Qualified university lecturers are always in high demand at Thai universities and colleges, much beyond the basic need of English teachers. Professors of all rank levels, Ph.D. holders, and Master degree holder with lots of experience are highly welcomed. To make the point clear: This does not include freshly graduated backpackers.
The traditional (and still most promising at many universities) way to apply for a lecturer position at a Thai university is by walking in and submitting your dossier. From our experience, a hint might be very necessary: Walking in in walking shorts, a colorful shirt and a fancy base cap is a waste of time. You won't ever hear from that university again. Don't shake your head about this advice, please - from our experience, more than 30% of lecturer applicants appear that way in university offices.
The table below shows all recruitment pages we could identify. Not every university opts to announce open position on its Web site. Some use common job data bases, others announce openings for foreign lecturers exclusively in Thai language, for what reason ever (may be showing off to their Thai stakeholders how much they try to get a qualified professor teaching in their program ...).
What salaries can you expect? Permanently employed salaries range from 27,000 to 32,000 baht (including housing allowance), on a freelance basis, the majority is around 800 to 1,100 baht per hour. Very few pay up to 2,500 baht per hour, but there's usually a reason connected to it why they have to pay so much more than others. (The 'hour' paid is the lecture hour. Grading, preparing and after-works are included, so is usually a later re-grading or re-examination. Make sure you ask when you will be paid - at the end of the month, the end of the semester, or even - it happened already - at the end of the academic year.)
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Please note that we cannot take any responsibility for the correctness of the data shown on this Web site. We try our very best, but we depend on universities, their Web sites, and fellow students and lecturers, to get updates when ever programs, conditions, or tuition fees change.