| Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University | |
| Native Name: | คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่ |
| Established: | 1964 |
| Parent: | Chiang Mai University |
| Dean: | Asst. Prof. Thapin Patcharanurak |
| Students: | 1,306 (Update 19 October 2022)[1] |
| City: | Chiang Mai |
| State: | Chiang Mai Province |
| Country: | Thailand |
| Website: | www.soc.cmu.ac.th |
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University (Thai: คณะสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) was established together with the university, Faculty of humanities, and Faculty of Science on 18th of June 1964. The faculty has arranged undergraduate and graduate (Masters and PhDs) programs in both Thai and international programs.
Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University is located at the foothill of Doi Suthep, between Suthep and Huay Kaew Road, which is far from Chiang Mai city around 4 kilometers. The cabinet, in 1960, has agreed to the foundation of Chiang Mai University. According to the suggestion of the advisory committee, Faculty of Social Sciences, with only 75 students and 15 lecturers, is one of three faculties which have been established at that time. This faculty was educationally set up as a broad discipline instead of Faculty of Law which could scarcely find qualified personnel in that decade. In the early phase, there were five departments in the faculty including Department of Geography (the first Geography Department in Thailand), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Economics, Departments of Accountancy and Business Administration, and Department of Political Science. Several departments, however, have been departed from Faculty of Social Sciences as new faculties in last two decades.[2] Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, nowadays, composes of four departments including Geography, Sociology and Anthropology, Women's Studies, and Social Sciences and Development.
The faculty, currently, offers various bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in both Thai and international programs as detailed in the below table.
The Center of Research and Academic Services collaborates with various centers and projects under faculty administration to support research, academic services, international exchange programs, and personnel activities. The faculty sets five research clusters based on research expertise, including 1) environment-disaster, forecasting technology and spatial/human impacts; 2) development/social changes, city, food security, health, labour and migration; 3) cultural studies, religion, ethnicity and Lanna studies; 4) women's and gender studies; and 5) regional studies (China, India, ASEAN, border studies, and transnationalism).[3]