Thammasat University

Thammasat University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Thammasat), commonly known as TU, is a public research university in Thailand, founded on 27 June 1934 as the University of Moral and Political Sciences by Pridi Banomyong.泰国国立法政大学（英语：Thammasat University，简称 TU；泰语：มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์）是泰国的公立研究型大学，1934 年 6 月 27 日由比里·帕侬荣（Pridi Banomyong）以「道德与政治科学大学」（University of Moral and Political Sciences）之名创办。

It is Thailand's second oldest university, and it began as an open university whose first year enrolled 7,094 students in law and politics, opening higher education to people far beyond the elite.该校是泰国历史第二悠久的大学，最初以开放大学形式办学，第一年即招收 7,094 名研习法律与政治的学生，使高等教育向远超精英阶层的人群开放。

Thammasat today offers more than 240 academic programmes in 33 faculties and colleges across four campuses, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it stands 555th in the world and third in Thailand.今日的法政大学在四个校区、33 个学院与书院中开设逾 240 个课程项目，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 555 位、泰国第三。

History

• The university began in 1934 as the University of Law and Political Sciences, two years after the Siamese revolution of 1932 and eighteen years after Chulalongkorn University had been founded.该校于 1934 年以「法律与政治科学大学」之名创立，此时距 1932 年暹罗立宪革命仅两年，距朱拉隆功大学创办已十八年。

• It was the brainchild of Pridi Banomyong, the Minister of the Interior and the so-called father of Thai democracy, who drafted the "University of Law and Political Science Act 1934" himself.该校出于比里·帕侬荣的构想，时任内政部长、被誉为「泰国民主之父」的他亲自起草了《1934 年法律与政治科学大学法》。

• The university was inaugurated on 27 June 1934, and Pridi served as its first chancellor, with the original degree rooted in law, politics, economics and accountancy.学校于 1934 年 6 月 27 日正式成立，比里出任首任校监，最初的学位以法律、政治、经济与会计为核心。

• It grew out of the law school of Prince Raphi Phatthanasak, which dated back to 1907, and that school's property and faculty were transferred to the new university.该校脱胎于拉披帕塔纳萨（Raphi Phatthanasak）亲王可上溯至 1907 年的法律学校，这所法律学校的财产与师资均移交给了新大学。

• When the university opened, 7,094 people applied for admission, at a time when Chulalongkorn University was graduating only 68 students a year, a striking measure of its popular appeal.学校开学时共有 7,094 人申请入学，而当时朱拉隆功大学每年仅毕业 68 名学生，其受欢迎程度由此可见一斑。

• In its early years the university did not rely on government funding but on low tuition fees and interest from the Bank of Asia for Industry and Commerce, in which it held an eighty per cent stake.建校初期，该校并不依赖政府拨款，而主要依靠低廉的学费，以及在亚洲工商银行所持八成股份的利息收入。

• The university moved to the Tha Phra Chan campus the year after its founding, a site purchased from the military with public donations in 1935 that had once been part of the Front Palace.建校次年，学校迁至塔帕占（Tha Phra Chan）校区，该址于 1935 年以公众捐款向军方购得，原本是副王前宫的一部分。

• Under Pridi's leadership the campus became the clandestine headquarters of the Free Thai anti-Japanese underground during the Second World War, an episode that shaped its political identity.在比里的领导下，该校区在第二次世界大战期间成为「自由泰人」抗日地下运动的秘密总部，这段经历塑造了其政治气质。

• During the war the same site also functioned as an internment camp for Allied civilians, where the Multipurpose Building now stands, with Thai guards largely protecting them from abuses by the occupying Japanese.战争期间，同一场地也用作拘留盟国平民的收容营，位置即今综合楼所在之处，泰方卫兵在很大程度上保护他们免受占领日军的侵害。

• The coup d'etat of 8 November 1947 ended the first era, for Pridi Banomyong left the country and went into exile, and the university's original degree was replaced by specialised departments in 1949.1947 年 11 月 8 日的政变终结了第一个时代：比里·帕侬荣出走流亡，该校原本单一的学位制度也在 1949 年被专业学系取代。

• In 1949 the Faculties of Law, Political Science, Commerce and Accountancy, and Economics were founded, and the university was forced to sell its bank shares, becoming dependent on government funding.1949 年，法学院、政治学院、商业与会计学院以及经济学院相继成立；学校被迫出售其银行股份，转而依赖政府拨款。

• The words "and Political Sciences" were removed from its name, and a new "Thammasat University Act" was passed in 1952, the same year the post of chancellor was renamed rector by the prime minister.校名中的「与政治科学」被删去；1952 年新的《法政大学法》获得通过，同年首相将「校监」一职改称「校长」。

• During the 1950s and 1960s the university added four more faculties, namely social administration, journalism and mass communication, liberal arts, and sociology and anthropology.20 世纪 50 至 60 年代，该校又增设四个学院，即社会行政、新闻与大众传播、人文以及社会学与人类学。

• In 1973 Thammasat became the centre of the pro-democracy movement that led to the bloody uprising of 14 October, after which the rector Sanya Dharmasakti was appointed Prime Minister of Thailand.1973 年，法政大学成为民主运动的中心，并引发 10 月 14 日的流血起义；事后，时任校长山耶·达玛萨（Sanya Dharmasakti）被任命为泰国总理。

• Three years later, on 6 October 1976, the Tha Phra Chan campus was the scene of a massacre in which police and right-wing groups attacked students protesting the return of the exiled dictator Thanom Kittikachorn.三年后的 1976 年 10 月 6 日，塔帕占校区发生了大屠杀：警察与右翼团体袭击了抗议流亡独裁者他侬·吉滴卡宗（Thanom Kittikachorn）回国的学生。

• That massacre killed dozens and injured several hundred, and its memory remains central to the university's self-image as a home of democratic dissent and public conscience.那场屠杀造成数十人死亡、数百人受伤，这段记忆至今仍是法政大学作为民主异议与公众良知家园之自我形象的核心。

• In 1985 the university admitted its first students at the new Rangsit campus, which had been built to house the expanding Faculty of Science and Technology.1985 年，学校在新建的兰实（Rangsit）校区迎来首批学生，该校区是为容纳不断扩展的科学与技术学院而建的。

• The Faculty of Engineering opened at Rangsit in 1989 and the Faculty of Medicine in 1990, and by the late 1990s all first-year students were studying at Rangsit.工学院于 1989 年在兰实校区开办，医学院于 1990 年开办；到 20 世纪 90 年代末，所有一年级学生均在兰实校区就读。

• The Rangsit campus was one of the venues for the 1998 Asian Games, and it later hosted the 1999 FESPIC Games and the 2007 Summer Universiade.兰实校区曾是 1998 年亚洲运动会的场馆之一，其后又承办了 1999 年远东及南太平洋残疾人运动会与 2007 年夏季世界大学生运动会。

• In 1996 the university approved the establishment of the Lampang Centre, and in 1997 construction began on the Pattaya Centre, whose 566-rai site had been donated in 1987.1996 年，学校批准设立南邦（Lampang）中心；1997 年芭提雅（Pattaya）中心动工，其 566 莱的用地早在 1987 年即已获捐赠。

• In December 2019 the Rangsit campus opened a 7,000-square-metre rooftop garden designed by Kotchakorn Voraakhom, described by the university as Asia's largest urban rooftop farm and intended to offset flooding.2019 年 12 月，兰实校区启用一座由科查功·沃拉孔（Kotchakorn Voraakhom）设计的 7,000 平方米屋顶花园，校方称其为亚洲最大的城市屋顶农场，旨在缓解洪涝影响。

Academics

• Thammasat University Hospital, attached to the Faculty of Medicine at Rangsit, is a major public teaching hospital serving the northern suburbs of Bangkok.附属法政大学医院设于兰实的医学院，是服务曼谷北郊的一所大型公立教学医院。

• As of 2024 Thammasat has about 39,000 students enrolled in 33 faculties, colleges and institutes, taught by roughly 2,000 academic staff, and it has graduated more than 300,000 students.截至 2024 年，法政大学在 33 个学院、书院与研究所中共有约 39,000 名学生，专任教师约 2,000 人，已毕业学生超过 30 万人。

• Its faculties and colleges span law, political science, economics, commerce and accountancy, liberal arts, social administration, journalism, sociology, science and technology, engineering, medicine and architecture.其学院与书院涵盖法学、政治学、经济学、商业与会计、人文、社会行政、新闻、社会学、科学与技术、工程、医学与建筑等领域。

• The Faculty of Law was one of the founding faculties, tracing its roots to the law school of the Ministry of Justice and offering programmes up to the doctorate.法学院是创校学院之一，其根源可上溯至司法部的法律学校，开设直至博士层次的课程。

• The Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy was established on 23 November 1938 and is the second oldest business school in Thailand, known today as Thammasat Business School.商业与会计学院于 1938 年 11 月 23 日成立，是泰国历史第二悠久的商学院，今称法政商学院（Thammasat Business School）。

• Thammasat Business School holds the triple-crown accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA, a status held by less than one per cent of business schools worldwide.法政商学院持有 EQUIS、AACSB 与 AMBA 三项认证的「三冠」资格，全球持有该资格的商学院不足百分之一。

• The Faculty of Political Science was established in 1949 and has educated many of Thailand's governors, mayors, ministers and activists, and a doctoral programme was added in 2001.政治学院成立于 1949 年，培养了泰国众多府尹、市长、部长与活动人士，2001 年又增设博士课程。

• The Faculty of Economics, established in 1949, is the oldest in Thailand, and under the dean Puey Ungphakorn it drew Rockefeller Foundation funding and faculty from American universities.经济学院成立于 1949 年，是泰国历史最悠久的经济学院；在院长培·翁帕功（Puey Ungphakorn）主政期间，它争取到洛克菲勒基金会资助并延揽美国高校师资。

• An English-taught Master of Economics programme was introduced in 1969, followed by English bachelor's and doctoral programmes, and the faculty's graduates are admitted to leading departments abroad.该校自 1969 年起开设以英语授课的经济学硕士课程，其后又增设英语授课的学士与博士课程，其毕业生常获海外顶尖院系录取。

• The Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, established in 1992 at the Rangsit campus, is a semi-autonomous institute teaching science, engineering and technology in English.诗琳通国际理工学院（SIIT）于 1992 年在兰实校区成立，是一个以英语教授科学、工程与技术的半自治学院。

• The Faculty of Medicine, founded in 1990 as Thailand's ninth public medical school, was the first and only medical school to teach through hybrid problem-based and community-based learning.医学院成立于 1990 年，是泰国第九所公立医学院，也是首所且唯一一所采用混合式问题导向与社区导向教学的医学院。

• The Chulabhorn International College of Medicine, opened on 28 August 2012, was the first institution in Thailand to offer an international course in medicine taught in English.朱拉蓬国际医学院于 2012 年 8 月 28 日开办，是泰国首个以英语授课的国际医学课程机构。

• The Faculty of Liberal Arts, established by royal gazette in 1961, today offers 19 undergraduate courses, 12 master's courses and three doctoral courses including Southeast Asian and language studies.人文学院于 1961 年依皇家公报设立，如今开设 19 个本科课程、12 个硕士课程与 3 个博士课程，涵盖东南亚研究与语言研究等领域。

• The Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication traces its origin to a journalism department founded in 1954, Thailand's first higher-education unit in journalism, which gained faculty status in 1979.新闻与大众传播学院的渊源可溯至 1954 年设立的新闻学系，是泰国首个新闻类高等教育单位，1979 年升格为学院。

• The College of Innovation, established in 1995 and renamed in 2007, and the Faculty of Learning Sciences, founded on 29 September 2014, add newer interdisciplinary programmes.1995 年设立、2007 年更名的创新书院，以及 2014 年 9 月 29 日成立的学习科学学院，为学校增添了较新的跨学科课程。

• The Language Institute of Thammasat University, established as a faculty in 1985, provides English instruction across the Tha Phra Chan, Rangsit and Lampang campuses.法政大学语言学院（LITU）于 1985 年成为学院建制，在塔帕占、兰实与南邦三个校区提供英语教学。

• OpenAlex records 27,864 scholarly works attributed to Thammasat University carrying 512,890 citations, reflecting a research output concentrated in the social sciences, medicine and engineering.OpenAlex 收录法政大学文献 27,864 篇、被引 512,890 次，体现其研究产出集中于社会科学、医学与工程领域。

• Thammasat runs both Thai and international programmes at undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels, and its Rangsit campus hosts the Thailand Science Park and neighbours the Asian Institute of Technology.法政大学在学士、硕士与博士层次同时开设泰语与国际课程，其兰实校区旁设泰国科技园，并与亚洲理工学院（Asian Institute of Technology）毗邻。

Campus

• Thammasat University has four campuses: Tha Phra Chan and Rangsit in the Bangkok metropolitan area, and the regional campuses at Pattaya and Lampang.法政大学设有四个校区：位于曼谷都会区的塔帕占与兰实校区，以及芭提雅与南邦两个地方校区。

• The Tha Phra Chan campus lies in Phra Nakhon District, surrounded by landmarks such as Sanam Luang, the Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Bangkok National Museum.塔帕占校区位于帕那空区，四周环绕着皇家田广场、大皇宫、玉佛寺与曼谷国家博物馆等名胜。

• The Dome, the university's signature building, was adapted from four old infantry barracks and was designed by Jitsen (Mew) Abhaiwongse, with the octagonal dome inspired by a sharpened pencil.校园的标志性建筑「穹顶楼」（The Dome）由四座旧步兵营房拼接改建而成，由吉森·阿派翁（Jitsen Abhaiwongse）设计，其八角形穹顶的灵感源自削尖的铅笔。

• Eight faculties are based at Tha Phra Chan, including law, political science, economics, commerce and accountancy, liberal arts, social administration and journalism.有八个学院设于塔帕占校区，包括法学、政治学、经济学、商业与会计、人文、社会行政与新闻等学院。

• As of 2019 the Tha Phra Chan campus mainly hosts postgraduate and international programmes, and it houses a football field, a track, a gymnasium and eight libraries.截至 2019 年，塔帕占校区主要承办研究生与国际课程，并设有足球场、跑道、体育馆与八座图书馆。

• The Rangsit campus, in Khlong Luang District of Pathum Thani Province about 42 kilometres north of Bangkok, is the largest Thammasat campus and teaches all bachelor's degrees.兰实校区位于巴吞他尼府空銮县、距曼谷以北约 42 公里，是法政大学最大的校区，承担全部学士学位课程的教学。

• The Rangsit campus opened a 7,000-square-metre rooftop garden by Kotchakorn Voraakhom in December 2019, and its sport centre served the 1998 Asian Games and the 2007 Universiade.兰实校区于 2019 年 12 月启用科查功·沃拉孔设计的 7,000 平方米屋顶花园，其体育中心曾服务 1998 年亚运会与 2007 年世界大学生运动会。

• The Pattaya Centre in Chonburi Province occupies a 566-rai site donated in 1987, while the Lampang Centre serves fewer than 1,000 students and the main campus stands near 13.75 degrees north and 100.50 degrees east.位于春武里府的芭提雅中心占地 566 莱、用地于 1987 年获捐；南邦中心服务不足 1,000 名学生；主校区大致位于北纬 13.75 度、东经 100.50 度。

Reputation

• Within Thailand the university is routinely grouped with Chulalongkorn University and Mahidol University as one of the country's three most competitive universities.在泰国国内，法政大学通常与朱拉隆功大学、玛希隆大学一同被视为全国竞争最激烈的三所大学之一。

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Thammasat University is placed 555th in the world, ranking as the third highest university in Thailand.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，法政大学位列世界第 555 位，在泰国高校中排名第三。

• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place the university in the 1401-1600 band rather than at an exact world position.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把该校置于 1401-1600 区间，而非给出精确的世界排名。

• In the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings Thammasat University is ranked 1500th in the world.在 2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，法政大学位列世界第 1500 位。

• The 2026 Shanghai Ranking, also known as ARWU, does not place Thammasat University in its main table, so the university does not appear in that ranking's world list.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）未把法政大学列入主榜，该校因此未出现在该榜单的世界名单中。

• In the QS Asia University Rankings 2026 Thammasat was ranked 126th in Asia, placing it fourth among Thai universities.在 2026 年 QS 亚洲大学排名中，法政大学位列亚洲第 126 位，在泰国高校中排名第四。

• Thammasat holds four QS Stars, a rating that recognises its international character and its strength in both research and teaching.法政大学持有 QS 四星评级，该评级认可其国际化程度以及研究与教学两方面的实力。

• In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2027 Thammasat was ranked second in Thailand for Employment Outcomes, with a score of 85.4.在 2027 年 QS 毕业生就业力排名中，法政大学在泰国「就业成果」指标上排名第二，得分为 85.4。

• OpenAlex records 27,864 scholarly works associated with the university and 512,890 citations, an average of roughly 18 citations per recorded work.OpenAlex 收录与该校相关的文献 27,864 篇、被引 512,890 次，平均每篇约被引 18 次。

• Its business school's triple-crown accreditation and the international standing of its economics and political-science faculties underpin Thammasat's reputation as Thailand's leading social-science university.其商学院的三冠认证，以及经济学与政治学学院的国际声誉，共同支撑着法政大学作为泰国领先社会科学大学的声誉。

Student life

• The university celebrates its founding on 27 June each year, and its Tha Phra Chan campus continues to host commemorations of the events of October 1973 and October 1976.该校每年 6 月 27 日庆祝建校，其塔帕占校区也持续举办纪念 1973 年 10 月与 1976 年 10 月事件的活动。

• The university's motto is "Excellence, Integrity, and Leadership in Society", a phrase that appears in its official self-description.该校的官方校训表述为「卓越、诚信、引领社会」，见其官方自我介绍。

• Its colours are yellow and red, chosen by Pridi Banomyong, with yellow standing for religion, as in the dharma wheel, and red for the blood pledged to the nation.其校色为黄与红，由比里·帕侬荣选定：黄色象征宗教（如法轮），红色则象征为邦国奉献之热血。

• The university's seal shows the centrepiece of the Democracy Monument of Bangkok superimposed on a Dhammacakka, or wheel of law, symbolising the Dharmasastra that gives the university its name.其校徽以曼谷民主纪念碑的中心造型叠加于「法轮」之上，法轮象征赋予该校名称的《法论》（Dharmaśāstra）。

• The Dome has become the emblem of campus life, reflected in several popular university songs, and it housed Pridi's office and the wartime command centre of the Free Thai movement.穹顶楼已成为校园生活的象征，并出现在多首广为流传的校歌之中；它曾容纳比里的办公室与战时自由泰人运动的指挥中心。

• The Tha Phra Chan campus sits close to Bangkok's historic and cultural landmarks, and its location helps bind the university to the public life of the capital.塔帕占校区紧邻曼谷的历史与文化地标，其地理位置使法政大学与首都的公共生活紧密相连。

• One of the student leaders of 1973, Seksan Prasertkul, wrote the protest song "Su mai toi", which was later adopted by anti-government protesters in Thailand.1973 年学生领袖之一塞讪·巴瑟素（Seksan Prasertkul）创作了抗议歌曲「Su mai toi」，其后被泰国的反政府抗议者所采用。

• Student activism has long been part of Thammasat's culture, and the university presents itself as a place where social issues such as welfare, justice and democracy are openly debated.学生行动主义长期以来是法政大学文化的一部分，学校也把自身呈现为社会福利、正义与民主等议题得以公开辩论的地方。

• Under the "ONE TU" policy introduced in the 2020s, the four campuses are being drawn together to share resources, and the university frames itself as a comprehensive institution serving Thai society.在 2020 年代推行的「ONE TU」政策下，四个校区被整合起来共享资源，学校也把自身定位为服务泰国社会的综合性大学。

Notable people

• Pridi Banomyong, the founder of the university, was a senior statesman, a former regent and a former Prime Minister of Thailand, and he served as its first chancellor.该校创办者比里·帕侬荣是资深政治家、前摄政与前泰国总理，并出任学校首任校监。

• Sanya Dharmasakti, a former Prime Minister of Thailand and a Privy Council member, served as rector of Thammasat and led it through the crisis of October 1973.前泰国总理、枢密院大臣山耶·达玛萨曾任法政大学校长，并带领学校度过 1973 年 10 月的危机。

• Puey Ungphakorn, a former governor of the Bank of Thailand and a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, was dean of the Faculty of Economics and rector of the university.前泰国央行行长、拉蒙·麦格塞塞奖得主培·翁帕功曾任经济学院院长与法政大学校长。

• Abhisit Vejjajiva, a former Prime Minister and leader of the Democrat Party, was a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics after graduating from the university's programme.前总理、民主党领袖阿披实·威差奇瓦曾任该校经济学院讲师。

• Chuan Leekpai, a former Prime Minister and Democrat Party leader, is among the many Thai heads of government who studied at Thammasat.前总理、民主党领袖川·立派是众多在法政大学就读过的泰国政府首脑之一。

• Kukrit Pramoj, a former Prime Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives, was also a distinguished writer and graduate of the university.前总理、众议院议长克立·巴莫也是该校毕业生，并是一位著名作家。

• Surin Pitsuwan, a graduate, served as Secretary-General of ASEAN from 2008 to 2012, giving the university a leading figure in regional diplomacy.校友素林·比素万（Surin Pitsuwan）于 2008 至 2012 年出任东盟秘书长，使该校在区域外交中拥有一位代表性人物。

• Princess Galyani Vadhana, elder sister of King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej, was head of the foreign language department at the university's Faculty of Liberal Arts.阿南塔·玛希敦国王与普密蓬·阿杜德国王的长姊甘拉亚妮·瓦塔娜公主，曾任该校人文学院外语系主任。

• Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a graduate and founder of the Future Forward Party, became a prominent figure in Thai politics in the 2010s.校友、未来前进党创办人塔纳通·宗龙伦吉（Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit）在 2010 年代成为泰国政坛的重要人物。

• Veerathai Santiprabhob, an alumnus, served as governor of the Bank of Thailand, continuing the university's long association with the country's central bank.校友威拉泰·桑提普拉博（Veerathai Santiprabhob）曾任泰国央行行长，延续了该校与本国央行之间的长期渊源。

• Seksan Prasertkul, a former student leader and later a lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology, wrote the protest song that became an anthem of the 1973 democracy movement.前学生领袖、后任社会学学院讲师的塞讪·巴瑟素，创作了成为 1973 年民主运动颂歌的抗议歌曲。