About Us

We started this Web site with developing homepage and first forums on April 12, 2008.

We want to promote studying in Thailand worldwide.

Who we are

'We', that is a quite large group of people. All of them are either students or lecturers in an international program at a Thai university, currently from Burapha University, Eastern Asia University, and Ramkhamhaeng University, supported by several lecturers at U.S. and European universities who conduct courses in Thailand on a regular basis.

This group permanently changes since studyinthailand.org also serves as a 'dummy company' in several courses to introduce target group-oriented Web design, online journalism, non-profit marketing, multimedia technologies, project management and corporate design.

Any group with good intentions should not remain anonymous. Initiator and public face of this project is , since 2002 adjunct professor at the Institute of International Studies (IIS-RU), Ramkhamhaeng University, and since 2005, visiting professor at Burapha University International
College (BUUIC) in Bang Saen, Chonburi province. His major research interest is higher education management and marketing.

Why do we run this web site?

Not too long ago, any foreign student or lecturer in Thailand was far away and thinking about studying or working elsewhere. We, the team running this project, landed in Thailand. Some had a very soft landing since they were properly prepared for the experiences to make here, and some landed a bit harder.

Until now, there was little chance to make a concious decision where and what to study. Thai university Web sites address mainly Thai students, and if one managed to get an email contact to a current student in Thailand, this student could only report about the own experiences, rather than giving a good and reliable overview of the options available.

That is what we want to change. As different Thai students have different motivations to choose a particular program, foreign students have different expectations and motives to study abroad in general, an Thailand in particular.

To make a good decision in order to get the most out of it, you at least need to know the options. We will explain them and hope, this way, to enable you for making the one decision that is best for you and your future.

Why do we run a forum as well?

Students from numerous countries and cultures study in Thailand every year. There is little chance, if any, to learn about the experiences from other students of a different or even of one's own culture. We think, it needs a place to meet.

Unfortunately, most Web sites of Thai universities (international programs at these universities are not an exception) are not made to inform future students. They are made by IT or multimedia students or staff targetting to impress the own superious. If you visit some of these Web site, you may recognize how many of them begin with a photograph of the president, the vision, the mission, and the goals of the university. That is not what we call 'customer centered'.

Communication in Thai society is very much rule-based. The most important rule is always to speak nicely. Thais themselves well understand to read between the lines, but foreigners don't.

We hope that intense discussion between students and lecturers of different programs will make strengths, weaknesses, and differences between the many available programs more transparent than they are today.

Since there are no measurable criteria commonly agreed, we cannot say that one program is better or worse than the other. It depends very much on you, which program is best for you. This forum offers you to get in touch with studens and lecturers of those programs that remain on your short list when choosing a program.

We are not:

• ...in any agent business that might get money from anybody if you study in Thailand or at a certain institution.
• ...affiliated with any university, college, company, or other institution, neither in Thailand nor elsewhere.
• ...affiliated with the Royal Thai Ministry of Education, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, or any other public institution.

We just run a private Web site trying to serve information needs in an independent way.

What about you?

Do you like this idea and want to support it? You are very welcome! Just visit our Support page. If you want to contribute information and photographs of your international program, please visit the Submit page.

Thank you for visiting Study In Thailand.org!
Ulrich Werner

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