四 泰国私立高等教育商会

Association of Private Higher Education Institutions of Thailand

Under the Patronage of H.R.H Princess MahaChakriSirindhorn（APHEIT）

In Brief:

·         Established in 1979, a juristic entity by Thai law. The objectives are to promote cooperation and collaboration among private higher education institutions and other educational institutions at home and abroad.

·         The institutional purposes broadly speaking are to enhance the quality of educational services, including offering and seeking of advice from major sectors: government, business and industry with respect to the development of human resources that have essential skills and attitudes needed for the century.

·         Currently, APHEIT has sixty four (64) institutional members: 41 universities, 6 institutes, 17 colleges, accounting for almost 90 % of the total.

·         All private higher education institutions in Thailand are established and governed under the Private Higher Education Act.

·         In principle, the strategic focus of private higher education degree programs is on producing professionals in different fields in response to the business and industry’s demand for manpower, including the 10 target industries under the policy Thailand 4.0.

·         Proportion of undergraduate and post graduate degree programs: 70:30.

Medium of instruction: Thai, English, Chinese languages.

·         The APHEIT Office is physically located in the complex of the Office of Higher Education Commission (OHEC) in Bangkok.

·         website: www.apheit.org