King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL or KMIT Ladkrabang for short) is a research and educational institution in Thailand. It is situated in Lat Krabang District, Bangkok, approximately 30 kilometres (20 mi) east of the city center. The university consists of nine faculties: engineering, architecture, science, industrial education and technology, agricultural technology, information technology, food industry, liberal arts, and medicine.
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History
KMITL was founded in 1960 in Nonthaburi province as a telecommunications training center under the technical support of the Japanese government; the center was later named the Nonthaburi Institute of Telecommunications. After moving to a new location at Lat Krabang near Suvarnabhumi Airport, the campus became King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang.
Engineering began at KMITL in 1960 with a course on telecommunications engineering.
Since a technical cooperation agreement (August 1960-August 1965) was reached between the Japanese and Thai governments in 1960 to establish a telecommunications training center in Thailand, Japan has continued the cooperation over the course of 40 years. The telecommunications training center became a three-year specialty college in 1964, and then in 1971 joined two other colleges and rose to the ranks of an institute of technology. Part of the school moved to the Ladkrabang campus, and architecture, industrial education/science, and agricultural technology departments were established.
On the Japanese side, Tokai University (1977), Tokyo Institute of Technology (1992) and University of Electro-Communications (1997) concluded academic exchange agreements with the school and assisted with such things as the expansion of the university, human resource development and research promotion as part of second phase (December 1978-August 1983) and third phase (April 1988-March 1993) "Project-type Technical Cooperation" projects. A Japanese corporation funded scholarship system was established (1971), as well as practical factory-based training (1977), a construction scholarship system (1989), etc. Thus, actual cooperation activities involving linkages with industry as well as things like the start of an invitation program to the Institute for Posts and Telecommunications Policy and a human resource exchange with a public institution were promoted.
In 1982 KMITL launched the nation's first doctoral degree in electrical engineering and awarded a doctorate in electrical engineering to Dr. Chom Kimpan, who also earned the first Doctor of Engineering granted by a Thai university.
Through the "Partners Project" (1992), using a satellite launched by Japan, there were joint experiments in applied technology (areas such as distance medicine, distance education, computer networking, satellite broadcast, and joint development of a human resource training system using distance education, as well as the implementation of a continuation project called the "Post-Partners Project" (1996).
Faculties and departments
KMITL Business School (KBS)
International Programs
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration
Innovation & Technological Marketing
Global Business & Financial Management
Digital Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Bachelor of Business Administration in Global Entrepreneurship
Thai-language Programs
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
Bachelor of Business Administration
Innovative Industrial Management
Management and Innovative Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Business Administration in Digital Transformation and Technology Management
Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics and Management
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Agricultural Engineering
Centers and services
Research Center for Communication and Information Technology (ReCCIT)
The KMITL Research Center for Communication and Information Technology (ReCCIT) project is the fourth "project-type technical cooperation" project implemented at KMITL and has as its goals strengthening the center's research and development capacity and the graduate school program.
The implementing partner organizations are the Ministry of University Affairs, KMITL, and a Japan-based advisory committee (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications or formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokai University) has been established. Through the dispatch of experts in information technology, technical training of overseas participants, provision of research and educational equipment, the goals of the project are being pursued:
establishment of an information technology research center
strengthening of graduate school programs in the field of information technology at the Center and other research labs that are the targets of the cooperation.
Through these research facilities, KMITL maintains creative partnerships with government and private industry.
Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Data Storage Technology and Applications
The I/UCRC in Data Storage Technology and Applications or iDSTA is formed under partnership between KMITL and NECTEC under the Thailand's Hard Disk Drive Competitiveness Enhancement Program. The aim is to increase research and development activities in this area and to enhance cooperation among researchers and between the researchers and the HDD industry in Thailand.
Advanced Research Center for Photonics
Nanotechnology Research Center (in co-operation with NANOTECH of NSTDA)
Business Incubator Center
Electronics Research Center
Computer Research and Service Center
Electrical and Electronic Products Testing Center (PTEC) established under the co-operation of NSTDA and KMITL
Engineering Service and Development Center
Scientific Instruments Service Centre (SISC)
Engineering Research Park
Campuses
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Prince of Chumphon Campus
Notable faculty and alumni
Pakorn Peetathawatchai - President, The Stock Exchange of Thailand
Sumeth Damrongchaitham - CEO and President, Thai Airways
Punya Thitimajshima, co-inventor of Turbo code, Shannon limit-approaching code and the recipient of the 1998 IEEE Information Theory Society Golden Jubilee Award and Former Professor of Telecommunication Engineering, KMITL
Pirada Techavijit, first Thai to space, selected by Axe Apollo Space Academy
Saravoot Yoovidhya, youngest son of tycoon Chaleo Yoovidhya and Managing Director of The Red Bull Beverage Co., Ltd.
Suchatvee Suwansawat, former president of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), former president of Engineering Institute of Thailand, Council Member of University Council of Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Rangsit University and Nakhonratchasima Rajabhat University
Wanpracha Chaovalitwongse, Professor of Industrial Engineering, 21st Century Leadership Chair in Engineering, and Co-Director of the Institute of Advanced Data Analytics., The University of Arkansas, USA
Agachai Sumalee, APEC Science Prize winner, professor of Civil and Transportation Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Thanwa Laohasiriwong, former IBM Country General Manager
Vatsun Thirapatarapong, managing director for Cisco (Thailand)
Chaiwat Kovavisarach, CEO, Bangchak Petroleum Public Company
Pitipan Tepartimargorn, COO and senior executive vice president at PTT Public Co. Ltd
Sister universities
Taiwan
National Formosa University