Mahidol University originates from Thailand’s first hospital, Siriraj Hospital, founded in 1888, and the hospital’s medical school is the oldest institution of higher learning in Thailand, granting its first medical degree in 1893. Later becoming the University of Medical Sciences in 1942, the University was renamed in 1969 by H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej to honor his own father, H.R.H. Prince Mahidol of Songkla, who is widely regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand. Since then, Mahidol University has diversified from its original strengths in medicine and science, so it now also excels in social sciences, arts and humanities. The university has always placed strong emphasis on research and also has the most international degree programs in Thailand.
With its goal of being the “Wisdom of the Land”, Mahidol University (MU) strives for educational excellence, outstanding research, leadership in healthcare services, and global outlook. It has several campuses, 3 in Bangkok, 1 in the suburb Salaya, and 3 in the provinces of Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Sawan and Amnaj Charoen. MU is organized into 17 Faculties, 5 Colleges, 8 Institutes, 1 Demonstration School and 9 Centers and has 4,015 full-time academic staff, with 142 being full professors, the most at a Thai university. MU serves the nation in producing graduates in diverse disciplines, including medicine-related fields, science and technology, social sciences, arts and humanities. MU is a leader in Thailand’s scientific and medical research, and its staff have won many awards at national and international level. With its motto of “attanam uppamam kare”, which means “One should care about others as one cares about oneself”, the university aims to imbue graduates with the conviction that, apart from academic achievement, they have equal responsibility to improve the quality of life of their fellow human beings and make this world a better place to live in.
Academic: GPA of 3.0 or above on their studies to date
English Language:
– IELTS: 6.0 (no subscores below 5.5)
– TOEFL iBT: 78
– Duolingo English Test: 100 (no subscore below 90)
05 August 2024 – 13 December 2024
Available Courses
The international trade theory, the international trade policy, current issues of international trade, the international finance theory; fixed exchange rate, flexible exchange rate, macroeconomic policy under the different exchange rate systems, the role of international financial institutions
Development of microeconomic models to explain the structure and performance of markets, analysis of firm’s behavior in imperfectly competitive markets, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition, relationship between profit rates and size of firm, interindustry comparisons, analysis of antitrust policy
Exploring tourism as a geographical system approach and looking at the characteristics of tourism and the demand side first by examining driving forces shaping the strong growth of global tourism and Thailand tourism; the reasons for travelling and selecting a travel destination; examining the roles of tourism organisations both in the public and private sectors especially national tourism organisations, travel suppliers, and travel intermediaries; introducing the concept of community art event and creative tourism for promoting cultural diversity and social inclusion; and special interest tourism in Thailand
Core concept of branding strategy and the communication channels in practice both online and off-line approach; brand positioning; brand associations; understanding branding in the digital era; media planning design; IMC; digital marketing concepts and practices; content marketing; trends of the new media and branding 4.0 with sustainability and quality assessment
Concepts of sustainability affecting tourism and hospitality industry; socio-cultural, environmental, economic impacts of tourism; visitor management and interpretation for sustainable development; creative tourism for promoting culture-based creativity and sustainability of tourism; sustainability accreditation for tourism and hospitality; concepts of community-based tourism practices for sustainable development within a different geo-cultural context – urban and rural settings
The principles and practice of international relations, with particular reference to the modern world; the bases of international power and interstate competition; inequalities among states, including domination and colonialism; war and conflict resolution among great powers; the role of trade, defence policies, and control over scarce resources; the involvement of non-¬‐state players, including international organizations and special interest groups; international issues concerning the treatment of minority groups, human rights, the use of the environment, international crime, and terrorism. Students will learn to discuss, analyze, assess, international structures, methods, interactions of actors in international politics
Various forms of political systems, both in theory, principle, and practice; political systems in stateless societies, traditional kingdoms and empires, absolutist states, democracies, and modern “authoritarian” and militaristic states; various forms of representation, the party-¬‐political systems, elections, and decision-¬‐making; the working of the executive, legislative, and judicial aspects of government and their interrelationships. Students will understand, examine, assess various forms of the political systems, both in theory, principle and practice.
Selected aspects of world history from c.1763 to 1914; the Industrial Revolutions and the growth of the world economy; the American and French Revolutions; Latin American independence and development; political developments in Europe and the United States: representative government, the abolition of slavery, nationalism, socialism, women’s rights; imperialism and responses to it; the emergence of Japan; wars and warfare; social, scientific, medical and technological development; students will discuss, assess, examine a range of primary sources from the period and develop skills in the critical analysis of texts and images
The independent project builds on a student’s course work and experience, and allows them to demonstrate deeper and broader understanding of their topic. Students are expected to develop and articulate analytical and reflective skills while evaluating theoretical and practical aspects of the subject. Collective and individual viewpoints are presented in an academic style following standard research conventions.
An introduction to the technical aspects of translating literature into films; an exploration of the interplay between literature and films through an analysis of short stories, novels, and plays and their film versions; an exploration of the challenges merging both mediums
Listening and speaking skills on the following topics: introducing oneself one’s friend and family, basic food and drink ordering, places, directions, transportation, buying tickets, clothing items, colours, and sizes, bargaining, counting and using classifiers, reading and writing Thai consonants, vowels placed after, before, above, and below the consonants, Thai numbers, live and deadsyllables
Studying the dynamic relationship of man, arts and society with focusing on the function of communication; theories on aesthetics being used to analyze various kinds of the media, such as visual arts, performing arts and music, to interpret the content, subject matter and value of the works of arts
An investigation of historical and contemporary forms of visual communication: from painting, architecture, graffiti, photography, graphic design or video to contemporary consumer life, popular culture, subculture, mass media, commercial communication and advertising; examining the critical philosophies shaping visual communication, and various frameworks for the interpretation and evaluation of visual images they constantly consume
Participating in a storytelling experience to design, create and share stories across multiple media platforms for entertainment, informational or social development purposes; writing and creating stories in various forms of media products accessible through multiple media entry points; creating the brand of media product creators through the storytelling
Limits; continuity; differentiation; derivatives of functions; techniques of integration; improper integrals; vector addition; vector multiplication; scalar product; cross product; vector valued functions; parametric equations; matrices; determinants; systems of linear equations; euclideans.
Structured programming, problem-solving techniques, development and implementation of basic algorithms in a procedure-oriented language; a systematic approach to the design and construction of computer programs; fundamentals of high-level, block-structured languages including arrays, procedures, parameters, recursion; basic data structures; Hands-on practice
Organization and architecture of the computer systems; basic components of computers; data representation; Assembly Language; the memory system organization and architecture; the memory hierarchy and interleaving; cache memory; virtual memory; the input and output systems; the storage systems; CPU design; additional computing units; the implementation of data paths and control unit; multiprocessor architecture
The goal is to introduce students to basic methods and tools for modelling and simulation of continuous, discrete and combined systems. Application in natural, physical and biological sciences, mathematics, statistics, computer and information sciences will be learned as project or problem based learning.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will understand the importance of consistently and skillfully using creative thinking and innovation to comprehend situations, issues, and problems they confront. Students will understand how to use concepts and principles of creative thinking, together with plausible evidence, to solve problems.
This course concerns how critical thinking and decision making can play role in learning and living. Discuss on the case studies or situations in the context of critical thinking and decision making will be performed. Apply critical thinking and decision making in solving problem and/or daily life and learning will also be hands-on.
Exploratory data analysis: numerical and graphical summaries, and transformations of univariate data; graphical evaluation and basic regression analysis of bi¬variate data; probability calculations for normal distribution and checks for normality; design of experiments, different types of random sampling; central limit theorem; confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for single mean, two means and variances; checking assumptions; interference for more than two means: an analysis of variance; using the package SPPS to perform most of the statistical analysis covered in this unit
Quadratic surfaces; functions of several variables; limits; continuity; partial derivatives; Jacobians; maxima and minima; Lagrange Multipliers; Taylor Series; line integrals; double integrals; multiple integrals; multiple integrals by cylindrical coordinates and spherical coordinates; surface integrals
The importance of simulation; example models; generating random numbers, simulating random variables, Monte Carlo simulation, modelling inputs; analyzing outputs; Markov chains and discrete events; discrete event simulation; variance reduction techniques; model validation, computer techniques for simulation
Function of the nervous and muscular systems; cell physiology; membrane potential and signal transmission; the sensory and motor systems; the autonomic nervous system; the special sensory system; higher brain; the muscular system; interactions of several systems in the body in order to maintain homeostasis
Cellular patterns and mechanism of cell injury; cell injury from chemical and physical factors; cell injury from biological factors; cellular aging; carcinogenesis
Cell injury and cell death; cell adaptations, inflammation and tissue repair; hemodynamic disorders and shock; immunopathology; neoplasia; pathology of infectious diseases; genetic diseases; environmental and nutritional pathology; histopathological techniques for distinguishing of pathological changes
The physical, chemical, and biological processes shaping up the natural world; details of how nature is affected by human and solutions to these environmental problems; air, water and soil pollution, human population explosion, natural resource and energy management; environmental science involving biology, chemistry, geology, and other sciences; environmental science dealing with the ideas and diverse methods in sciences to help solve problems with sustainability
Basic statistics, probability distribution, sampling, sample size, estimation of population; hypothesis and hypothesis testing, z – test, t – test, analysis of variance, ANOVA, One–way ANOVA, multiple comparisons, chi-square-test; regression, simple linear regression, multiple regression, linear correlation, using statistical analysis
Evolutionary changes in living things; origins of biomolecules, prokaryotes and eukaryotes; anagenesis and cladogenesis; species and speciation; competition mechanism; patterns of selection including altruism; evolutionary factors involved in structural change of population; an analysis of molecular evolution