King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL or KMIT Ladkrabang for short) is a research and educational institution in

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. It is situated in

Lat Krabang District Lat Krabang ( th, ลาดกระบัง, ) is one of the eastern districts of Bangkok. Geography & history Lat Krabang (literally translating to "slope of shield") is a second largest district of Bangkok (the first one is neighbouring distr ...

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approximately 30 km east of the city center. The university consists of nine faculties: engineering, architecture, science, industrial education and technology, agricultural technology, information technology, food industry, liberal arts, and medicine.

History

KMITL was founded in 1960 in Nonthaburi province as a

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training center under the technical support of the Japanese

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; the center was later named the Nonthaburi Institute of Telecommunications. After moving to a new location at

Lat Krabang Lat Krabang ( th, ลาดกระบัง, ) is one of the eastern districts of Bangkok. Geography & history Lat Krabang (literally translating to "slope of shield") is a second largest district of Bangkok (the first one is neighbouring distr ...

near Suvarnabhumi Airport, the campus became King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang.

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began at KMITL in 1960 with a course on telecommunications engineering. Since a technical cooperation agreement (August 1960-August 1965) was reached between the Japanese and Thai governments in 1960 to establish a telecommunications training center in Thailand, Japan has continued the cooperation over the course of 40 years. The telecommunications training center became a three-year specialty

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in 1964, and then in 1971 joined two other colleges and rose to the ranks of an institute of technology. Part of the school moved to the Ladkrabang campus, and architecture, industrial education/science, and agricultural technology departments were established. On the Japanese side,

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(1977),

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(1992) and

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(1997) concluded academic exchange agreements with the school and assisted with such things as the expansion of the university, human resource development and research promotion as part of second phase (December 1978-August 1983) and third phase (April 1988-March 1993) “Project-type Technical Cooperation” projects. A Japanese corporation funded scholarship system was established (1971), as well as practical factory-based training (1977), a construction scholarship system (1989), etc. Thus, actual cooperation activities involving linkages with industry as well as things like the start of an invitation program to the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy and a human resource exchange with a public institution were promoted. In 1982 KMITL launched the nation's first

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in electrical engineering and awarded a doctorate in electrical engineering to Dr. Chom Kimpan, who also earned the first

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granted by a Thai university. Through the “

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” (1992), using a satellite launched by Japan, there were joint experiments in applied technology (areas such as distance medicine, distance education, computer networking, satellite broadcast, and joint development of a human resource training system using distance education, as well as the implementation of a continuation project called the “ Post-Partners Project” (1996). Besides this, as using the developed skills and facilities for the benefit of other developing countries,

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has been active in supporting KMITL in organizing “third-country training” in information technology (started in 1978; presently known as the Japan-Thai Partnership Program, JTTP; having completed 11 programs with 13 courses established), dispatched KMITL professors to the engineering department of National University of Laos and supported KMITL’s acceptance of research students from universities in Laos. More recently KMITL has partnered with

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, a joint effort among

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, KMITL and SIIT to offer international master's degree in Automotive Engineering. From its inception, KMITL has grown to include seven faculties and affiliated research centers. At present, KMITL has been recognized as one of the science and technology universities in Thailand. This could be because of Japan’s long-term and ongoing assistance; comprehensive assistance to the university, industry and each level of government; the significant influence of early graduates of study abroad programs in Japan. In the future, one can expect continued development through KMITL’s participation in the Southeast Asia Engineering Education Network ( SEED-NET) and strengthening of links with other higher education institutions. In 2017, Carnegie Mellon University set up a joint institute with KMITL with the support of the Office of the Higher Education Commission. This was named CMKL University and first opened for student admissions in the 2018 academic year.

Faculties and departments

*School of Graduate Studies *International College
KMITL Business School (KBS)

International Programs
***Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Business Administration ***Master of Business Administration ***Bachelor of Business Administration ***Bachelor of Business Administration, Global Entrepreneur **Business Administration ***Innovative Industrial Management ***Management and Innovative Entrepreneurship ***Global Entrepreneur ***Industrial Business Administration **Business Economics and Management *Faculty of

**Department of

Agricultural Engineering Agricultural engineering, also known as agricultural and biosystems engineering, is the field of study and application of engineering science and designs principles for agriculture purposes, combining the various disciplines of mechanical, civil, ...

**Department of

Biomedical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

**Department of

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials int ...

**Department of

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

**Department of Computer Engineering **Department of Electrical Engineering **Department of Electronics Engineering **Department of Food Engineering **Department of

Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information a ...

**Department of

Instrumentation Engineering Instrumentation a collective term for measuring instruments that are used for indicating, measuring and recording physical quantities. The term has its origins in the art and science of scientific instrument-making. Instrumentation can refer to ...

**Department of

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...

**Department of

Telecommunication Engineering Telecommunications Engineering is a subfield of electrical engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication enginee ...

*Faculty of

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

**Department of

**Department of Interior Architecture **Department of Industrial Design *** Industrial Design *** 3D-Based Communication Design **Department of

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*** Communication Design *** Film and

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Photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

**Department of Fine Arts ***

Painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

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Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

*** Printmaking **Department of

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and Environmental Planning *Faculty of

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

**Department of

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

**Department of Chemistry **Department of

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

**Department of Mathematics **Department of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

**Department of Statistics *Faculty of Industrial Education **Department of Engineering Education **Department of Architecture Education **Department of Agricultural Education **Department of Industrial Education **Department of Language and Social ***

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*Faculty of Agricultural Technology **Department of Agronomy **Department of

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Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of Data (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...

*Faculty of International College **Department of

Software Engineering Software engineering is a systematic engineering approach to software development. A software engineer is a person who applies the principles of software engineering to design, develop, maintain, test, and evaluate computer software. The term '' ...

**Department of

Engineering and Technology Management Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

*College of Advanced Manufacturing Innovation (AMI) * Faculty of Medicine

Centers and services

Research Center for Communication and Information Technology ( ReCCIT)

The KMITL Research Center for Communication and Information Technology ( ReCCIT) project is the fourth “project-type technical cooperation” project implemented at KMITL and has as its goals strengthening the center’s research and development capacity and the graduate school program. The implementing partner organizations are the Ministry of University Affairs, KMITL, and a Japan-based advisory committee (

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or formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications;

;

) has been established. Through the dispatch of experts in information technology, technical training of overseas participants, provision of research and educational equipment, the goals of the project are being pursued: * establishment of an information technology research center * strengthening of graduate school programs in the field of information technology at the Center and other research labs that are the targets of the cooperation. Through these research facilities, KMITL maintains creative partnerships with government and private industry.

Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Data Storage Technology and Applications

The I/UCRC in Data Storage Technology and Applications or iDSTA is formed under partnership between KMITL and NECTEC under the Thailand's Hard Disk Drive Competitiveness Enhancement Program. The aim is to increase research and development activities in this area and to enhance cooperation among researchers and between the researchers and the HDD industry in Thailand. *Advanced Research Center for Photonics *Nanotechnology Research Center (in co-operation with NANOTECH of NSTDA) *Business Incubator Center *Electronics Research Center *Computer Research and Service Center *Electrical and Electronic Products Testing Center (PTEC) established under the co-operation of NSTDA and KMITL *Engineering Service and Development Center *Scientific Instruments Service Centre (SISC) *Engineering Research Park

Campuses

*King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang *King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Prince of Chumphon Campus

Notable faculty and alumni

* Pakorn Peetathawatchai - President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand * Sumeth Damrongchaitham - CEO and President, Thai Airways * Punya Thitimajshima, co-inventor of

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-approaching code and the recipient of the 1998

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Information Theory Society Golden Jubilee Award and Former Professor of Telecommunication Engineering, KMITL * Pirada Techavijit, first Thai to space, selected by Axe Apollo Space Academy * Saravoot Yoovidhya, youngest son of tycoon

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and Managing Director of The Red Bull Beverage Co., Ltd. * Suchatvee Suwansawat, MIT Alumni; dean of KMITL Engineering and Professor, Chairman of the Board, National Housing Authority; president of Engineering Institute of Thailand, KMITL President * Wanpracha Chaovalitwongse, Professor of Industrial Engineering, 21st Century Leadership Chair in Engineering, and Co-Director of the Institute of Advanced Data Analytics., The University of Arkansas, USA * Agachai Sumalee, APEC Science Prize winner, professor of Civil and Transportation Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China * Thanwa Laohasiriwong, former IBM Country General Manager * Vatsun Thirapatarapong, managing director for Cisco (Thailand) * Chaiwat Kovavisarach, CEO, Bangchak Petroleum Public Company * Pitipan Tepartimargorn, COO and senior executive vice president at PTT Public Co. Ltd * Bundit Sapienchai, senior executive vice president at Bangchak Petroleum Public Co., Ltd * Itti Palangkool, pop rock singer during the 1990s *

Kongdej Jaturanrasamee Kongdej Jaturanrasamee ( th, คงเดช จาตุรันต์รัศมี, born 1972) is a Thai screenwriter, film director and former musician. His screenplays include ''The Letter (2004 film), The Letter'', ''Tom-Yum-Goong (film), ...

, Thai screenwriter and film director * Wibool Piyawattanametha, "Top 40 Under 40 Young Scientist" selected by the

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* Sermsak Jaruwatanadilok, NASA scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory * Dusit Niyato, Professor of Computer Science, School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) and School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) at the Nanyang Technological University and a Fellow of IEEE. *

Yaowalak Traisurat Yaowalak Traisurat ( th, เยาวลักษณ์ ไตรสุรัตน์; born 1 March 1984), nicknamed Jiab ( th, เจี๊ยบ) is a beauty queen from Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, who won the Miss Thailand Universe pageant ...

, Miss Thailand Universe 2003 * Kokaew Pikulthong, former member of Parliament and leader of

National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship The United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) ( th, แนวร่วมประชาธิปไตยต่อต้านเผด็จการแห่งชาติ; นปช., alternatively translated as National Demo ...

* Songkarn Chitsuthipakorn, former member of Parliament *

, screenwriter and film director * Somsak Thepsutin, former vice leader of the Thai Rak Thai Party and former deputy prime minister, former Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, and former Minister of Industry * Srimuang Charoensiri, former Minister of Education and senator * Putthi Tulayathun, vice president, Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) * Chaiyot Piyawannara, president and country manager, ABB (Thailand) * Pimuk Simaroj, president of SUSCO Dealers Ltd, former Member of Parliament and Deputy Spokesperson of Thai Rak Thai Party * Anusorn Kraiwatnussorn, former Member of Parliament and Vice Minister of Labour * Somsak Phurisrisak, Minister of Tourism and Sports, Former Governor of Suphan Buri * Songsak Premsuk, managing director of Voice TV * Samai Anuwatkasem, Chairman of the Board of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority * Nath Vongpanich - CEO of Central Familymart Company Limited * Yongkiat Kitaphanich - CEO and Executive Director, Somboon Advance Technology PCL * Kitisak Sriprasert - CEO and President of

CAT Telecom CAT Telecom Public Company Limited ( th, บริษัท กสท โทรคมนาคม จำกัด (มหาชน)) is the state-owned company that runs Thailand’s international telecommunications infrastructure, including its ...

* Jirayuth Rungsritong - Former CEO and President of

* Arnon Tubtiang - Former CEO of TOT Public Company * Nopporn Witoonchart - CEO and Co-founder of Siam Future Development * Pongchai Amatanon - CEO and Founder of Forth Corporation * Polsak Lertputipinyo - CEO and Co-Founder, Stars Microelectronics (Thailand) PCL * Pairash Thajchayapong - 2005 PICMET Leadership in Technology Management Award Recipient, Outstanding Scientist of 1991, former C11 Professor of Computer Engineering, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, President of the National Science & Technology Development Agency ( NSTDA), and former KMITL Rector * Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom -

Fellow, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Former President of Mahanakorn University of Technology, former Professor of Electronics Engineering and former Dean of the School of Engineering and of Graduate Studies * Sujate Jantarang - President of Mahanakorn University of Technology * Chalermek Intanagonwiwat - Computer Scientist known for his work on directed diffusion * Wanchat Padungrat - Founder of Pantip.com * Chusak Limsakul - President of

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* Jareerat Petsom - Environmental advocate, host, director, scriptwriter and beauty pageant titleholder won Miss Earth Thailand 2021 and Miss Earth - Fire 2021

Sister universities

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** National Formosa University

References

External links

King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Official Website
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