Khon Kaen University Rankings and Awards

Quality Assurance Development “Towards Excellence Development” of Khon Kaen University

Khon Kaen University has developed in the field of educational quality assurance for a long time and continuously until it is accepted that “Khon Kaen University is a leader in developing a strong educational quality assurance system.” With continuous operations in accordance with the guidelines of the Office of the Higher Education Commission, development “Quality Assurance for Excellent Development” It began in the academic year 1996, which was a preparation for the relevant practices and began to assess the quality of internal education. “The first time in the academic year 1997” and inspected the quality of education for the 2nd time in the academic year 2001 and the academic year 2003, which was carried out every 2 years (2 Year Cycle), in the form of checking items or Check list” Whether the operation is complete according to the criteria or not

Academic year 2003  The University has started developing indicators and criteria for internal quality assessment of the University to be consistent with the context of the University and the Faculty, consisting of 7 components and 47 indicators, and announced them for use in the academic year 2004 until the academic year 2006.

Academic year 2006 The university has started to develop a quality assurance system integrated with the Public Sector Management Quality Aword (PMQA). This is the first year that the university has prepared a certification of performance between the President of Khon Kaen University and the Secretary-General of the Office of the Higher Education Commission in order to develop and upgrade the Thai civil service system by the Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) (Khon Kaen University Quality Assurance Manual, Academic Year 2006). The indicators are set to be consistent with Section 7, Results of Operations according to the PMQA criteria, consisting of 67 faculty-level indicators, 26 support unit-level indicators, and the operation has continued until the academic year 2009.

Academic year 2010 The Office of the Higher Education Commission has announced the criteria for educational quality for excellent performance (2009-2010 edition) with the aim of raising the quality of Thai higher education to be on par with and internationally recognized as a framework for the management of higher education institutions for quality. Universities have begun to learn and apply these criteria by analyzing organizational structures and monitoring operational results.

Academic year 2015  The University Council has a policy to use the Education Criteria for Performance Excellence (EdPEx) at the institutional and faculty levels (the curriculum level specifies the curriculum standard criteria or other criteria that are comparable internationally). Therefore, it is the beginning of serious educational quality development by creating a strategic plan for quality development towards excellence, consisting of (1) creating knowledge and understanding for administrators at all levels (2) self-assessment using the EdPEx criteria (3) creating a quality development plan (4) writing a self-assessment report (5) internal quality assessment using the EdPEx criteria (6) exchanging knowledge.

Academic year 2016  Khon Kaen University has promoted and supported faculties to participate in the EdPEx 200 project of the Office of the Higher Education Commission, batches 1 to 10, resulting in 13 faculties being considered to participate in the project.

Academic year 2018  Khon Kaen University received an award Thailand Quality Class (TQC) It is the first university in the country to receive this award at the university level.” After that, there was promotion and support for the group that passed. EdPEx 200 also applied for the award, making the Faculty of Medicine receive the award in 2021. TQC  and the Faculty of Dentistry received an award TQC Plus side People  And this resulted in Assoc. Prof. Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat, who was the dean at that time, receiving the award. Leadership Excellence Award  2023 from the selection of the National Quality Award Committee under the National Productivity Institute, awarded to the highest executive of the organization who drives the organization to continuously use the National Quality Award criteria, resulting in excellent performance, until receiving the award. Thailand Quality Class Plus  And followed by the Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, received the award. TQC In 2024 “This is a success for Khon Kaen University in pushing for continuous development of educational quality.”

Development of Khon Kaen University in terms of world university rankings with sustainable development goals

(KKU's Sustainable Development Goals)

Khon Kaen University has a commitment to create social contribution with the value of social devotion and has developed academic service strategies to create social benefits and has been ranked in THE Impact Ranking since 2019.

In the first year of the ranking, Khon Kaen University ranked 1st in the country in 2019 and 2020, and ranked 1st in the country in SDG1: No Poverty (2022), SDG2: Zero Hunger (2022 and 2023), SDG4: Quality Education (2020 and 2023), and SDG8: Decent work and Economic Growth (2020).

In 2023, Khon Kaen University ranked 97th in the world, with SDG1: No Poverty ranked 24th in the world, SDG2: Zero Hunger ranked 9th in the world, SDG4: Quality Education ranked 33rd in the world, and SDG17: Partnership for the Goals ranked 100th in the world.

year 2567 Khon Kaen University has an overall score of 101-200 Of the world by SDG1: No Poverty Khon Kaen University is ranked 34 of the world and rank Of the country SDG2: Zero Hunger Rank No. 17 of the world and rank Of the country SDG10: Reduced Inequalities Rank No. 301-400 of the world and rank Of the country and SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals Rank No. 50 of the world and rank Of the country

 

Khon Kaen University Ranking

Announcement of Honors and Awards (Institutional Level)

2020

2019

2018

2016

  • NACC Integrity Awards 2016 by the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
    Honorary Mention Award for Integrity 2016 (NACC Integrity Award) by Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC)

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • Year 2011 In terms of organizational management quality, Khon Kaen University is one of four higher education institutions that has been certified for passing the basic level public administration quality criteria (Certified FL) from the Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC).
    In 2011, For the quality of organizational management KKU is one of 4 higher educational institutions that has been certified for quality at the Fundamental Level (FL) for its governmental management by the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission Thailand (OPDC).

2010

  • Khon Kaen University is one of the 9 national research universities in 2010.
    In 2010 Khon Kaen University was rated as one of the 9 National Research Universities of Thailand.
  • KKU research is ranked 1st in Asia and 5th in the world. Research on liver fluke infection and the mechanism of carcinogenesis has been published in international academic journals, ranking 1st in Asia for the production of parasitological research on liver flukes, according to the ranking of publications in international academic journals by Elsevier in 2010. It has also risen to 5th in the world as an organization with a high publication volume on cholangiocarcinoma in 2000-2010, according to the ranking by the ISI Web of Science database.
    KKU research study is rated first in Asia and the 5th in the world for its research work on Liver Fluke infection and mechanisms and its cancer development which has been published in international journal as the largest circulation in Asia rated by Elsevier in 2010. It has also produced more research work on the Parasitology on Liver Fluke making KKU one of the top five universities in the world that has published work on Cholangiocarcinoma Research for the largest circulation during the year 2000 – 2010, as ranked by the data base of ISI Web of Science.
  • Platinum Award for Research Presentation at Thailand Research Expo 2010, National Research Council of Thailand
    Platinum Research Presentation Award at Thailand Research Expo 2010, Office of the National Research Council of Thailand

2009

  • The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) assessed Khon Kaen University as the number 1 university in the country for three years: 2006, 2007 (in the group with the same mission) and 2009.
    The Office of the Public Sector Development Commission Thailand (OPDC) ranked KKU to be the best university (No 1) for three consecutive years in 2006, 2007 ((in the group of the same mission) and 2009.

2008          

  • 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu.org) has ranked the popularity of leading higher education institutions' websites worldwide (Web Popularity Ranking) in 2008, ranking Khon Kaen University's website as the 160th most popular website with the most visitors in the world, 24th in Asia, and 2nd in Thailand.
    The 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu.org) has ranked the Webs Popularity Ranking for the world leading higher educational institutions in 2008 and KKU website was ranked the 160th of the world, and No 24th of Asia and No 2 of Thailand for the top university web sites for most unique visitors.
  • In the 2008 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Khon Kaen University was ranked 528th in the world and 21st in ASEAN.
    In 2008, Times Higher Education ranked KKU to be the 528.th in the world for the world leading university, and No 21st of ASIAN universities.

2007

  • Khon Kaen University has been selected as one of the 8 quality higher education institutions with a quality assurance system from the Internal Higher Education Quality Assurance System Competition in 2007.
    In 2007, KKU was selected as one of 8 higher educational institution level in the country for being up to standard for its internal education quality together with assessment/assurance system from an annual contest.
  • The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (Public Organization) (ONESQA) assessed Khon Kaen University as being at a very good level in 2007.
    The Office for National Education Standards andQuality Assessment (Public Organization), (ONESQA) ranked KKU to be a Very Good level in 2007.

2006

  • The Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC) assessed it as an excellent university in teaching and research in 2006.
    In 2006, The Office of the Higher Education Commission (OHEC) ranked KKU as a University of Excellence in teaching, learning and research study.