Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University

คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่

Established| 1964

Parent institution

| Chiang Mai University
Dean| Asst. Prof. Thapin Patcharanurak
Students| 1,306 (Update 19 October 2022)[1]
Location|

Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai Province

Thailand

Colors| Cyan
Website| www.soc.cmu.ac.th

Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University (Thai: คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) was established together with the university, Faculty of humanities, and Faculty of Science on 18th of June 1964. The faculty has arranged undergraduate and graduate (Masters and PhDs) programs in both Thai and international programs.

## History

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Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University is located at the foothill of Doi Suthep, between Suthep and Huay Kaew Road, which is far from Chiang Mai city around 4 kilometers. The cabinet, in 1960, has agreed to the foundation of Chiang Mai University. According to the suggestion of the advisory committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, with only 75 students and 15 lecturers, is one of three faculties which have been established at that time. This faculty was educationally set up as a broad discipline instead of Faculty of Law which could scarcely find qualified personnel in that decade. In the early phase, there were five departments in the faculty including Department of Geography (the first Geography Department in Thailand), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Economics, Departments of Accountancy and Business Administration, and Department of Political Science. Several departments, however, have been departed from Faculty of Social Sciences as new faculties in last two decades.[2] Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, nowadays, composes of four departments including Geography, Sociology and Anthropology, Women's Studies, and Social Sciences and Development.

## Curriculum and Programs

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The faculty, currently, offers various bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in both Thai and international programs as detailed in the below table.

Bachelor's degree [3]

Master's degree [4]

Doctoral Degree [5]

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Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

* Geography

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

* Sociology and Anthropology
* ASEAN Studies
* Social Science and Sustainable Development (International Program)

Master of Science (M.S.)

* Geography and Geoinformatics

Master of Arts (M.A.)

* Sociology and Anthropology
* Social Science (Track of Women's Studies, Health Social Sciences, Ethnicity and Development)
* Social Science (International Program) (Track of Development Studies)
* Women's and Gender Studies (International Program)
* Political Economy (Multidisciplinary Program)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

* Geography (International Program)
* Sociology and Anthropology
* Social Science (International Program)
* Women's and Gender Studies (International Program)

## Center of Research and Academic Services

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The Center of Research and Academic Services collaborates with various centers and projects under faculty administration to support research, academic services, international exchange programs, and personnel activities. The faculty sets five research clusters based on research expertise, including 1) environment-disaster, forecasting technology and spatial/human impacts; 2) development/social changes, city, food security, health, labour and migration; 3) cultural studies, religion, ethnicity and Lanna studies; 4) women's and gender studies; and 5) regional studies (China, India, ASEAN, border studies, and transnationalism).[6]

### University-level Office

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* Chiang Mai University Research Ethics Committee (CMUREC)
* Indian Studies Center, Chiang Mai University (ISCCMU)

### Faculty-level Center

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* Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD)
* Geoinformatics and Space Technology Centre Northern Region (GISTNORTH)
* Chiang Mai University - Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management Academic Center (CMU-SLUSE)
* Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge Research Center for Sustainable Development (BIRD)
* Regional Center for Climate and Environmental Studies: RCCES
* Center for Ethnic Studies and Development (CESD)
* Women's Studies Center (WSC)
* China-Southeast Asia Studies Center (CSC)

## References

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1. ^ https://www3.reg.cmu.ac.th/mis-reg/misreport-new/student_9.php (in Thai)
2. ^ "ประวัติความเป็นมาของคณะสังคมศาสตร์". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
3. ^ "bachelor | คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่". soc.cmu.ac.th. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
4. ^ "master | คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่". soc.cmu.ac.th. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
5. ^ "Doctor | คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่". soc.cmu.ac.th. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
6. ^ "ศูนย์และโครงการในสังกัดคณะฯ | คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่". soc.cmu.ac.th. Retrieved 2015-05-15.

## Sources

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* Faculty of Social Sciences, CMU
* Department of Geography
* Department of Sociology and Anthropology
* Department of Women's Studies
* Department of Social Sciences and Development
* Center for Research and Academic Services
* Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University (RCSD)
* Doctor of Philosophy Program in Social Science[permanent dead link]

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States