The Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University () is a medical school in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
in
Khlong Luang District,
Pathum Thani Province. It is the eleventh faculty of
Thammasat University
Thammasat University (Abbreviation, Abrv: TU th, มธ.; th, มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์, , ) is a public research university in Thailand with campuses in Tha Phra Chan area of Phra Nakhon District near the ...
and ninth medical school set up in Thailand.
History
Thammasat University laid plans to build a faculty to teach medicine in 1979. The project was initiated in 1986 when the construction of Thammasat University Hospital was started. The council of the university then approved the construction of a Faculty of Medicine in August 1988, followed by cabinet approval on 30 January 1990 and finally by royal decree of
King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...
on 19 March 1990.
In the 2018 academic year, Thammasat accepted a total of 170 students for the MD course, separated into 105 students under the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctor (CPIRD) and 65 students under the Consortium of Thai Medical Schools Examination (กสพท). In the same year, the faculty also accepted 30 students for the
BSc. Applied
Thai Traditional Medicine course.
Departments
* Preclinical Science
** Department of Anatomy
** Department of Physiology
** Department of Parasitology
** Department of Pharmacology
** Department of Microbiology and Immunity
** Department of Biochemistry
** Department of Cell Biology
** Department of Molecular Genetics and Medical Molecular Biology
* Clinical Science
** Department of Medicine
** Department of Paediatrics
** Department of Surgery
** Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
** Department of Orthopaedics
** Department of Anaesthesiology
** Department of Otolaryngology
** Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
** Department of Emergency Medicine
** Department of Radiology
** Department of Ophthalmology
** Department of Pathology and Forensic Science
** Department of Psychiatry
** Department of Epidemiology
* Community Medicine and Family Medicine Center
* Graduate School
** Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
* Applied Thai Traditional Medicine Center
Teaching hospitals
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Thammasat University Hospital
Thammasat University Hospital ( th, โรงพยาบาลธรรมศาสตร์เฉลิมพระเกียรติ; ) is a public hospital subsidiary to the Office of the Rector, Thammasat University, Ministry of Education. ...
*
Saraburi Hospital
Saraburi Hospital () is the main hospital of Saraburi Province, Thailand and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine of Th ...
(CPIRD)
*
Chumphon Khet Udomsakdi Hospital
Chumphon ( th, ชุมพร, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and Mueang Chumphon District. The city is about 463 kilometers (288 miles) from Bangkok. As of 2005 it had a population of ...
( th, โรงพยาบาลชุมพรเขตอุดมศักดิ์, ) (CPIRD)
*
Surat Thani Hospital
Surat Thani Hospital () is the main hospital of Surat Thani Province, Thailand. It is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the Faculty of Medicine ...
(CPIRD)
*
Buddhasothorn Hospital (CPIRD)
See also
*
List of medical schools in Thailand
Medical education in Thailand was pioneered by King Chulalongkorn, who founded the country's first medical school called the "School of Medical Practitioners" at Siriraj Hospital in 1889, now the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Univer ...
References
* Article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia
{{Medical schools in Thailand
Thammasat University
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