[Uli]

In January every year, all data on studyinthailand.org are checked for validity. If you're surprised that it happens only once a year, please consider the enormous effort to search for relevant information on Thai university Web sites. All universities are offered to update their information at any time, but very few use this opportunity.

This time, 14 universities were deleted from the list, since a university only offering information in Thai language is assumed not to be interested in foreign students. Also those universities were deleted that don't differentiate on their Web sites between national and international programs, since then the English version of their Web site is considered a mere translation, rather than the description of their international program.

My apologies to all universities that still offer international programs, but don't make that fact clear on their Web sites. They may want to think about sense and target groups of their Web sites. In general, this Web site can only attract foreign students to any university if this university also offers a Web-based platform with further information, thus supporting the decision making process of a potential student.

If this does not happen, we don't need to advertise for this particular university.

A second issue that occurred during this update is the sometimes dramatic difference between the tuition fees for Thai students and those for foreign students in the international program, which makes one think why foreign students may have to pay up to double that much than Thai students. Do foreign students tend to steal the class room technology?

Or are they simply to stupid to compare prices?

By the way, it's not that we don't get any support of universities. There are nice and friendly emails asking us to publish special rates for Thai students, especially by an American university in Thailand. These special rates, aimed to get at least a few Thai students into their undergraduate programs booked only by foreigners, never appear on their own Web site, however. So, please forgive us that we don't want to act under the table.

Studyinthailand.org was opened with a central goal - to bring some transparency into the market of international programs at Thai universities.

It was opened in April 2008. That's not too long ago to forget our initial intentions...

Uli

[Uli]

The following universities were removed from this Web site since they don't offer international program information in English on their Web sites, or the information is so old that we consider it useless:

• Eastern Asia University
• Far Eastern University
• Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
• Kasetsart University
• Nakhon Sawan Rajabhat University
• Naresuan University
• RMUTL Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
• Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
• Suranaree University of Technology
• Thepsatri Rajabhat University
• Ubon Rachathanee University
• Udon Thani Rajabhat University
• Uttaradit Rajabhat University
• Yonok University

Furthermore Kasetsart University was removed since verfication of international undergraduate programs was impossible: Information is either outdated (Student Handbook 2007-2008, program brochure from 2006) or pages are infected with malicious code (as of 29.01.2010)

If you find something, or we miss an update of these university Web sites, please let us know!

Many thanks,
Uli

[Uli]

Already in March 2009, Stamford International University was removed from Studyinthailand.org due to newspaper reports about quality problems identified by ONESQA.

[Paul]

 


I'm surprised that Kasetsart University was removed. 

[Uli]

I'm surprised that Kasetsart University was removed. 

Have a look on their Web site, and you will understand that it makes no sense to forward anybody to it.

If any university, and may be it one of good name, is obviously not interested in attracting foreign students over the Web, we don't need to advertise it, do we?

When going there, its eventually our visitors who end up angry.

[Uli]

Have a look on their Web site, and you will understand that it makes no sense to forward anybody to it.

If any university, and may be it one of good name, is obviously not interested in attracting foreign students over the Web, we don't need to advertise it, do we?

When going there, its eventually our visitors who end up angry.

... but there are Thai university Web sites that are worse, much worse.

Imagine you are a foreigner who wants to get an overview of international programs offered at Thailand's so-called best university, Chulalongkorn University. Try it out... good luck!

Not only that Chula obviously cashes in on foreign students with surcharges of up to 100% over the tuition fees for Thai students, they also have the worst Web site when it comes to finding some information that I have ever seen.

Lots of the color pink, and sure lots of content - but the content is not linked in a way a visitor would look for it. I hope the lecturers at Chula are better than the amateurs who made their Web site.

[Paul]

 

Guide to International Programs (2006) : http://www.intaff.ku.ac.th/pdf/ku_inter_pr...m/interprog. pdf



International Students Handbook (2007-2008) : http://www.intaff.ku.ac.th/pdf/handbook/HANDBOOK. pdf





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It' s out of date.

[Uli]

It's out of date.

... any many nice pictures, but not even the tuition fees.

I just imagine I would be a visitor of studyinthailand.org. I go there to get easy access to information that helps me to make my decision. If studyinthailand.org forwards me to such information quality, I would say that studyinthailand.org is bullsh*t.

I don't want that.

As we all know, not all Thai universities are eager to get non-Asian students, some prefer students "who understand Thai culture" and stick to its rules.

Other universities are very eager to get their student body as internationally as possible - and for foreign students, this is sure a better place to study.

All the services we provide for Thai universities are free, so I think we have the right to say "not you, my friend" if there are doubts that we really can recommend studying there.

[Paul]

 




right.