Mahidol University

Mahidol University, known in Thai as Maha Witthayalai Mahidon, is an autonomous public research university in Thailand whose origins lie in a medical school founded at Siriraj Hospital in 1888 and which was named Mahidol University on 21 February 1969 by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in honour of his father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej.玛希隆大学是泰国一所自治公立研究型大学，其前身为 1888 年创办于西里拉医院的一所医学校，1969 年 2 月 21 日由国王普密蓬·阿杜德为纪念其父玛希敦·阿杜德亲王而命名为玛希隆大学。

An autonomous university supervised by Thailand's Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, it is organised into 17 faculties, six colleges, nine research institutes and six campuses, and its teaching hospital network trains about 850 doctors each year.作为受泰国高等教育与科研创新部监管的自治大学，该校设有 17 个学院、6 个书院、9 个研究机构与 6 个校区，其教学医院网络每年培养约 850 名医生。

It is placed 345th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, in the 551-600 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 555th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking and in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, with 85,018 works and 4,594,251 citations recorded on OpenAlex.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 345，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 551 至 600 位，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 555，并在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 501 至 600 位，其在 OpenAlex 上记录有 85018 项成果与 4594251 次引用。

History

• Mahidol's origins lie in the Bhatayakorn School, the first medical school in Thailand, founded by a royal decree of King Chulalongkorn in 1888 at the former Rear Palace that now forms the Bangkok Noi campus of Siriraj Hospital.玛希隆大学的前身是泰国第一所医学校帕亚蓬学校，由国王朱拉隆功于 1888 年颁诏创办，校址设在旧日王宫之中，即今日西里拉医院的曼谷莲校区。

• The school offered a three-year medical certification course and, after a visit by King Chulalongkorn and Queen Saovabha Phongsri, was renamed the Royal Medical College.该校开设三年制的医学证书课程，在国王朱拉隆功与王后沙旺瓦帕蓬西到访之后，改名为皇家医学院。

• On 6 April 1917, by a decree of King Vajiravudh, the college was merged into Chulalongkorn University as its Faculty of Medicine, today the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.1917 年 4 月 6 日，国王瓦栖拉兀颁诏将学院并入朱拉隆功大学，成为其医学院，即今日的西里拉医院医学院。

• The government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram then separated the medical faculty's departments of dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary science from Chulalongkorn University and reorganised them as the University of Medical Sciences, founded on 2 February 1943.此后披汶·颂堪政府把该医学院的牙科、药学与兽医学系从朱拉隆功大学分出，重组为医科大学，并于 1943 年 2 月 2 日正式成立。

• In 1959 the Medical Science Preparatory School, now the Faculty of Science, moved to Phaya Thai District and became the Phaya Thai campus, on which the university concentrated its development during the 1960s.1959 年医学预科学校即今日的理学院迁往帕亚泰区并成为帕亚泰校区，该校在 1960 年代把发展重心集中于此。

• In 1965 a second medical school, the Faculty of Medicine of Ramathibodi Hospital, was established at Phaya Thai, adding a major teaching hospital to the university's network.1965 年第二所医学院即拉玛提波迪医院医学院在帕亚泰设立，为该校的医院网络增添了一所重要教学医院。

• In 1968 the university set up its pharmacy and dentistry schools on a new campus separate from Chulalongkorn University, consolidating its health-science teaching in its own hands.1968 年该校在脱离朱拉隆功大学的独立新校区设立药学与牙科学校，把健康科学的教学集中掌握在自己手中。

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej renamed the institution Mahidol University on 21 February 1969 in honour of his father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Songkla, remembered as the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand.国王普密蓬·阿杜德于 1969 年 2 月 21 日将该校更名为玛希隆大学，以纪念其父、被誉为泰国现代医学与公共卫生之父的宋卡亲王玛希敦·阿杜德。

• The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities was founded in 1969, the year King Bhumibol urged the university to expand beyond the health sciences into the wider liberal arts.社会科学与人文学院于 1969 年成立，正是在这一年国王普密蓬敦促该校走出健康科学、向更广阔的人文领域拓展。

• The university bought a large suburban tract known as Salaya in 1971 for future development, land that would later become its main campus.1971 年该校购入位于近郊、称作萨拉亚的大片土地以备未来发展，这片土地日后成为其主校区。

• Construction of the Salaya campus began in 1975 but was delayed by political turmoil and financial constraints before the campus finally opened on 23 July 1983, when all first-year teaching moved there.萨拉亚校区的建设于 1975 年动工，因政局动荡与经费紧张而延误，最终于 1983 年 7 月 23 日启用，全体一年级的教学随之迁入。

• In 1986 the university founded the Mahidol University International College, Thailand's first public international college, and also set up the country's first internship college for practical professional training.1986 年该校创办玛希隆大学国际学院，是泰国第一所公立国际学院，同年还设立了泰国首家实习学院以开展实务职业训练。

• Ratchasuda College, devoted to the education of people with disabilities, was established in 1999, extending the university's teaching mission into inclusive and special education.专为身心障碍者教育而设的拉差素达学院于 1999 年成立，把该校的教学使命延伸到全纳教育与特殊教育领域。

• Athasit Vejjajiva, the father of former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, served as president of Mahidol from 1995 to 1999, a period in which the university broadened its academic structure.前总理阿披实·威差奇瓦之父阿提实·威差奇瓦于 1995 至 1999 年出任玛希隆大学校长，在此期间该校的学术结构进一步扩展。

• The university expanded to Kanchanaburi in 2002 to offer students more learning opportunities in rural communities, beginning a programme of provincial campuses.该校于 2002 年向北碧府扩展，为学生提供更多在乡村社区学习的机会，由此开启省府校区的布局。

• It added a campus in Nakhon Sawan in 2004, admitting its first management students that year and its first arts students in 2005.2004 年该校又增设那空沙旺校区，当年招收首批管理专业学生，2005 年招收首批文科学生。

• Construction of the Amnat Charoen campus was completed in 2009, and that same year Mahidol joined the ASEAN University Network and was named one of Thailand's national research universities.安纳乍能校区于 2009 年建成，同年玛希隆大学加入东盟大学联盟，并被列为泰国国家研究型大学之一。

• The multi-purpose Prince Mahidol Hall, seating 2,000 people, opened on the Salaya campus in 2014 as the principal concert hall of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra.可容纳 2000 人的多功能玛希敦亲王音乐厅于 2014 年在萨拉亚校区启用，是泰国爱乐乐团的主要演出场馆。

• Rockefeller Foundation funding arrived in two phases, from 1923 to 1935, to certify the medical curriculum, and from 1962 to 1974, to build the Faculty of Science, whose graduate programmes eventually trained more than 2,000 master's engineers and 125 doctors.洛克菲勒基金会的资助分两个阶段到来，1923 至 1935 年用于认证医学课程，1962 至 1974 年用于建设理学院，其研究生课程最终培养了两千多名工学硕士与 125 名博士。

Academics

• Mahidol is organised into 17 faculties, six colleges, nine research institutes and six campuses, and it offers about 629 academic and research programmes across health sciences, science and technology, and the social sciences and humanities.玛希隆大学设有 17 个学院、6 个书院、9 个研究机构与 6 个校区，在健康科学、科学与技术以及社会科学与人文三大领域开设约 629 个教学与研究项目。

• Its 17 faculties include Dentistry, Engineering, Environment and Resource Studies, Information and Communication Technology, Liberal Arts, Medical Technology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy and Public Health.其 17 个学院包括牙科、工程、环境与资源研究、信息与通信技术、人文、医学技术、护理、药学、物理治疗与公共卫生。

• Further faculties cover Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, Tropical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, alongside the two faculties of medicine at Siriraj Hospital and Ramathibodi Hospital.其余学院涵盖理学、社会科学与人文、热带医学与兽医学，此外还有西里拉医院与拉玛提波迪医院的两所医学院。

• Its colleges comprise the College of Management, the College of Music, the College of Religious Studies and the Mahidol University International College, while the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia supports Asian studies.其书院包括管理学院、音乐学院、宗教研究学院与玛希隆大学国际学院，而亚洲语言与文化研究所则支撑亚洲研究。

• MUIC, founded in 1986, was Thailand's first public international college and now offers 18 majors leading to international bachelor's degrees, including business, communication design, computer engineering and international relations.创办于 1986 年的国际学院是泰国第一所公立国际学院，现开设 18 个专业方向、授予国际学士学位，涵盖商学、传播设计、计算机工程与国际关系等。

• Two faculties of medicine operate five hospitals and train about 850 doctors a year, and with an affiliated medical institute and two partner colleges the network provides roughly 4,250 beds serving some 4.4 million outpatients and 120,000 in-patients annually.两所医学院运营着五家医院，每年培养约 850 名医生，连同附属医学机构与两所合作学院，该网络共提供约 4250 张病床，每年服务约 440 万人次门诊与 12 万人次住院患者。

• The Bangkok School of Tropical Medicine, the teaching arm of the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, is one of only eight schools in the world accredited by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to offer a diploma in tropical medicine.作为热带医学院教学机构的曼谷热带医学学校，是全球仅有的八所受美国热带医学与卫生学会认证、可授予热带医学文凭的学校之一。

• The Faculty of Tropical Medicine also runs the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, while the Golden Jubilee Medical Center at Salaya and a dental unit together treat about 340,000 patients a year.热带医学院还运营热带病医院，萨拉亚的金禧医疗中心与一个牙科单位合计每年诊治约 34 万名患者。

• The Mahidol University Library and Information Center holds more than 1.1 million books, theses, research reports and bound journals, together with 1,200 printed journals, 15,000 electronic journals, 16,000 electronic books and 13,000 audiovisual items.玛希隆大学图书馆与信息中心藏有超过 110 万册图书、学位论文、研究报告与合订期刊，另有 1200 种印刷期刊、15000 种电子期刊、16000 种电子书与 13000 件视听资料。

• The Mahidol University Computing Network links at least 500 local area networks, more than 350 servers and 10,000 terminals and personal computers across the university.玛希隆大学计算网络连接着全校至少 500 个局域网、350 多台服务器以及 10000 台终端与个人电脑。

• More than 70 centres and laboratories pursue specialised research through interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration, supported by the Mahidol University Applied and Technological Service Center.70 多个中心与实验室通过跨学科、跨机构合作开展专门研究，并由玛希隆大学应用与技术服务中心提供支持。

• As of December 2020 the university counted 17 faculties, nine research units, six colleges, six campuses and two affiliated schools.截至 2020 年 12 月，该校拥有 17 个学院、9 个研究单位、6 个书院、6 个校区与 2 所附属中学。

• In the 2017-18 academic year Mahidol enrolled 30,466 students, among them 20,644 undergraduates, 6,590 master's students and 2,164 doctoral students drawn from 45 countries, with graduate students making up 22 percent of the total.2017 至 2018 学年玛希隆大学在校生为 30466 人，其中本科生 20644 人、硕士生 6590 人、博士生 2164 人，来自 45 个国家，研究生占总数的 22%。

• In that same year the university employed 3,491 academic staff, including 161 professors, and 89 percent of its teaching staff held a doctorate or an equivalent qualification.同年该校有教职员 3491 人，其中教授 161 人，89% 的教师拥有博士学位或同等学历。

• Its affiliated hospitals provide about 3,700 beds and serve some 100,000 patients a year, while community outreach reaches about 2.4 million beneficiaries, including 200,000 who receive dental care.其附属医院提供约 3700 张病床，每年诊治约 10 万名患者，社区服务惠及约 240 万人次，其中约 20 万人获得牙科保健。

Campus

• Mahidol operates six campuses: the historic Bangkok Noi and Phaya Thai sites, the suburban Salaya main campus, a downtown high-rise for the College of Management, the Bang Phli medical site and three provincial campuses.玛希隆大学运营六个校区，包括历史悠久的曼谷莲校区与帕亚泰校区、近郊的萨拉亚主校区、供管理学院使用的一栋市中心高层、邦披医学园区以及三个省府校区。

• The Bangkok Noi campus occupies part of the former Rear Palace, site of Siriraj Hospital, and houses the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital together with the faculties of Nursing, Medical Technology and Physical Therapy.曼谷莲校区占据旧日王宫的一部分，是西里拉医院所在地，设有西里拉医院医学院以及护理、医学技术与物理治疗学院。

• The urban Phaya Thai campus covers 78 acres across three linked areas in central Bangkok and houses Ramathibodi Hospital, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the faculties of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Science, and the National Doping Control Center.市区的帕亚泰校区在曼谷中心横跨三片相连区域、占地 78 英亩，设有拉玛提波迪医院、热带病医院，以及牙科、药学、公共卫生、热带医学与理学院和国家兴奋剂检测中心。

• The Salaya campus, covering 520 acres of semi-rural land in Nakhon Pathom Province, is the main campus and holds the office of the president, most academic and research departments, central and faculty libraries and science and computer laboratories.位于佛统府、占地 520 英亩的萨拉亚校区是主校区，容纳校长办公室、大部分教学与研究部门、中央与各院系图书馆以及科学与计算机实验室。

• Salaya also contains indoor stadiums, a sports complex, the Student Union, dormitories and condominiums, and the 2,000-seat Prince Mahidol Hall, the largest concert hall in Thailand.萨拉亚校区还设有室内体育馆、体育综合设施、学生会、学生宿舍与公寓，以及可容纳 2000 人、为泰国规模最大的玛希敦亲王音乐厅。

• The downtown Vipawadee campus houses the College of Management, offering master's and doctoral management programmes in a high-rise with a library, computer labs, study rooms and a gymnasium.市中心的威帕瓦迪校区设有管理学院，在一栋配备图书馆、计算机实验室、自习室与健身房的高层建筑中开设硕士与博士管理课程。

• The Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute in Bang Phli District of Samut Prakan Province includes the 400-bed Ramathibodi Chakri Naruebodindra Hospital and the Queen Sirikit Learning and Research Centre.位于北榄府邦披县的查克里·纳鲁波丁迪拉医学院包括设有 400 张病床的拉玛提波迪·查克里·纳鲁波丁迪拉医院与诗丽吉学习研究中心。

• The Kanchanaburi campus spans about 10 square kilometres beside National Highway 323, and its foundation stone was laid in April 1998 with royal permission granted by King Bhumibol Adulyadej through Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn.北碧府校区沿 323 号国道占地约 10 平方公里，其奠基石于 1998 年 4 月安放，由国王普密蓬·阿杜德批准、王储玛哈·哇集拉隆功代为举行。

Reputation

• Mahidol is ranked 345th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, having first entered that ranking in 2006 at 322nd in the world and third in Thailand.玛希隆大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 345，早在 2006 年它首次登上该榜单时位列世界第 322、泰国第三。

• It is placed in the 551-600 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 555th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking and in the 501-600 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 551 至 600 位，在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 555，并在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中处于 501 至 600 位。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 85,018 research works attracting 4,594,251 citations, an output concentrated in the health and life sciences.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出 85018 项研究成果，累计被引用 4594251 次，其产出集中于健康与生命科学领域。

• In the QS Asian University Rankings Mahidol stood 28th in Asia in 2010 and was named Thailand's number-one university in 2011, the year after it was placed 252nd in the world.在 QS 亚洲大学排名中，该校 2010 年位列亚洲第 28，2011 年被评为泰国第一，此前一年它在世界排名中位列第 252。

• In the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings it was Thailand's top university at 97th overall, though by the 2023 edition it stood between 801st and 1,000th.在 2019 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中该校以第 97 位成为泰国第一，而到 2023 年榜单时它已落在第 801 至 1000 位之间。

• The University Ranking by Academic Performance named it Thailand's best university and 34th in Asia in 2010, an assessment based on research productivity rather than reputation surveys.学术表现大学排名（URAP）在 2010 年将该校评为泰国第一、亚洲第 34，该排名依据的是科研产出而非声誉调查。

• In the QS World University Rankings for 2018 it stood 334th in the world, 58th in Asia and second in Thailand, reflecting a decade of steady improvement from its 2006 debut.在 2018 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列世界第 334、亚洲第 58、泰国第二，反映出它自 2006 年首次入榜以来持续近十年的稳步提升。

• Mahidol hosted Thailand's first medical school and remains a benchmark for health-science teaching, publishing about 51 percent of all medical and scientific articles in Thai journals and supplying 50 of the 65 most-cited authors in the country.玛希隆大学开办了泰国第一所医学院，至今仍是健康科学教学的标杆，其发表的论文约占泰国期刊全部医学与科学论文的 51%，全国被引最多的 65 位作者中有 50 位来自该校。

• Thailand's National Research Council has recognised its staff and alumni with eight outstanding scientist awards, twelve outstanding invention awards and eighteen outstanding research awards.泰国国家研究委员会曾向其教职员与校友颁发 8 项杰出科学家奖、12 项杰出发明奖与 18 项杰出研究奖。

Student life

• Mahidol has no widely published Latin or English motto, and its public identity rests instead on the legacy of Prince Mahidol, the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand, whose name the university bears.玛希隆大学没有广为流传的拉丁文或英文校训，其公共形象主要来自校名所纪念的玛希敦亲王，即泰国现代医学与公共卫生之父。

• Residential life is organised around campus dormitories and condominiums, especially at Salaya, which houses the Student Union and the main student residences.寄宿生活以校园宿舍与公寓为中心，尤以萨拉亚校区为主，该校区设有学生会与主要学生宿舍。

• The Prince Mahidol Hall, opened in 2014, is the home of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and music has become a central feature of campus culture.2014 年启用的玛希敦亲王音乐厅是泰国爱乐乐团的驻地，音乐已成为校园文化的一大特色。

• The College of Music, one of the country's few higher music schools, trains performers and has produced prizewinning classical musicians.音乐学院是泰国为数不多的高等音乐学府之一，培养演奏人才，并造就了多位获奖的古典音乐家。

• Student clubs and activities centre on the sports complex and indoor stadiums at Salaya, while the medical faculties maintain their own student bodies on the inner-city campuses.学生社团与活动以萨拉亚校区的体育综合设施与室内体育馆为中心，而各医学院在市内校区则自成一体的学生组织。

• Ratchasuda College gives learners with disabilities a distinct student community, and the university provides counselling and support services across its campuses.拉差素达学院为身心障碍学习者营造了独特的学生社群，该校各校区还提供心理咨询与支持服务。

• The Student Union at Salaya coordinates a dense calendar of sports, arts and academic events that link campus life to the rhythms of nearby Bangkok.萨拉亚的学生会统筹着密集的体育、艺术与学术活动日程，把校园生活与邻近曼谷的节奏联系在一起。

• Mahidol's alumni community spans the Thai royal family, senior physicians, musicians and public figures, giving the university a strong presence in national cultural and professional life.玛希隆大学的校友群体涵盖泰国王室成员、资深医师、音乐家与公众人物，使该校在国家的文化与专业生活中具有显著影响。

Notable people

• Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the father of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and of modern medicine and public health in Thailand, is commemorated in the university's name.玛希敦·阿杜德亲王是国王普密蓬·阿杜德之父，也是泰国现代医学与公共卫生之父，该校以他的名字命名以示纪念。

• King Bhumibol Adulyadej renamed the institution in his father's honour on 21 February 1969, an act that shaped its modern identity as a comprehensive research university.国王普密蓬·阿杜德于 1969 年 2 月 21 日为纪念其父而将学校更名，此举塑造了该校作为综合性研究型大学的现代形象。

• Athasit Vejjajiva, father of former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, served as president of Mahidol from 1995 to 1999 and guided its academic expansion.前总理阿披实·威差奇瓦之父阿提实·威差奇瓦于 1995 至 1999 年任玛希隆大学校长，主导了该校的学术扩展。

• Princess Chulabhorn Walailak, a daughter of King Bhumibol and a chemist, is counted among the university's distinguished graduates and its scientific community.朱拉蓬公主是国王普密蓬之女、一位化学家，被列为该校的杰出毕业生与科学界人士。

• Cherprang Areekul, leader of the Thai idol group BNK48, is a graduate whose public profile has carried the university's name into popular culture.丘普朗·阿瑞昆是泰国偶像团体 BNK48 的队长，她的公众形象把校名带入了流行文化。

• The actor Chanon Santinatornkul, known internationally for the film Bad Genius, studied at Mahidol and is counted among its notable alumni.因电影《天才枪手》而享誉国际的演员查农·桑提纳同库曾在玛希隆大学就读，被列为该校知名校友。

• The singer-songwriter Phum Viphurit, whose singles have found audiences across Asia, is an alumnus of the university.创作歌手 Phum Viphurit 的若干单曲在亚洲各地受到欢迎，他是该校校友。

• The classical guitarist Ekachai Jearakul, an international competition prizewinner, trained at Mahidol's College of Music.古典吉他演奏家 Ekachai Jearakul 是国际比赛获奖者，曾在玛希隆大学音乐学院学习。

• Sireethorn Leearamwat, who won the 58th Miss International pageant, is a Mahidol alumna.第 58 届国际小姐选美冠军 Sireethorn Leearamwat 是玛希隆大学校友。

• Prommin Lertsuridej, a former deputy prime minister and energy minister of Thailand, and the public-health official Mongkol Na Songkhla, a former minister of public health, are both graduates.泰国前副总理兼能源部长 Prommin Lertsuridej 与前公共卫生部长蒙空·纳颂格拉都是该校毕业生。

• The scholars Krasae Chanawongse, a former foreign minister of Thailand, and Winai Dahlan, founder of the Halal Science Center, are also linked to the university.泰国前外长、学者 Krasae Chanawongse 与哈拉科学中心创办人 Winai Dahlan 也与该校有所渊源。