Thammasat University provides scholarships for the underrepresented group of students in the rural areas, the low-income students whose family gross income less than 240,000 baht, who have excellent academic performance. In each academic year, up to 150 applicants are chosen to receive fully or partially-funded scholarships. The scholarship covers monthly expenses, uniform costs, dormitory fees, tuition fee, medical expenses, accident insurance, and books and stationery allowances.
Thammasat has offered several admission programs and scholarships for students with academic excellence from rural areas, volunteer students, disabilities students, and international students from low-income countries. For the academic year 2022-2023, Thammasat University has the total of 70 students with disabilities, 39 students from voluntary citizens, 908 students from low-income/rural areas, and 478 international students from low-income countries.
Disabilities
From our tracking records of all underrepresented groups applications, the proportions of eligible applicants with disabilities in each academic year between 2019 – 2023 are as follows:
- In 2018-2019 academic year, there were 7,758 eligible applicants, 18 are students with disabilities which accounted for 0.27% of the total eligible applicants.
- In 2019-2020 academic year, there were 10,128 eligible applicants, 18 are students with disabilities which accounted for 0.18% of the total eligible applicants.
- In 2020-2021 academic year, there were 9,670 eligible applicants, 19 are students with disabilities, which accounted for 0.20% of the total eligible applicants.
- In 2021-2022 academic year, there were 9,330 eligible applicants, 23 are students with disabilities, which accounted for 0.24% of the total eligible applicants.
- In 2022-2023 academic year, there were 8,528 eligible applicants, 22 are students with disabilities, which accounted for 0.25% of the total eligible applicants.
Since 2019, there are the total of 396 students with disabilities in undergraduate and postgraduate programs combining which accounted for 0.3% of total number of students.
For other special admission programs, Thammasat tracks and shows the admission information of the total number of new eligible applicants from these programs as shown in the annual report below was for the academic year 2022-2023.
For more information, please refer to:
1. Tracking applications for low income students from the rural areas (โครงการนักศึกษาเรียนดีจากชนบท)
2. Tracking applications for students from the voluntary citizens (โครงการรับนักเรียนพลเมืองจิตอาสา)
3. Tracking on applications and admissions of students with disabilities (โครงการนักศึกษาพิการ)
4. รายชื่อผู้มีสิทธิ์สอบสัมภาษณ์ ประจำปีการศึกษา 2565 – โครงการโควตาพื้นที่
5. Announcement – Underrepresented Groups Applications & Entry – Academic Year 2022
