Studyinthailand.org: A private initiative
When it comes to studying abroad, people first think about U.S.A., U.K., and Australia. Thailand is hardly present on this map of international higher education in peoples' minds. We are going to change that.
We also want to support international programs at accredited Thai universities and colleges by
- providing information about study opportunities,
- enabling informed choices,
- contributing to market transparency,
- collecting and answering questions about studying in an international program in Thailand,
- providing advice how to adjust processes and Web site for universities.
Studyinthailand.org is online since April 13, 2008, created and sustained by
Ulrich Werner, university lecturer in Thailand since 2002 and visiting lecturer in PR China. Numerous international students contributed their experiences, problems, and perceptions either directly, or when the Web site is used as a 'dummy company' in courses.
In March 2010, this privately owned Web site got a major update. Since then, we focus on social networks to trigger word of mouth about studying in Thailand, such as Baidu for China and East Asia, Friendster for Southeast Asia, Hi5 for Thailand, Orkut for Brazil and India, StudiVZ for Germany/Austria/Switzerland, VKontakte for Russia and Eastern Europe, and Facebook for the 'rest' of the world, as well as Twitter for the news.
Besides tertiary education, studyinthailand.org also offers information about international schools in Thailand since October 2010.
On November 1, 2010, we started our next project, Thai Academy, which aims to support education in Thailand by introducing Minimally Invasive Child-driven Education to the public discussion in Thailand, and by initiating the translation of Khan Academy videos into Thai language. It also offers an overview of Open Educational Resources (OER) available for free to all educators.
In January 2011 Learn Speaking Thai Language and Guide to Thailand's Culture and Customs went online as well.
Until present day, we did not spent any money for commercial advertising. We prefer 'guerrilla marketing' for free: Word of mouth is the best advertising.
Thank you for your interest!
Ulrich Werner
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Country Totals by ClustrMaps
04.02.2010 - 04.02.2011
| Thailand (TH) |
80,671 |
| United States (US) |
23,597 |
| Germany (DE) |
6,616 |
| United Kingdom (GB) |
5,792 |
| India (IN) |
4,944 |
| Australia (AU) |
4,514 |
| Philippines (PH) |
4,439 |
| Singapore (SG) |
3,561 |
| Malaysia (MY) |
3,543 |
| Canada (CA) |
2,562 |
| Indonesia (ID) |
2,271 |
| Pakistan (PK) |
1,821 |
| Japan (JP) |
1,744 |
| Vietnam (VN) |
1,679 |
| France (FR) |
1,589 |
| Russian Federation (RU) |
1,543 |
| Bangladesh (BD) |
1,541 |
| China (CN) |
1,504 |
| Netherlands (NL) |
1,484 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR) |
1,408 |
| Sweden (SE) |
1,393 |
| Finland (FI) |
1,357 |
| Nepal (NP) |
1,352 |
| Taiwan (TW) |
1,276 |
| Hong Kong (HK) |
1,059 |
| Cambodia (KH) |
1,036 |
| Korea, Republic of (KR) |
921 |
| Norway (NO) |
884 |
| Myanmar (MM) |
856 |
| Switzerland (CH) |
817 |
| United Arab Emirates (AE) |
783 |
| Nigeria (NG) |
711 |
| Sri Lanka (LK) |
699 |
| Austria (AT) |
692 |
| New Zealand (NZ) |
682 |
| Denmark (DK) |
667 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA) |
598 |
| Italy (IT) |
544 |
| Belgium (BE) |
535 |
| Spain (ES) |
514 |
| Bhutan (BT) |
511 |
| Saudi Arabia (SA) |
473 |
| Ireland (IE) |
423 |
| Ukraine (UA) |
418 |
| Turkey (TR) |
415 |
| South Africa (ZA) |
415 |
| Poland (PL) |
366 |
| Brazil (BR) |
329 |
| Egypt (EG) |
302 |
| Czech Republic (CZ) |
290 |
| Mexico (MX) |
252 |
| Israel (IL) |
228 |
| Romania (RO) |
226 |
| Maldives (MV) |
221 |
| Europe (EU) |
213 |
| Greece (GR) |
212 |
| Ghana (GH) |
210 |
| Kenya (KE) |
207 |
| Qatar (QA) |
205 |
| Bulgaria (BG) |
188 |
| Kuwait (KW) |
170 |
| Cameroon (CM) |
165 |
| Lithuania (LT) |
159 |
| Hungary (HU) |
152 |
| Asia/Pacific Region (AP) |
151 |
| Portugal (PT) |
144 |
| Oman (OM) |
143 |
| Belarus (BY) |
139 |
| Slovakia (SK) |
139 |
| Ethiopia (ET) |
129 |
| Uganda (UG) |
123 |
| Chile (CL) |
122 |
| Iceland (IS) |
118 |
| Mongolia (MN) |
115 |
| Brunei Darussalam (BN) |
105 |
| Argentina (AR) |
105 |
| Sudan (SD) |
103 |
| Serbia (RS) |
102 |
| Croatia (HR) |
102 |
| Tanzania, United Republic of (TZ) |
99 |
| Holy See (Vatican City State) (VA) |
98 |
| Iraq (IQ) |
98 |
| Colombia (CO) |
92 |
| Kazakstan (KZ) |
88 |
| Slovenia (SI) |
84 |
| Bahrain (BH) |
83 |
| Ecuador (EC) |
79 |
| Jamaica (JM) |
76 |
| Morocco (MA) |
75 |
| Algeria (DZ) |
71 |
| Estonia (EE) |
70 |
| Madagascar (MG) |
69 |
| Latvia (LV) |
69 |
| Macedonia (MK) |
66 |
| Jordan (JO) |
64 |
| Peru (PE) |
62 |
| Macau (MO) |
62 |
| Botswana (BW) |
60 |
| Palestinian Territory (PS) |
57 |
| Afghanistan (AF) |
51 |
| Zambia (ZM) |
50 |
| Malta (MT) |
50 |
| Tunisia (TN) |
49 |
| Mauritius (MU) |
49 |
| Luxembourg (LU) |
46 |
| Lebanon (LB) |
46 |
| Cyprus (CY) |
44 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY) |
42 |
| Zimbabwe (ZW) |
42 |
| Venezuela (VE) |
41 |
| Moldova, Republic of (MD) |
39 |
| Costa Rica (CR) |
37 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TT) |
33 |
| Azerbaijan (AZ) |
32 |
| Uzbekistan (UZ) |
31 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) |
31 |
| Namibia (NA) |
31 |
| Armenia (AM) |
30 |
| Malawi (MW) |
29 |
| Georgia (GE) |
28 |
| Senegal (SN) |
27 |
| Syrian Arab Republic (SY) |
26 |
| Puerto Rico (PR) |
26 |
| Rwanda (RW) |
26 |
| Cote D'Ivoire (CI) |
24 |
| Jersey (JE) |
23 |
| Fiji (FJ) |
22 |
| Dominican Republic (DO) |
21 |
| Yemen (YE) |
19 |
| Albania (AL) |
18 |
| Gambia (GM) |
15 |
| Djibouti (DJ) |
15 |
| Panama (PA) |
14 |
| Kyrgyzstan (KG) |
14 |
| Guam (GU) |
14 |
| Honduras (HN) |
14 |
| Turkmenistan (TM) |
13 |
| Bahamas (BS) |
13 |
| Isle of Man (IM) |
12 |
| Northern Mariana Islands (MP) |
12 |
| Guatemala (GT) |
12 |
| El Salvador (SV) |
11 |
| Montenegro (ME) |
10 |
| Tajikistan (TJ) |
10 |
| Reunion (RE) |
9 |
| Benin (BJ) |
9 |
| Saint Lucia (LC) |
9 |
| Mozambique (MZ) |
8 |
| Papua New Guinea (PG) |
8 |
| Barbados (BB) |
8 |
| Aland Islands (AX) |
7 |
| Bolivia (BO) |
7 |
| Liberia (LR) |
7 |
| Gibraltar (GI) |
6 |
| Guernsey (GG) |
6 |
| Somalia (SO) |
6 |
| Uruguay (UY) |
6 |
| Belize (BZ) |
6 |
| Timor-Leste (TL) |
5 |
| Seychelles (SC) |
5 |
| Paraguay (PY) |
5 |
| Antigua and Barbuda (AG) |
5 |
| Swaziland (SZ) |
5 |
| Angola (AO) |
5 |
| Sierra Leone (SL) |
5 |
| Nicaragua (NI) |
5 |
| Haiti (HT) |
4 |
| Suriname (SR) |
4 |
| Martinique (MQ) |
4 |
| Liechtenstein (LI) |
4 |
| Niger (NE) |
4 |
| New Caledonia (NC) |
4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC) |
4 |
| Burkina Faso (BF) |
4 |
| Lesotho (LS) |
4 |
| Greenland (GL) |
3 |
| Faroe Islands (FO) |
3 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN) |
3 |
| Grenada (GD) |
3 |
| Sao Tome and Principe (ST) |
3 |
| Solomon Islands (SB) |
3 |
| Dominica (DM) |
3 |
| Mali (ML) |
3 |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the (CD) |
3 |
| Palau (PW) |
2 |
| Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI) |
2 |
| Anguilla (AI) |
2 |
| Guinea (GN) |
2 |
| Cayman Islands (KY) |
2 |
| Netherlands Antilles (AN) |
2 |
| Eritrea (ER) |
1 |
| Guadeloupe (GP) |
1 |
| Vanuatu (VU) |
1 |
| Gabon (GA) |
1 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (TC) |
1 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of (FM) |
1 |
| Bermuda (BM) |
1 |
| Guyana (GY) |
1 |
| Monaco (MC) |
1 |
| American Samoa (AS) |
1 |
| Virgin Islands, British (VG) |
1 |
| Tonga (TO) |
1 |
| Mauritania (MR) |
1 |
| Cuba (CU) |
1 |
| French Polynesia (PF) |
1 |
| Togo (TG) |
1 |
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4 Feb 2010 to 4 Feb 2011: 185,786 visits shown above (Google Analytics counts 212,981 visits over the same period)