Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University (PSRU.) is a
university in
Phitsanulok Province,
Thailand.
The institute was upgraded to a university on 14 June 2004.
History
The university was first established in 1926 as a teacher training school under the Royal Thai government's Primary School Act of 1921. King
Rama VII bestowed the name Phitsanuwittayayon School and attended the opening on 7 January 1926, accompanied by Queen
Ramphaiphanni
Queen Rambai Barni ( th, รำไพพรรณี, , ), formerly Princess Rambai Barni Svastivatana ( th, รำไพพรรณี สวัสดิวัตน์, ; born 20 December 1904 – 22 May 1984), was the wife and queen cons ...
. The school offered two years of training to Thai students who desired to become teachers in government schools.
A separate women's teacher training institution opened in 1933, and in 1956 both were combined to create Pibulsongkram Teachers College, named for then Prime Minister Field Marshal
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram ( th, แปลก พิบูลสงคราม ; alternatively transcribed as ''Pibulsongkram'' or ''Pibulsonggram''; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. ( th, จอมพล ...
. The teachers college began offering a bachelor of education degree in 1976. In 1981 it moved from its original sites on the
Nan River to a new campus outside the city in Thung Thalaykaew.
The Education Act of 1984 allowed Pibulsongkram to offer degrees in other fields than education. On 14 February 1992 King
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) bestowed the new name of
Rajabhat Institute
The Rajabhat Universities (, ) mean normal universities in Thailand.
They were formerly called ''Rajabhat Institutes'' and originally formed the teachers college system. In 2005, King Bhumibol Adulyadej collectively elevated them to be universit ...
Pibulsongkram. The institute was upgraded to a university on 14 June 2004 when the king gave his approval to the 2004 Rajabhat University Act.
Faculties
The university offers degrees in six faculties: education, humanities and social science, management, industrial technology, science and technology, and agricultural technology.
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Management Science
* Faculty of Science and Technology
* Faculty of Food and Agricultural Technology
* Faculty of Industrial Technology
* Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
* College of Local Management and Development
* College of Nursing
* Graduate School
File:Pibulsongkram Uni1.jpg, Faculty of Food and Agricultural Technology.
File:Pibulsongkram Uni2.jpg, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science.
File:Pibulsongkram Uni3.jpg, Faculty of Industrial Technology.
File:Pibulsongkram Uni4.jpg, College of local Management and development.
File:Pibulsongkram Uni5.jpg, Faculty of Management Science.
References
External links
Official site
Universities in Thailand
Educational institutions established in 1921
Phitsanulok
Buildings and structures in Phitsanulok province
1921 establishments in Siam
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