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Thai Universities as World Class Thai Universities as World Class Universities Prasit Palittapongarnpim, M.D. g VP Research

Previous Initiatives to Improve Thai Universities • National Research Universities Program of OHEC – Total budgets of 167 m USD for 9 universities. • 9 Centers of Excellence. Each centers 9 C t f E ll E h t become a focal point for each particular subject area for several universities, up to >20, mostly for post‐graduate programs. , y p g p g

Journal Count Thai Universities

Comparisons of Publication Outputs from Universities in Singapore Malaysia and Thailand in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand Singapore 5 M l 5 Malaysian NRU i NRU MU&CU

OHEC World Class University Initiative OHEC World Class University Initiative. • First proposal is already agreed by OHEC – appointed working group. pp g g p • Based mainly on Salmi’s concepts of talents, resources and governance resources and governance. • Further development require approval of OHEC and government.

What is a World Class University (WCU)? What is a World Class University (WCU)? • Reputation (in all areas) from ( ) – Local to – International • Effectiveness Eff i • Efficiency

Expectations to Mahidol University Expectations to Mahidol University • Educations to the next generations. • Excellent research: being competitive in Excellent research: being competitive in academic arena. • Relevant research with socio‐economic R l h h impact • Cutting edge medical services

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Mahidol University (2009 2013) Mahidol University (2009 ‐ 2013)

71 (distinctive and emerging) Competency Areas (2008 2012) Competency Areas (2008 ‐ 2012) th DC10 DC10 r growt DC1 Highe Higher relative share

Lists of competency areas Lists of competency areas

Collaboration Collaboration

Sources of R&D Expenditure of Mahidol University 2013 Government Budget: Foreign Sources: 129,509,300 211,965,444 211 965 444 University revenues: 97,272,260 Industrial Funding/investment: 138 359 047 138,359,047 Funding from Governmental agencies: 1,129,131,465

Numbers of Publications U Alb Numbers of Publications U Alberta t 96 th 3620 staffs Georgia Tech 99 th 4875 staffs Nagoya U g y 99 th 1793 staffs U Freiburg 102 nd 4578 staffs City U of Hong Kong Mahidol U 104 th 992 staffs. U Malaya 156 th 2613 staffs 5 ff h

Field ‐ Weighted Citation Impact Georgia Tech 99 th 4875 staffs U Freiburg 102 nd 4578 staffs U Alberta 96 th 3620 staffs City U of Hong Kong 104 th 992 staffs. Nagoya U Nagoya U 99 th 1793 staffs Mahidol U U Malaya 156 th 2613 staffs 156 2613 staffs

International Collaborations City U of Hong Kong 104 th 992 staffs. U Freiburg 102 nd 4578 staffs Mahidol U U Alberta U Malaya 156 th 2613 staffs 96 th 3620 staffs 96 3620 staffs 156 2613 staffs Nagoya U 99 th 1793 staffs Georgia Tech 99 th 4875 staffs

In order to be top 100 In order to be top 100 • In order to be top 100 U, Mahidol University may need to double annual publication rates y p to 4000/y and increase the field‐weighted citation from about 1 0 to 1 3‐1 4 that is citation from about 1.0 to 1.3 1.4, that is well above world average. • This cannot be done incrementally. • For Thai Universities to become world‐class, For Thai Universities to become world class, some disruptive changes may be needed.