Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University

Rajabahat university was founded in 1975 (B.E. 2500). It was formerly known as the “Nakhon Si Thammarat Teacher Training School”. In 1975 the university was renamed “Nakhon Si Thammarat Teachers College”. The college offered two types of programs. The first was a Lower Certificate in education. This was a two year program implemented to train graduates for teaching positions at the elementary school level. The second program offered a Higher Certificate in Education. This was also a two-year program but it prepared graduates for teaching in secondary schools.

In 1975, the college began offering four-year bachelor degree programs in Education. The areas of study offered were in accordance with the Teachers College Act of 1975. A surplus of teachers resulted in the 1984 revision of the Act. The Teacher Education Department was represented by 36 teacher training colleges with a diversified curriculum to train manpower in fields other than education. The curricula aimed to equip students with competence, professional attitudes, knowledge, and the skills required to be successful in their future careers. The curricula also provided work practice opportunities and on-the-job training for specific target groups.

Rajabhat Institutes have always focused on regional areas development. At present, all Rajabhat Institutes have been re-designated as universities by the Thai Ministry of Education. They are officially recognized as “Rajabaht University”. Under this new structure all Rajabhat universities are under the authority of the Office of Higher Education Board, the same board as both private and government universities.

Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University is topflight Southern Thailand’s University that aims to produce a good bachelor and quality teacher to become leader of Culture management, knowledge management and folk wisdom management for use in Development of Tourism industry, Services ,Agriculture and Food Technology.

Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University has Main Obligation as follows:

• Producing good Bachelor who reaches the Educational and occupations standard and related to societies changing and to improve the University’s Standard to become a leader of Teaching Profession in Region.
• Improving the Research and work Quality. Creating new innovation for Improve Educational quality to use in Social Development.
• Having Academic Integration Services to responded to Local request and continue the Royal Project to improve society’s stability continuity and sustainability Preserve, inherit and instructing consciousness and proud of local wisdom of country with integration to use in social development and improve the knowledge for International usage.
• Improve the quality of university’s services and management to be the best. Become happy organization under good governance by using Philosophy of sufficiency Economy to become Wisdom University.