The University of Essex is a public research university in the English county of Essex. It was founded in 1963 and received its first students in 1964. The Colchester Campus, located in Wivenhoe Park, is the University of Essex's largest campus.

The Times Higher Education named the University of Essex "University of the Year" for 2018. Essex was ranked in the top 20 universities in the UK for the quality of its research in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014, and in the top 5 for social science. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 by Subject, Essex is ranked 50th in the social sciences. The University of Essex was ranked 301-305th in the World University Ranking 2021 in 2021. Its Department of Government has consistently been ranked as the highest-rated politics department in the UK, while the Essex Pathways Department has effectively provided undergraduate skill development and up-to-date modules on fundamental knowledge to help students succeed toward their degrees.

PGS students will receive a BA in Social Sciences from the University of Essex as a result of our dual-degree collaboration.

Highlights

• Teaching excellence with academic support from both Essex Pathways and the Department of Government

• Modules on higher education skills such as Research and Academic Development, Social Research, and Datacy are available.

• Political Theory, History of the United Kingdom, Sociological Imagination, as well as Introduction to Politics and International Relations, Cooperation and Conflicts, and Politics and Power are among the fundamental and contemporary issue modules covered.

• On-campus housing is available for our first-year students at the University of Essex campus.

• The University is also well-known for its student support and tolerance of social diversity.

• Colchester is a historic town in the United Kingdom that is only one hour by train from London.

Year 1: Chulalongkorn

• Semester 1

  • Politics and Government of Thailand

  • Development of the International System

  • Social Theory and Design Thinking

  • Media and Political Imagination

  • Reading Fundamentals for Politics and Global Studies

  • General Education: Foreign Language (Please see this link for Gen-Ed courses offered this year.)

• Semester 2

  • Public Policy

  • Leadership and Strategic Management

  • Foreign Policy Analysis

  • Urbanization and Migration

  • Advanced Academic English for Politics and Global Studies

  • General Education: Foreign Language (Please see this link for Gen-Ed courses offered this year.)

Year 2: Essex

Department of Government

• Semester 1

  • Sociological Imagination I

  • Researching Social Life I

  • Career Portfolio I

  • Introduction to International Relations II

  • Introduction to Politics I

• Semester 2

  • Sociological Imagination II

  • Researching Social Life II

  • Career Portfolio II

  • Introduction to Politics II

  • Co-operation and Conflict I

  • Co-operation and Conflict II

• Summer

  • Sociological Imagination III

  • Researching Social Life III

  • Career Portfolio III

  • Introduction to Politics III