University of Idaho - Fall 2022

Statistics 221, Chapter 1 Essay

Professor Weatherford, Section 5

September 28, 2022

Kasetsart University (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์; RTGS: Mahawitthayalai

Kasetsat; commonly Kaset or KU) is a public research university in Bangkok, Thailand. It is

the largest university in Thailand.

Class Date: 9/11/2024

Teacher’s Note: Strong argument, but consider alternative perspectives.

GENERIC CONTENT:

## Findings (List)

- It was Thailand's first agricultural university and Thailand's third oldest university.

- It was established on 2 February 1943 to promote subjects related to agricultural science.

## Background

Since then, Kasetsart University has expanded its subject areas to cover life sciences,

science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities. Kasetsart University's main campus is
in Bangkhen, northern Bangkok, with several other campuses throughout Thailand.

## Analysis (List)

- == History ==

In 1902, King Chulalongkorn attempted to promote the country's silk, silverware, and

weaving industries.

- He hired Dr Kametaro Toyama, from the University of Tokyo, to train Siamese students in

Japanese silk and weaving crafts.

- In 1904, the School of Sericulture was founded at Tambon Thung Saladaeng, Bangkok by

Prince Benbadhanabongse, the director of the department of sericulture of the Ministry of

Agriculture.

- The school was renamed the School of Agriculture in 1906.

- In 1908, the School of the Ministry of Agriculture was founded at Windsor Palace as the

Ministry of Agriculture merged three schools, the School of Surveying (founded in 1882),

the School of Irrigation (founded in 1905), and the School of Agriculture.

## Conclusion

Thailand's first tertiary-level agriculture curriculum began to offer courses in 1909.

However, the Siamese government merged the School of the Ministry of Agriculture with

the Civil Service College in 1913, due to the objective of founding the school meets the royal

initiative of establishment the Civil Service College of King Vajiravudh.

In 1917, Phraya Thepsartsatit and Chaophraya Thammasakmontri of the Ministry of

Education founded the first primary school of agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture,

named the Primary School Agriculture Teacher Training School in Tambon Horwang. It

moved to Tambon Phra Prathon, Nakhon Pathom Province in 1918.

## Findings (List)

- In 1931, Prince Sithiporn Kridakara and Chaophraya Thammasakmontri together

expanded the school regionally.

- In the central region, a campus was located in Saraburi Province, in the northern region in

Chiang Mai Province, in the northeastern region in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, and in the

southern region in Songkhla Province.

- In 1935, the Primary School Agriculture Teacher Training School in each part of the

country was closed and merged following the agricultural education policy in that time.

- Luang Ingkhasikasikan, Luang Suwan Vajokkasikij, and Phra Chuangkasetsinlapakan

together proposed to maintain the Mae Jo School (today's Mae Jo University) at Chiang Mai

Province only and renamed it Secondary-level Agriculture Technical School before it was

elevated to the College of Agriculture, under the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

## Background

The Ministry of Agriculture established the Central Agriculture Station or "Kaset Klang", in

Bang Khen District, Bangkok. It caused the College of Agriculture to move to Bang Khen
District in 1938 and the government office at Chiang Mai Province became Kasetsart

Preparatory School to prepare students to study at the College of Agriculture in Bang Khen.

## Analysis

In 1943, Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram promoted the College of Agriculture and

established Kasetsart University as a department of the Ministry of Agriculture. The

university initially consisted of four faculties: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and

cooperatives (today's divided into Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Business

Administration). In 1966, Mom Luang Xujati Kambhu, the Fifth President of Kasetsart

University, judged the Bang Khen campus too confined and unable to support the education

in agricultural sciences called for by the National Social and Economics Development Plan.

The Kamphaeng Saen campus was established on 12 November 1979 as a result.

## Conclusion

The university further expanded by establishing Sriracha campus, Chalermphrakiat Sakon

Nakhon Province campus, Suphan Buri campus, Krabi campus and Lopburi campus. The

university already established Si Racha campus in 1989 and the Chalermphrakiat Sakon

Nakhon Province campus on 15 August 1996. On 18 July 2015, the Kasetsart University Act

B.E.

## Discussion

2558 (2015) transformed it from a public university to a national university. == Symbols ==

Kasetsart University's symbol is Phra Phirun, the god of rain mounted on a Nāga with

encircled by lotus petals and then by the words "มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ พ.ศ. ๒๔๘๖"

in the Thai version and "KASETSART UNIVERSITY 1943" in the English version.

## Findings (List)

- === Nontri tree ===

The Nontri tree has been a symbol of Kasetsart University since 1963.

- King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit planted nine nontri trees in the front of

Kasetsart University's main auditorium on 29 November 1963 which became historic day

for Kasetsart University people.

- The nontri is a tree in the family Fabaceae.

## Background (List)

- It is a long-lived evergreen with grey-brown bark with upright branches.

- The leaves are bipinnate compound and the flowers are yellow, produced in large

compound racemes.

- Its fruit is a pod containing seeds.

- == Organization ==
=== Bangkhen ===

Kasetsart University occupies 846 rai (135.4 ha; 334 acres) in Chatuchak District, Bangkok.

## Analysis

Located near the Kasetsart University BTS station. === Kamphaeng Saen Campus ===

The Kamphaeng Saen Campus is the first and largest branch of Kasetsart University

established in 1979.

## Conclusion

The campus is situated in Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Pathom Province with the area

of 7,951.75 rai (1272 hectares). === Sriracha Campus ===

The Sriracha Campus was established in 1988, and occupies an area of 199 rai (32 hectares)

in the Si Racha District of Chonburi Province.

References / Works Cited:

1. Wikipedia (n.d.). Retrieved from https://wikipedia.org/

2. Random Book Title (2022). Academic Publishing House.