Walailak University

Walailak University is 26 years on 29th March 2018.Walailak University is designed as a comprehensive university (with a variety of fields of study) to serve the people of Thailand. Walailak University graduates are expected to have practical intelligence, adversary quotient, Liberal Arts perspective and technology competence, all integrated with high moral. All activities are designed to enhance Walailak University’s uniqueness in its ultimate goal to become “The Education Park of ASEAN” where all the global citizens can find the riches in the knowledge, wisdom and culture.

The Campus has now been extensively renewed. Some of the older buildings have now been renovated including the main lecture buildings and dormitories. The newly renovated building for Walailak University Language Institute (WULI) is now housing some 30 foreign staff, with brand new facilities. Sports and Health complex has also been renovated. An entirely new building was completed a couple months ago, now a home of the School of Architecture and Design, Walailak University International College (WUIC), the International Law Program, and a Moot Court. The “Walailak Park” is emerging as one of the most beautiful spots on the 3,500-acre already lush green campus. At the Park, there is such a very pleasant veranda stretching out to the serene lake. Watching the Sun going down behind the Khao Luang Mountain from the veranda in the evening is quite an experience.

Indeed, there are so many exciting things happening at Walailak University, which is located in Thasala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, some 800 kilometers south of Bangkok. In other words, it is in the upper part of the South of Thailand. It is only an hour flight from Bangkok. Imagine when the construction of the Walailak University Hospital Center is completed in two years’ time, it will transform this now second largest city in the province even further.

Walailak University is a residential university equipped with modern educational facilities, services and accommodation for students and staff, located against a beautiful backdrop of mountain scenery in Tha Sala District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand. The campus is 780 kilometers south of Bangkok, a 21⁄2 hour drive from the beach resorts of Samui Island, Surat Thani and Krabi, and from the busy commercial center and international airport of Hat Yai. Nakhon Si Thammarat is well served by daily air, train and bus services from Bangkok, Hat Yai, Phuket, and Malaysia. The University has a total area of 3,600 acres, making it the largest campus of any university in Thailand. Besides the main campus at Tha Sala, Walailak also has a coordinating office in Bangkok and a service center in neighboring Surat Thani province.

Walailak University aims to discover, seek, maintain and disseminate knowlege and acedemic excellence for the progress of society. At the heart of its obligation is to develop individuals who are both professionally-proficient and morally strong.

The University's Four Commitments:

• To lead high level training of students based on world standards, consistent with socio-economic develpment of the South of Thailand and Thailand as a whole;
• To conduct studies, research in order to develop new knowledge that can be of benefit to national productivity, and can help enhance international competitiveness of Thailand;
• To provide and share expertise and technical services to organizations, both private and government sectors, including research and training and technological transfer in areas that can help develop the region and country;
• To act as a center for the conservation and restoration of art and culture.

Walailak University is positioned to be an integral part of the world. That is why we have set up a number of international colleges and international programs, offering courses in English. More courses in English will be put in place for international students to choose. We are well-positioned academically, geographically/environmentally, and culturally. Nakhon Si Thammarat is both historic and historical! It used to be one of Asia’s commercial and cultural centers. The city does maintain its past strengths, on which its current growth is being clearly visible. We at Walailak University are proud to be a part of this growing city.