Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai University is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964 with a strong emphasis on engineering, science, and agriculture. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction. Its main campus lies between Chiang Mai downtown and Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province. The university was the first institute of higher education in Northern Thailand, and the first provincial university in Thailand. Chiang Mai University has four campuses, three of them in Chiang Mai and... one in Lamphun, which together cover about 3,490 acres of land. There are 18 housing complexes located on campus for students attending the university; 17 of them are on the main campus and one is on the Mae Hea campus The main university campus, known as Suan Sak campus or Cherng Doi , lies about five kilometres west of the city center. Set against Doi Suthep, the campus occupies a 725-acre site, bounded on three sides by main shopping streets and on the fourth by the Chiang Mai Zoo.
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