Starting from the applications and entry process, Thammasat University has published a notification of policy for women applications and entry “Policy on Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Against Women, LGBT People, and People with Disabilities” addresses in item #6 “Relevant sectors shall develop procedures for admission, scholarship, educational and skill development without discrimination against gender, age, ethnicity and social class. All faculties must ensure that the applicants’ qualifications for admission, scholarship, and educational skill development are not limited by gender.
Similarly, for job postings, the applicant qualification requirements shall specify educational or skills that correspond with the job description, regardless of the gender, age, maternity, physical status, social status, ethnicity, or social class
| Proportion of female students | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
| Number of new students | 11,679 | 12,286 | 11,645 |
| Number of new students – female | 7,401 | 7,911 | 7,466 |
| % of new students – female | 63.37% | 64.39% | 64.11% |
| Number of students starting a degree | 8,647 | 9,516 | 8,747 |
| Number of women starting a degree | 5,573 | 6,213 | 5,736 |
| % of women starting a degree | 64.45% | 65.29% | 65.57% |
| Number of 1st generation students starting a degree | n/a | 1,605 | 1,372 |
| Number of 1st generation women starting a degree | n/a | 1,010 | 1,026 |
| % of 1st generation women starting a degree | n/a | 62.92% | 74.78% |
Women enrollment, access schemes and other outreach programs in underrepresented subjects:
From the year 2019 until 2022, there were 107,969 female students enrolled in the undergraduate and postgraduate degree at Thammasat University which accounted for 64.03% of the total number of students. For the academic year 2021-2022, among 8,747 students starting a degree, 5,736 were women. Similarly, among the 1st generation students starting a degree, 74.78% were women.
Engineers and health science fields are often the subjects that women are underrepresented. The Faculty of Engineer, Thammasat University (TSE), was a pioneer in providing opportunities and promoting diversity and inclusion for women to become successful as much as men in the engineering career. Nowadays, women represented 35% of all students in TSE. New fields and curriculums are open to broaden the potential of women engineer by emphasizing more on soft skills and innovations.
Gender Equality – Women’s application in Thammasat School of Engineering (Mar,2022)
Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, hosted a “Women in Engineering” workshop to encourage women to join SIIT and be successful women engineer.
For more information on how Thammasat University promoting women enrollment, please refer to the following website.
Women in Engineering – International Women’s Day at SIIT (Mar,2022)
Women’s role in leading digital financial innovation (Jun,2022)
SIIT, in collaboration with IEEE Control System Society, Thailand Chapter and Srinakharinwirot University Prasarnmit Demonstration School, hosted an online workshop on the topic “The Girl in Control” to provide the fundamental knowledge of engineering concepts. The primary target group is female high school students and students who have studied the basic principles of control engineering through the online coding learning via Scratch Program.
Girl in Control Workshop
Scholarship, internships and other special programs:
Recruitment of Refugee Female Student (Aug,2022)
International Women’s Day (Mar,2022)
Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow: Global Gender Equality Challenge (Mar,2022)
My Internship Experience in Cambodia – SGS Student (Sep,2022)
Signatory of UN Women’s WEPs (Feb,2023)
Internship: Enhancing equality in Energy for Southeast Asia (E4SEA) program
Student Admission Program from Rural Areas – by Gender
Graduation:
Thammasat University tracks the number of graduated students every academic year. For the academic year 2021-2022, the numbers are published in the 2023 annual reports below. Women’s graduated rate were approximately 65.6% of the total graduates (please refer to page 12 of the report).
Tracking graduation rate – Academic year 2021-2022 (reported in annual report 2023)
| Academic Year | Total no. of graduates | Total no. of women graduated | % of women graduated to total graduates |
| 2018-2019 | 9,620 | 6,295 | 65.43% |
| 2019-2020 | 9,523 | 6,211 | 65.22% |
| 2020-2021 | 9,049 | 5,889 | 65.07% |
| 2021-2022 | 9,497 | 6,226 | 65.55% |
Mentoring:
Viva City is the center that provides free mental health care and assistance to students who are suffering from psychological problems. The services include medical examination, organizing various activities that help in enhancing skills in handling mental problems, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, student advisors, and career counselors. In year 2022, women represented 76.8% of total visitors.
For more information on counselling and mental health support from Viva City Center, please refer to this website.
viva-city-thammasat-counseling-services-center-for-psychological-and-mental-health-support-for-students-and-staffs/
Other mentoring and other health promotion supports:
การพยาบาลสุขภาพจิตและจิตเวชในกลุ่มผู้ใช้ยาและสารเสพติด ณ สถาบันบำบัดรักษาและฟื้นฟูผู้ติดยาเสพติดแห่งชาติบรมราชินี (สบยช.)
Health Promotion Center, Faculty of Nursing, Thammasat University
โครงการอบรมกลไกการตอบสนองต่อความรุนแรงต่อผู้หญิง (Jul,2023)
Maternity and other sexual safety support programs:
Thammasat Maternity and Paternity Policies
Free sexual health care program includes:
1) Free HIV screening by Thammasat University Hospital and Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand;
2) Free condom, lubricant gel, and application brochures;
3) Free teaching materials (i.e. organ model) to educate a proper sexual health education as well as raising awareness through various media on the topics of safe sex, sexually transmitted disease prevention, and unintended pregnancy prevention; and
4) Free counseling services on sexual health through Thammasat Well Being Center Facebook page to provide health care advices and to coordinate and assist the students with sexual health issues.
For more information on free sexual health care program and free counseling services, please refer to this website.
https://sdgs.tu.ac.th/2021/11/07/free-sexual-health-care-for-students-promote-and-build-understanding-of-safe-sex-among-dormitory-students/
Other supporting programs:
Emergency sanitary napkin service point (Mar,2022)
โครงการผ้าอนามัยฟรีสำหรับกรณีฉุกเฉิน – FB Faculty of Political Science (May,2022)
Introduction to “Safe Sex” – Sexual Safety and Awareness Committee
คุณค่าของ ‘ผู้หญิง’ ที่ไปเกินกว่ากรอบ ‘จารีต’ เดิมๆ (Aug,2022)
Share for Change – โครงการปันเพื่อเปลี่ยน – สมาคมส่งเสริมสถานภาพสตรีฯ
