Suranaree University of Technology

Suranaree University of Technology (SUT), in Thai Mahawitthayalai Theknoloyi Suranari, is a public autonomous university in Nakhon Ratchasima, the principal city of northeastern Thailand, founded in 1990 as the country's first autonomous public university.素罗娜丽科技大学（Suranaree University of Technology，缩写 SUT，泰文 มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีสุรนารี）是泰国东北部主要城市呵叻的一所公立自治大学，1990 年创办，是泰国第一所公立自治大学。

It is named after Thao Suranari, the local heroine of Nakhon Ratchasima, occupies a 1,120-hectare residential campus beside the Huay Ban Yang Reservoir and has been one of Thailand's nine National Research Universities since 2009.学校以呵叻的地方巾帼英雄素罗娜丽命名，校园位于淮般阳蓄水池旁，占地 1120 公顷，自 2009 年起成为泰国九大国立研究大学之一。

SUT teaches about 13,000 students in eight institutes covering engineering, agricultural technology, science, social technology, medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health, and is placed in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.学校设有工程、农业技术、科学、社会技术、医学、护理、牙科与公共卫生八个学院，在校生约 1.3 万人，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1401+ 区间。

History

• The university's origins lie in the Fifth National Economic and Social Development Plan of 1982-1986, which sought to spread higher education from Bangkok to the regions and to support rural development.学校的缘起可追溯到 1982 至 1986 年的第五期国家经济与社会发展计划，该计划力图把高等教育从曼谷扩展到各区域并支持乡村发展。
• In 1984 the Ministry of University Affairs proposed five new regional universities, one each in the North, South and East and two in the Northeast, to be built outside the capital.1984 年，大学事务部提议在北部、南部与东部各建一所、在东北部建两所新的区域性大学，全部设在首都之外。
• The northeastern sites were Ubon Ratchathani, where a college affiliated with Khon Kaen University was planned, and Nakhon Ratchasima, where the institution was first conceived as Suranaree College.东北部的两个选址是乌汶府与呵叻府，前者计划设立一所隶属孔敬大学的学院，后者最初则拟名为素罗娜丽学院。
• The Nakhon Ratchasima campus was sited on 1,120 hectares of degraded forest beside the Huay Ban Yang Reservoir in Muang district, land chosen because it offered room for a large residential university.呵叻校区选在磨县淮般阳蓄水池旁 1120 公顷的退化林地上，之所以选择这里，是因为它能为建设大规模住宿型大学提供空间。
• Planners soon redefined the project as a full university of science and technology, named Suranaree after the city's heroine, rather than a branch college of an established university.规划者很快把项目重新定位为一所完整的科学技术大学，以呵叻的女英雄素罗娜丽命名，而不再是某所现成大学的附属学院。
• On 27 July 1990 King Bhumibol Adulyadej signed the Suranaree University of Technology Act B.E. 2533, which was published in the Royal Gazette and took effect on 30 July 1990.1990 年 7 月 27 日，普密蓬·阿杜德国王签署《素罗娜丽科技大学法》（佛历 2533 年），法案在政府公报公布并于 1990 年 7 月 30 日生效。
• The act made SUT a public autonomous university outside the civil service system, with its own university council, budget and personnel rules, the first institution of its kind in Thailand.该法使学校成为公务员体系之外的公立自治大学，拥有自己的校务委员会、预算与人事制度，是泰国第一所此类高校。
• Wichit Srisa-an, who had already founded Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, became SUT's founding president in 1990 and later served as Thailand's minister of education.此前已创办素可泰探玛提勒开放大学的威奇·西里沙安于 1990 年出任学校首任校长，后来还担任泰国教育部长。
• Teaching began in 1993, when the first undergraduate cohort entered and the university became fully operational after three years of campus construction, and that cohort completed its degrees in 1997.1993 年，首批本科生入学，学校在经过三年校园建设后正式全面运作，这批学生于 1997 年完成学业。
• From that first year SUT used a trimester system of three 13-week terms rather than the customary two semesters, the first Thai university to do so.从第一年起，学校便采用每学期 13 周、每学年三个学期的三学期制，而非惯常的两学期制，是泰国第一所这样做的大学。
• The calendar runs from August to November, November to February and March to June, leaving a full term for cooperative education placements in industry and government.校历安排为 8 月至 11 月、11 月至次年 2 月、3 月至 6 月，从而留出完整的一个学期用于在企业与政府机构的合作教育实习。
• Cooperative education was built into every curriculum, an innovation associated with Wichit Srisa-an, who is remembered in Thailand as the father of cooperative education.合作教育被纳入所有课程，这一创新与威奇·西里沙安密切相关，他在泰国被称为合作教育之父。
• Construction of student dormitories began in fiscal year 1993, and the S1 to S20 residences eventually allowed most undergraduates to live on campus.学生宿舍于 1993 财政年度开始兴建，此后的 S1 至 S20 宿舍楼使大多数本科生得以住在校内。
• The National Synchrotron Research Center, later the Synchrotron Light Research Institute, installed the Siam Photon Source on the campus, giving Thai scientists a national light source.国家同步辐射研究中心后来改组为同步辐射光源研究所，其暹罗光子源就建在校园内，为泰国科学家提供了国家级光源。
• In 2009 the Thai government selected SUT as one of nine National Research Universities, a designation that brought additional research funding and a mandate to support national innovation.2009 年，泰国政府选定学校为九大国立研究大学之一，这一身份带来了额外研究经费与支撑国家创新的使命。
• The university marked its 20th anniversary in 2010 and used the occasion to present itself as a residential university anchored in the Northeast rather than a commuter campus.2010 年，学校迎来建校二十周年，并借此把自己定位为一所扎根东北部的住宿型大学，而非走读式校园。
• A ten-year development strategy for 2012-2021 set out to strengthen dormitories as living and learning spaces, improve the campus environment and expand research capacity.2012 至 2021 年的十年发展战略提出，把宿舍建设为生活与学习空间、改善校园环境并扩大研究能力。
• In 2016 SUT signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing Jiaotong University covering faculty training, joint laboratories and student exchange, part of a wider push towards Chinese partners.2016 年，学校与北京交通大学签署合作协议，内容涵盖师资培训、联合实验室与学生交流，是其拓展中国合作伙伴的一部分。
• By 2020, its thirtieth year, the university counted 99 international partner institutions and signed 16 memoranda of understanding and 17 memoranda of agreement in that year alone.到 2020 年建校三十周年时，学校的国际伙伴机构已达 99 家，仅当年就签署了 16 份谅解备忘录与 17 份合作协议。
• In 2023 SUT marked thirty years since its first intake, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1401+ band.2023 年，学校迎来首批学生入学三十周年，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1401+ 区间。

Academics

• SUT is organised into eight institutes, a graduate school and a set of research centres, and in 2020 offered 49 bachelor's, 36 master's and 29 doctoral programmes.学校由八个学院、一个研究生院和若干研究中心组成，2020 年开设 49 个本科、36 个硕士与 29 个博士课程。
• The Institute of Engineering is the largest academic unit and teaches civil, mechanical, electrical, computer, chemical, ceramic, metallurgical, polymer, environmental, industrial, transportation and aerospace engineering.工程学院是规模最大的学术单位，开设土木、机械、电气、计算机、化学、陶瓷、冶金、高分子、环境、工业、交通与航空航天工程等专业。
• Engineering teaching emphasises geotechnical and pavement materials, and the university's Centre of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development is led by Suksun Horpibulsuk.工程教学重视岩土与路面材料，学校的可持续基础设施发展创新卓越中心由素坤·霍皮布素领导。
• The Institute of Agricultural Technology covers crop production, animal production, food technology, biotechnology and agricultural and food engineering, and works with the surrounding provinces' rice, cassava and livestock economy.农业技术学院涵盖作物生产、动物生产、食品技术、生物技术与农业及食品工程，并与周边省份的水稻、木薯与畜牧业经济紧密结合。
• The Institute of Science teaches mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, microbiology, environmental biology, geoinformatics, laser technology and sports science, and supplies the basic-science support for engineering and medicine.科学学院开设数学、物理、化学、生物、生物化学、微生物学、环境生物学、地理信息学、激光技术与体育科学，并为工程与医学提供基础科学支撑。
• The Institute of Social Technology combines English language studies, management technology, marketing, logistics, information science, entrepreneurship and cooperative education, giving the technical university a humanities and business dimension.社会技术学院把英语研究、管理技术、市场营销、物流、信息科学、创业学与合作教育结合起来，使这所技术大学具备人文与商科维度。
• The Institute of Medicine awards the Doctor of Medicine and trains its students at Suranaree University of Technology Hospital, the teaching hospital on the campus.医学院授予医学博士学位，学生在校园内的素罗娜丽科技大学医院这一教学医院接受临床训练。
• The Institute of Nursing offers bachelor's and master's programmes in nursing science and focuses on community health, acute care and the health needs of the rural Northeast.护理学院开设护理学本科与硕士课程，重点面向社区健康、急症护理以及东北部乡村的卫生需求。
• The Institute of Dentistry awards the Doctor of Dental Surgery and operates an Oral Health Centre at the university hospital, combining clinical training with research in dental materials and oral biology.牙科学院授予牙科外科学博士学位，并在大学医院设口腔健康中心，把临床训练与牙科材料及口腔生物学研究结合起来。
• The Institute of Public Health teaches occupational health and safety, environmental health and nutrition, addressing the industrial and agricultural hazards of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.公共卫生学院教授职业健康与安全、环境健康与营养学，回应呵叻府工业与农业中的健康风险。
• International programmes are concentrated in the Institutes of Engineering, Agricultural Technology and Social Technology, and the Royal Scholarship supports students from ASEAN countries who enrol in them.国际课程主要集中在工程学院、农业技术学院与社会技术学院，皇家奖学金则资助报读这些课程的东盟国家学生。
• The academic year is divided into three 13-week trimesters, a structure the university says gives students more concentrated study time and avoids the short summer session of the semester system.学年分为三个各 13 周的学期，学校称这一结构让学生有更集中的学习时间，并避免两学期制下短暂的暑期课程。
• Cooperative education is compulsory in undergraduate programmes, and students spend a full trimester in a company, hospital or government agency before returning for their final courses.本科课程把合作教育列为必修，学生须在企业、医院或政府机构完成一个完整学期的实习，然后回校修读最后阶段的课程。
• Admission runs through five main routes, namely portfolio, quota, two national admission rounds and direct admission, with separate channels for transfer students and returning students.招生设有五条主要途径，即作品集、配额、两轮全国统考录取与直接录取，另设转学生与返校生通道。
• More than 80 per cent of academic staff hold doctorates, one of the highest shares in Thailand, and the university reports strong research output per member of faculty.学校八成以上的教师拥有博士学位，比例居泰国高校前列，校方还表示其师均研究产出表现突出。
• Research is concentrated in ten centres of excellence, including high energy physics and astrophysics, agricultural product innovation, advanced functional materials, biomass, sustainable infrastructure, electromagnetic wave application, biomechanics medicine, microbial technology, Korat chicken and entrepreneurship.研究集中于十个卓越中心，包括高能物理与天体物理、农产品创新、先进功能材料、生物质、可持续基础设施、电磁波应用、生物力学医学、微生物技术、呵叻鸡与创业学。

Campus

• The campus covers 1,120 hectares at 111 University Avenue in Muang district, about 259 kilometres northeast of Bangkok and close to the Huay Ban Yang Reservoir.校园位于磨县大学大道 111 号，占地 1120 公顷，距曼谷东北约 259 公里，紧邻淮般阳蓄水池。
• It was laid out as a residential university, with academic buildings, laboratories, the hospital and student housing grouped within one estate rather than dispersed across the city.校园按住宿型大学规划，教学楼、实验室、医院与学生宿舍集中在一处，而非分散于城市各处。
• The S1 to S20 dormitories house undergraduates, while postgraduate students live in the Surasamanakkan Building, and the university describes the residences as living and learning dormitories.S1 至 S20 宿舍楼供本科生居住，研究生则住在苏拉沙玛纳坎大楼，学校把这些宿舍称为生活与学习合一的宿舍。
• The Synchrotron Light Research Institute operates the Siam Photon Source on campus, Thailand's only synchrotron, with beamlines used for physics, chemistry, materials science, biology and archaeology.同步辐射光源研究所在校园内运行暹罗光子源，这是泰国唯一的同步辐射装置，其光束线用于物理、化学、材料科学、生物学与考古学。
• The Regional Observatory for the Public, Nakhon Ratchasima, one of five such observatories in Thailand, is also located on the campus and runs astronomy programmes for schools and the public.呵叻公众区域天文台是泰国五座此类天文台之一，同样设在校园内，为学校与公众提供天文观测项目。
• Suranaree University of Technology Hospital is the campus teaching hospital and provides secondary and tertiary care to Nakhon Ratchasima and neighbouring provinces.素罗娜丽科技大学医院是校园的教学医院，为呵叻及邻近各府提供二级与三级医疗服务。
• The campus has a stadium, sports fields, gymnasiums and a swimming pool, and hosts university games, regional competitions and community sports events.校园设有体育场、运动场、体育馆与游泳池，承办大学运动会、区域赛事与社区体育活动。
• A library and media centre, computing laboratories and a lifelong learning centre support study, while the large site leaves room for experimental farms, engineering halls and future expansion.图书馆与媒体中心、计算机实验室及终身学习中心支撑教学，广阔的用地还为实验农场、工程大厅与未来扩建留出空间。
• The reservoir, woodland and landscaped grounds are managed as a green campus, and the university's development strategy explicitly links a healthy environment to student well-being.蓄水池、林地与园林景观按绿色校园理念管理，学校的发展战略明确把健康环境与学生福祉联系起来。
• The campus is reached from downtown Nakhon Ratchasima and the Mittraphap Highway by shuttle buses and local transport, and the city's railway station connects it to Bangkok and the Northeast.从呵叻市中心与米特拉帕公路可乘校车及当地交通工具抵达校园，市内的火车站则把学校与曼谷及东北各地连接起来。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 SUT is placed in the 1401+ band, after a 1201-1400 position in the 2025 edition, a shift that illustrates how volatile the lower bands of the table can be.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校位列 1401+ 区间，而 2025 年版曾处于 1201 至 1400 区间，这一变化说明榜单后段的波动性。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places SUT in the 1401-1600 band, while US News and World Report ranks it 1,823 in its 2026-27 global listing.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校位列 1401 至 1600 区间，美国新闻与世界报道的 2026 至 2027 年全球榜单则将其列为第 1823 名。
• SUT is absent from the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which rewards the publication-heavy research profiles of larger comprehensive universities.学校未列入 2026 年世界大学学术排名，该榜单更看重大型综合性大学高产出的论文发表记录。
• It has been a National Research University since 2009, one of nine Thai universities in a group that includes Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University, Mahidol University, Chiang Mai University and Prince of Songkla University.学校自 2009 年起成为九大国立研究大学之一，这一群体还包括朱拉隆功大学、农业大学、玛希隆大学、清迈大学与宋卡王子大学。
• SUT was the first public autonomous university in Thailand, and its council-and-budget model was later adopted by other Thai universities seeking freedom from civil-service rules.学校是泰国第一所公立自治大学，其校务委员会与预算模式后来被其他希望摆脱公务员制度束缚的泰国高校效仿。
• It pioneered the trimester calendar and cooperative education in Thailand, and its graduates are valued by employers for having already spent a term in a workplace.学校在泰国率先实行三学期制与合作教育，其毕业生因已在工作场所完成一个学期的实习而受到雇主青睐。
• Its research profile is concentrated in engineering, agricultural technology, science and the health sciences, with strength in geotechnical engineering, materials, high energy physics and food technology.学校的研究集中于工程、农业技术、科学及健康科学，在岩土工程、材料、高能物理与食品技术方面具有优势。
• The Synchrotron Light Research Institute and the Regional Observatory give SUT access to national facilities that few universities outside Bangkok possess.同步辐射光源研究所与区域天文台使学校能够使用曼谷以外少数高校才拥有的国家级设施。
• SUT maintains 99 international partner institutions and participates in ASEAN scholarship schemes, and its international programmes are marketed across Southeast Asia and China.学校与 99 家国际伙伴机构保持合作，参与东盟奖学金项目，其国际课程面向东南亚与中国招生。
• Within northeastern Thailand it is widely regarded as the leading science and technology university, distinct from Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University and Rajamangala University of Technology Isan.在泰国东北部，学校被普遍视为领先的科学技术大学，与呵叻皇家大学及东北皇家理工大学有别。

Student life

• About 13,000 students study on a single residential campus, and most undergraduates live in the S1 to S20 dormitories rather than commuting from the city.约 1.3 万名学生在一座住宿型校园内学习，多数本科生住在 S1 至 S20 宿舍，而非从市区走读。
• The trimester rhythm shapes daily life, with three 13-week terms, short breaks between them and a heavy concentration of laboratory and studio work in each term.三学期制塑造了日常节奏，每学年三个 13 周的学期，学期之间假期较短，每个学期都集中安排大量实验与工作室课程。
• Cooperative education sends students to factories, farms, hospitals and government offices for a full term, and returning students bring practical experience into their final-year projects.合作教育把学生送到工厂、农场、医院与政府机关实习一个完整学期，返校学生则把实践经验带入毕业设计。
• Freshmen join orientation activities, faculty-based clubs and sports teams, and the university's student organisations run academic, cultural and volunteer programmes throughout the year.新生参加迎新活动、各学院社团与运动队，学校的学生组织全年开展学术、文化与志愿服务项目。
• The stadium and sports fields host inter-faculty and community games, and swimming, football, volleyball and athletics are popular among students.体育场与运动场承办院际与社区比赛，游泳、足球、排球与田径在学生中颇受欢迎。
• Songkran in April and Loi Krathong in November are celebrated on campus, while the Thao Suranari statue and the annual Korat festival connect student life to local history.每年四月的宋干节与十一月的水灯节都在校园庆祝，素罗娜丽雕像与一年一度的呵叻节则把学生生活与地方历史联系起来。
• International students, though a small minority, join English-taught programmes and mix with Thai students in dormitories, laboratories and the university's cultural events.国际学生虽然只占少数，却参与英语授课课程，并在宿舍、实验室与校园文化活动中与泰国学生交流。
• The university hospital, the public observatory and the reservoir give the campus a self-contained quality, and many students spend most of the week without leaving the estate.大学医院、公众天文台与蓄水池使校园具有自成一体的特点，许多学生一周大部分时间都不离开校园。

Notable people

• Thao Suranari (1771-1852), the heroine who helped defend Nakhon Ratchasima against a Lao invasion in 1826, is the university's namesake and a symbol of local identity rather than an alumna.素罗娜丽（1771 至 1852）是 1826 年协助保卫呵叻、抵御老挝入侵的女英雄，她是学校的命名来源与地方认同象征，但并非校友。
• King Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016) signed the university's founding act on 27 July 1990, giving the institution its legal basis and royal endorsement.普密蓬·阿杜德国王（1927 至 2016）于 1990 年 7 月 27 日签署学校建校法案，赋予其法律基础与王室认可。
• Wichit Srisa-an (1934-2022), the founding president, had earlier created Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University and later founded Walailak University, and is remembered as the father of Thai cooperative education.威奇·西里沙安（1934 至 2022）是首任校长，此前创办素可泰探玛提勒开放大学，后来又创办瓦莱岚大学，被誉为泰国合作教育之父。
• Anan Tongraar, a chemist working on computational molecular science, serves as the university's rector and has led its research and internationalisation agenda.阿南·通拉是从事计算分子科学研究的化学家，现任学校校长，主导其研究与国际化议程。
• Suksun Horpibulsuk, a professor of civil engineering, directs the Centre of Excellence in Innovation for Sustainable Infrastructure Development and has received the Telford Premium Prize and a TRF Senior Research Scholar award.素坤·霍皮布素是土木工程教授，主持可持续基础设施发展创新卓越中心，曾获英国土木工程师学会特尔福德奖与泰国研究基金高级学者称号。
• Santi Maensiri, a professor of physics and dean of the Institute of Science, is known for research on functional materials, nanoparticles and energy storage.桑迪·曼西里是物理学教授、科学学院院长，以功能材料、纳米颗粒与储能研究著称。
• Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn has supported the university through the royal initiative project RSPG-SUT, which links research on soil, agriculture and the environment to royal development work.玛哈·扎克里·诗琳通公主通过 RSPG-SUT 王室倡议项目支持学校，把土壤、农业与环境研究同王室发展工作联系起来。
• Mullika Sungsanit, a vice rector, leads the university's engagement, innovation and entrepreneurship portfolio and represents SUT in the World Technology Universities Network.穆利卡·顺萨尼是副校长，负责学校的对外合作、创新与创业事务，并代表学校参加世界技术大学网络。
• Sergey Meleshko, a mathematician and former dean of the Institute of Science, has worked on differential equations and their applications in fluid and plasma models.谢尔盖·梅列什科是数学家、科学学院前院长，从事微分方程及其在流体与等离子体模型中的应用研究。
• Ayut Limphirat, a physicist at the Institute of Science, works on particle physics and participates in the university's high energy physics and astrophysics centre.阿尤·林披拉是科学学院物理学家，从事粒子物理研究，并参与学校的高能物理与天体物理中心。
• Khanchai Khosonthongkee, a physicist at the Institute of Science, researches theoretical particle physics and collaborates with international experiments in the field.坎柴·科颂通基是科学学院物理学家，研究理论粒子物理，并与该领域的国际实验开展合作。
• Prapun Manyum, a physicist at the Institute of Science, works on condensed matter and materials physics and teaches in the university's physics programmes.巴潘·曼尤姆是科学学院物理学家，研究凝聚态与材料物理，并在学校物理课程中任教。
• Issra Pramoolsook, a researcher in English language studies at the Institute of Social Technology, works on academic discourse and has lectured at partner universities in China.伊斯拉·帕拉穆索是社会技术学院英语研究领域的研究者，从事学术话语研究，并曾在中国合作高校讲学。
• SUT has not produced a Nobel laureate, and its reputation rests instead on the engineers, agricultural scientists, health professionals and public servants trained since its first cohort entered in 1993.学校尚未产生诺贝尔奖得主，其声誉主要建立在 1993 年首批学生入学以来培养的工程师、农业科学家、卫生专业人员与公职人员之上。