛哈·扎克里·诗琳通公主代表国王玛哈·哇集拉隆功颁发，这一典礼把学校与王室及泰国荣誉体系联系起来。
• The university is named after King Mongkut, Rama IV, who reigned from 1851 to 1868 and is remembered in Thailand as a patron of astronomy and science.学校以国王蒙固（拉玛四世）命名，他在位时间为 1851 至 1868 年，在泰国以赞助天文学与科学著称。
• Students call the Bangkok campus Phra Nakhon Nuea, literally North Bangkok, a colloquial name that survives from the school's original title.学生把曼谷校区称为 Phra Nakhon Nuea，意为「北曼谷」，这一俗称沿用自学校最初的校名。
• Because the university still teaches vocational certificate students alongside undergraduates and postgraduates, its campus culture mixes workshop apprentices, engineering students and teacher trainees.由于学校仍同时培养职业证书生、本科生与研究生，校园文化融合了车间学徒、工程学生与师范生。
• Its Bang Sue location puts students within reach of Chatuchak Weekend Market, the MRT Blue Line and the northern railway station at Bang Sue, now Krung Thep Aphiwat.邦苏校区让学生可以方便前往乍都节周末市场、地铁蓝线以及邦苏的北部铁路总站，即现在的阿披瓦中央车站。
• Each campus has its own student activities and sports calendar, with Bangkok hosting the largest clubs and the Prachinburi and Rayong sites offering smaller, industry-linked programmes.各校区有自己的学生活动与体育日程，曼谷校区的社团最多，巴真武里与罗勇校区则规模较小并与产业联系紧密。
• The date 18 May 1959, when the school first opened, is treated as the institution's founding day in its official chronology and is marked in university histories.1959 年 5 月 18 日学校首次开学的日子，在校方年表中被视为建校日，并见于校史记述。

Notable people

• King Mongkut, Rama IV, gave the university its name and stands for its identification of technology with royal patronage of science and astronomy. In 1868 he led an expedition to Wakor to observe a total solar eclipse he had calculated.国王蒙固（拉玛四世）为学校提供了校名，也象征学校把技术与王室对科学和天文学的赞助相联系。1868 年他率队前往瓦戈观测自己推算出的日全食。
• King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, was on the throne when the Thai-German school opened in 1959 and when it became the North Bangkok campus in 1971.国王普密蓬·阿杜德（拉玛九世）在 1959 年泰德学校开学与 1971 年成为北曼谷校区时在位。
• King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X, is the reigning monarch on whose behalf degrees are conferred at the university's graduations.国王玛哈·哇集拉隆功（拉玛十世）是在位君主，学校毕业典礼以其名义颁发学位。
• Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, born in 1955, is the royal conferrer of degrees and the namesake of the Sirindhorn TGGS graduate school.玛哈·扎克里·诗琳通公主生于 1955 年，是学位颁授人，也是诗琳通泰德工程研究生院的命名来源。
• Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat was prime minister when the 1959 memorandum created the North Bangkok Technical School, the institution's legal starting point.沙立·他那叻元帅在 1959 年备忘录创设北曼谷技术学校时担任总理，这是学校的法律起点。
• Konrad Adenauer was Chancellor of West Germany in 1959, when his government committed equipment and instructors to the new Thai school.康拉德·阿登纳在 1959 年任西德总理，其政府向这所新泰国学校提供了设备与师资。
• Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was prime minister in 1964, when the school was upgraded to the Thai-German Technical College.他侬·吉滴卡宗元帅在 1964 年学校升格为泰德技术学院时担任总理。
• General Prem Tinsulanonda was prime minister in 1986, when KMIT was split and the North Bangkok campus became an independent institute.炳·廷素拉暖上将在 1986 年国王蒙固技术学院拆分、北曼谷校区成为独立学院时担任总理。
• Banharn Silpa-archa was prime minister in 1995, when the Prachinburi campus was founded, and Surayud Chulanont led the government that renamed the institute a university in 2007.班汉·西巴阿差在 1995 年巴真武里校区创办时担任总理，素拉育·朱拉暖则领导了 2007 年学院升格为大学的政府。
• Suchart Siengchin, a materials scientist specialising in polymer composites, is the university's president and the public face of its research strategy.苏查·盛钦是研究聚合物复合材料的材料科学家，现任该校校长，也是学校科研战略的公众代表。
• The university does not publish a consolidated roll of distinguished alumni, and its graduates are found chiefly in Thai manufacturing, energy, railways, vocational schools and government technical services.学校并未公布统一的杰出校友名录，其毕业生主要分布在泰国制造、能源、铁路、职业学校与政府技术服务部门。