There are literally hundreds of language schools and extra study schools in Chiang Mai, along with individuals and companies that offer extra tuition for all ages and different curriculums.
Below are not necessarily our recommendations, but are some of the biggest and well known schools in Chiang Mai. We have divided it into three section:
Language Schools (Predominately English Language Study)
Thai Language Schools
Extra Study Schools
AUA Language Center: The American University Alumni is the oldest language school in Chiang Mai and serves over a 1,000 students each term. They are extremely professional and quite strict with their teachers.
Tel: (053) 214 120, 211 377
The British Council in Chiang Mai is located conveniently between the city centre and the Super-highway. They offer a complete range of services including English courses and IELTS tests. They also offer advice on studying in the UK.
Tel: (053) 262 645
YMCA Chiang Mai is located in the Santitham area of Chiang Mai, near the North-West corner of the moat. They offer English, Thai, Chinese, Korean and Japanese language courses for children and adults. They also offer individual and small group classes.
Tel: (053) 221 820
Wall Street English is an English Language school with branches all around the world and many branches in Thailand. Their Chiang Mai branch is located in Central Festival.
Tel: (+66) 52003330
NES Chiang Mai is an English Language school that has been in Chiang Mai for many years. It offers English and a variety of academic programmes, such as IELTS and G-MAT. It is also linked with with education in New Zealand and can help with studying there.
Tel: (053) 894 807
Payap University Intensive Thai Language Courses: Payap offers the best series of Thai language courses available in Chiang Mai for the serious Thai language learner. Payap has built a name and has designed a system of learning that literally gives you no room to escape, you have to learn and it works. Besides that, the teachers are really good and they are serious about teaching you.
Course levels offered: 8 intensive Thai language course modules of 60-hours each, from beginner to advanced
Class Times: 9:00-12:00
Course fees: THB 8,000 per course. This includes handouts but not a textbook. Mind you, fees are fully payable in advance.
Tel: (053) 851 478-86 ext. 7450
Thai as a Second Language is a very professional Thai Language school suitable for the more serious students from beginners level to master level. Highly educated (minimum of bachelor’s degree) and experienced teachers with an established curriculum.
Tel: 096 926 4016
Walen Chiang Mai is probably one of Thailand's largest language schools with 10 branches all over Thailand. In Chiang Mai, there are 2 branches but only the one on Huaykaew road is focused on foreigners.
Course levels offered: 8 levels , each level consisting of 30 hours
Class Times: minimum 2 hours per day, mind you 1 lesson = 50 min (not 60 min), 2 or 4 days per week.
Course fees: from THB 9,955 per course of 50 hours, excluding book and CD (additional THB 590)
Tel: (053) 405 393
CMU Centre for Thai Studies For an institute based on CMU's campus, one would expect the highest standards of teaching and practise available in Thailand. CMU as a university is ranked 3rd in Thailand and is the leading institute of knowledge in the North of Thailand after all. The Language Centre providing language courses to foreigners, however, seems to be not entirely part of the university and so one cannot defer that it has the same standards. It appears more like a private institute that somehow acquired the name of CMU.
Course levels offered: 1-year Thai language and culture course and 15-day Survival Thai course
Class Times: Monday to Friday either morning session 09.00 to 12.00 or afternoon session 13.00 to 16.00 or evening session 16.00 to 19.00
Course fees: THB 30,000 Baht for 216 hours of instruction (THB 139 per hour) for the 1-year programme. THB 6,000 for 45 hours (THB 133 per hour) for the Survival course.
Tel: (053) 943 755
At Prem there may be teachers or staff who are willing to tutor Prem students. Additionally, subject teachers and homeroom teachers may be able to recommend high quality tutors in Chiang Mai.
Teachers who teach students in their class, cannot tutor those students.
Please ask HR/Subject teachers and/or Divisional secretaries if they have any recommendations for tutors.
You can look on various websites to find tutors in Chiang Mai (These were found searching the Internet, so cannot guarantee their quality)