- Global score29.1
- Global research reputation#731
- Regional research reputation#137
- Publications#827
- Books#915
- Conferences#786
- Normalized citation impact#1,215
- Total citations#993
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#1,080
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#1,241
- International collaboration#1,075
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration#580
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#1,134
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#1,218
Khon Kaen University is regarded as the one of Thailand’s top research universities. Founded in 1964 near the city of Khon Kaen, it was initially set up as an institute of technology to further the study of engineering and agriculture and was later named the University of North East Thailand. It renamed Khon Kaen University – known as KKU – and was appointed one of Thailand’s nine national research universities in 2010, in addition to its work as a major educational centre in the Mekong region. With more than 40,000 students, including 10,000 postgraduates and 500 overseas students, across around 350 study programmes on its main campus, KKU also has around 2,200 academic staff and 8,500 support staff. One of KKU’s main strategic goals is to be recognized both internationally and regionally as a leading university in research. Among the areas in which outstanding research takes place at KKU is in medicine, public Health and tropical medicine, with its Tropical Disease Research Laboratory gaining widespread acclaim. It also excels in its historic research strength of agriculture, with studies focusing on tropical farming systems in both animal and plant science. Work on the bio-diversity in the Mekong River basin, as well as business and tourism in this area, has also been recognised. In line with the goal to develop the university’s research, it has now has a total of 25 research centres of excellence and research specialist groups, based around six research themes: health problems, food products and food for health, water management, improving literacy and numeracy, biofuels and advanced materials. In addition, the university has partnerships with more than 160 national and international research organizations from 25 countries. There are also exchange programs for KKU students, personnel, provided with full equipment, knowledge, labs and other kinds of bodies of knowledge.
*The above data comes from:Official website of U.S.News
19.7
No. of students per staff
2%
Percentage of International Students
51 : 49
Student Ratio of Females to Males
38,655
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
2016
601
2017
0
2018
801
2019
1001
2020
1001
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Asia University Rankings
2016
181
2017
201
2018
251
2019
251
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
2019
601
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Engineering & technology
2019
601
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Life sciences
2019
601
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Physical sciences
2019
801
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Social sciences
2019
501
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Education
2019
401
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
2019
101
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Impact Rankings: Reducing inequalities
2019
101
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
2019
78
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
2019
101
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University Impact Ranking
2019
101
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Emerging Economies
2016
0
2017
0
2018
201
2019
251
*The above data comes from:Official website of TIMES
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#554Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score37.7
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation#435
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation#68
- Clinical Medicine publications#596
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact#709
- Clinical Medicine total citations#648
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#684
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited#752
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration#616
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration#253
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#663
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited#695
