About Our College

History and Mission

History

That Phanom College, Nakhon Phanom University, was originally named That Phanom Vocational College, founded on May 7, 1996, which was later merged into Nakhon Phanom University on September 2, 2005, announced in the Royal Gazette, Volume 122, Section 75ก, under the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Ministry of Education. Currently, it has an area of ​​69 rai, 2 ngan, 76 square wah, located at 457 Phanom Phanarak Road, That Phanom District, Nakhon Phanom Province.

On December 27, 2012, the Ministry of Education announced the Ministerial Regulation Establishing Nakhon Phanom University (No. 2) B.E. 2555 (2012), renaming it "That Phanom College." Vocational education is offered, comprising five vocational certificate programs: Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Accounting, and Business Computing; and five advanced vocational certificate programs: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Automation Engineering, Electronics and Robotics Engineering, Accounting, and Computer and Digital Marketing. At the tertiary level, four undergraduate programs are offered: the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Energy Engineering; the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Modern Business Management; the Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (B.I.I.) in Electrical Engineering; and the Bachelor of Accountancy (B.A.) (Continuing Education).

Philosophy

"Moral, academic, social, democratic"


Identity

"Language literate, technologically proficient, public-minded, and equipped with work skills"

Unique

"Community Creative College"

Mission

  • Produce graduates with important characteristics in self-development, awareness, and being quality social servants.
  • Produce research and innovation to create knowledge that is accepted nationally and internationally, and provide academic services to serve society.
  • Promote the conservation and restoration of arts and culture and develop human resources that respond to being a university serving society in the Northeast and the Mekong sub-region.
  • Enhance the quality of life of personnel and create an atmosphere conducive to teaching, research, and the university community.
  • Strengthen quality organizations, standardized management systems and good governance.

Objectives

  • Graduates possess key characteristics in self-development, awareness, and service to society.
  • To be a source of quality research and innovation, aiming to become a research-based university and a source of academic services serving society.
  • To play a prominent role in promoting the conservation and restoration of arts and culture, human resource development, community coexistence, and cultural management in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
  • To have a good quality of life for personnel in an environment conducive to teaching and research within the university community.
  • To be a quality organization with a standardized management system and good governance.