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Education

          Over the past 25 years, Thailand has taken big   The oldest and most prestigious university in
          steps to close socio-economic gaps between    Thailand is Chulalongkorn University, founded
          the various classes, and ensure that every child   in 1917. It ranks as one of the top 50 universities
          receives a basic education. On an international   in Asia by the QS World University Rankings
          level, the country has some of the top        2018, for several engineering disciplines, includ-
          international schools and tertiary institutions   ing chemistry, biological sciences, pharmacy
          in the world, most of which are certified by   and medicine. Another top choice for degree
          international examination bodies, like the SAT,   seekers is Mahidol University, which ranked
          A-Level, IGCSE and International              among the top 150 universities in the world for
          Baccalaureate (IB). Students find studying in   medicine in 2018 by the same QS World
          Thailand attractive because of the relatively low   University Rankings Report.
          cost of living, along with international exchange
          study programmes and scholarship opportuni-
          ties. As of 2018, there are currently more than
          21,000 foreign undergraduate students study-
          ing in Thailand.

















































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