Khon Kaen University

Khon Kaen University (KKU) is a public research university in Khon Kaen and the first institution of higher education in northeastern Thailand. It was founded on 25 January 1966, when the Khon Kaen University Act was published in the Government Gazette; Pote Sarasin was its first president. Since 2015 it has been an autonomous university under the Khon Kaen University Act B.E. 2558, and it is one of Thailand's nine National Research Universities.

Campuses. The main campus covers about 5,500 rai on Mittraphap Road in Khon Kaen. The Nong Khai Campus is home to the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Faculties and colleges. 19 faculties and 4 colleges in three groups:

• Health sciences — Associated Medical Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Public Health
• Science and technology — Agriculture, Technology, Architecture, Engineering, Science, College of Computing
• Humanities and social sciences — Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business Administration and Accountancy, Fine and Applied Arts, Law, Economics, College of Local Administration, KKU International College, College of Graduate Study in Management, Interdisciplinary Studies (Nong Khai)

The Faculty of Medicine runs the Queen Sirikit Heart Center of the Northeast. About 39,700 students were enrolled in 2021.

Motto. Vidyā, Cariyā, Paññā — Knowledge, Virtues, Wisdom. The university's colour is brownish red and its tree is the Kalpaphruek (Cassia bakeriana).