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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 C t f E ll E h t

• 9 Centers of Excellence. Each centers

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 i NRU 5 Malaysian 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

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– Local to – International

Eff i

• Effectiveness
• 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. R l h h

• Relevant research with socio‐economic

impact

• Cutting edge medical services

17% 25%

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

71 (distinctive and emerging) Competency Areas (2008 2012) Competency Areas (2008‐2012)

DC10

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DC1 DC10

r growt 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: 129,509,300 Foreign Sources: 211 965 444 University revenues: 97,272,260 211,965,444 Industrial Funding/investment: 138 359 047 Funding from Governmental 138,359,047 agencies: 1,129,131,465

Numbers of PublicationsU Alb

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Numbers of PublicationsU Alberta

96th 3620 staffs Nagoya U Georgia Tech 99th 4875 staffs U Freiburg g y 99th 1793 staffs 102nd 4578 staffs City U of Hong Kong 104th 992 staffs. Mahidol U U Malaya 5

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ff 156th 2613 staffs

Field‐Weighted Citation Impact

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

International Collaborations

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