Why Walailak University?

World ranking achievements

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THE World University Rankings 2023

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THE Impact Rankings 2023

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QS Asian University Rankings 2022

Nature INDEX Institute 2022

3rd place in Physical Sciences
8th place in Chemistry
4th place in overall

SCIMAGO Institutions Rankings 2022

14th Overall performance at the national level
312th in Asia
708th in the world

UI GreenMetric World University Ranking

1st the South of Thailand for two consecutive years
8th at the National level
116th at the World level

Walailak University world’s top 2% scientists

2 top 2% scientists with a high volume of career-long citation
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manat Chaijan in Food Science
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veeranoot Nissapatorn in General and Internal Medicine

4 top 2% scientists with a high volume of recent year citation
- Prof. Dr. Sittichai Koontongkaew in Dentistry
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nuttawit Wattanasakulpong in Mechanical Engineering and Transports
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Manas Kotepui in Tropical Medicine
- Asst. Prof. Dr. Jariya Sakayaroj in Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry

Highest number of internationally certified teaching professionals in Thailand

(2nd globally following the United Kingdom) 561 lecturers (92.42%) with the United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) certificates of the following categories:
- 501 UKPSF Fellows
- 59 UKPSF Senior Fellows
- 1 UKPSF Principal Fellow

WU Hospital

16 medical expert centers with highly-advanced facilities
426 inpatient care units in 2022 (to be upgraded to 550 in 2024 and 750 in 2029)

International outlook

116 International MoU partners in three academic fields: health science, science and technology and social science from 26 countries:

America: USA
Europe: Russia, Germany, EU, France, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, UK, Austria
Asia: China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar’s, Philippines, South-Korea, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Thailand
Australia: New Zealand

International Staff and Student


• 53 onsite full-time international students from 21 countries
• 65 online full-time international students from China
• 49 international lecturers from 17 countries