The Office for National Education Standards and Quality Assessment (ONESQA)has rated the country's most famous universities poorly in its latest education quality assessment.
None of the leading public and private universities providing business administration, accountancy, management,tourism and economics courses were rated "very good" in the 2006-2008 assessment, said ONESQA director-general Somwung Pitiyanuwat yesterday.
Several of the kingdom's top universities did not even earn a single "very good" credit in their specialised fields.The well-established Silpakorn University, famous for its dramatic arts and fine arts courses, did not earn a "very good" grade in the two fields as expected,but surprisingly obtained high assessment scores in the engineering field instead, he said.
The results also showed that the staterun Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai campus, topped the assessment in the field of health science. Thammasat University came second and Naresuan University in Phitsanulok came third followed by Khon Kaen University and Chulalongkorn University.
In physical science, Thammasat University obtained the highest scores, followed by Khon Kaen, Prince of Songkla,Chulalongkorn and Mahidol universities.
In engineering, privately-run Mahanakorn University of Technology was tops,followed by state-run Ubon Ratchathani,Chulalongkorn, Prince of Songkla, Khon Kaen and Silpakorn universities.
In agriculture, Ubon Ratchathani University received the highest scores, followed by Khon Kaen, Naresuan and Prince of Songkla universities.
Last week, many established universities questioned the reliability of the assessment process or rejected the results after the assessment showed small universities came tops in research and learning quality and the quality of graduates.
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