Program Name:  Doctor of Philosophy in Human and Social Development
                            Ph.D. (Human and Social Development)

Latest Revision:  Curriculum revised in 2025

Program philosophy
The program aims to produce doctoral graduates by organizing learning according to the developmentalist approach, which will provide them with morality, holistic knowledge and understanding of humanity and society, expertise in creating new knowledge within a multicultural social context, and the ability to apply this knowledge to develop themselves, their communities, and society.

Program Objectives

1. To produce doctoral graduates who can generate new knowledge in human and social development and apply it to the development of themselves, their communities, and society within a multicultural social context.

2. Produce doctoral graduates who are able to employ research processes to generate new knowledge for human and social development.

3. Produce doctoral graduates who are able to provide guidance on academic integrity and ethics in human and social development within a multicultural social context.

4. Produce doctoral graduates who are able to demonstrate leadership in human and social development, considering the public interest within a multicultural social context.

Days and Times of Classes

• Regular Program Only

• First Semester: June – October

• Second Semester: November – May

Tuition Fees 

• 27,000 baht per semester (Thai students)

•  54,000 baht per semester (International students)

Expected Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

• PLO 1 - Doctoral graduates will be able to accurately synthesize theoretical concepts of holistic human and social development within a multicultural social context.

• PLO 2 - Doctoral graduates will be able to generate new knowledge to address issues in human and social development through research processes.

• PLO 3 - Doctoral graduates will be able to use digital technology to search for, analyze, synthesize, and present information.

• PLO 4 - Doctoral graduates will be able to provide guidance on academic integrity and ethics to others.

• PLO 5 - Doctoral graduates will demonstrate leadership behaviors when collaborating with communities, taking into account the public interest.

Additional Information/Details

• Curriculum Management Committee – Regular Program 

• TQF 2 – Doctor of Philosophy in Human and Social Development (Revised Curriculum, 2025) [in Thai]

• Facebook for Doctor of Philosophy in Human and Social Development (Ph.D. in Human and Social Development)
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/922328154798944

Research Directions / Themes for Thesis and Faculty Research

• • Human and social development in the 21st century

  • Efficiency and effectiveness of work in the public and private sectors

  • Community adaptation for resilience and sustainability

  • Processes for creating and developing communities into sustainable networks

  • Ethnic, religious, educational, and cultural diversity in relation to human and social development

  • Language, literature, arts, and music in relation to human and social development

  • History and local history in relation to human and social development

  • Tourism and its impact on human and social development

  • Psychology and human and social development

  • Others