Chulalongkorn University

Chulalongkorn University was founded by King Vajiravudh in 1917, the school is located in downtown Bangkok and promotes a number of events throughout the year, including Loy Krathong (a celebration of Full Moon Day in November) and the Chulalongkorn Academic Exhibition, which is considered to be one of the nation’s most important academic fairs. The school has given honorary degrees to Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela. Of its 38,900 students, 25,700 are undergraduates.

Chulalongkorn University is ranked among the world’s best for 20 of the subjects covered by the QS World University Rankings by Subject including several engineering disciplines, modern languages, chemistry, biological sciences, pharmacy and medicine.