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Mahasarakham University is a Thai public university with approximately 45,000 higher education students in 2013. The university has two campuses, the Old Campus in the city center in Maha Sarakham Province in the northeast region of Thailand and the New Campus at Khamriang Subdistrict in the northwest of the city.It is the only Thai university that offers postgraduate programs in Paleontology and Bachelor of Arts in the Khmer Language. MSU is the first university in northeastern Thailand to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and the second to commence Ph.D. courses in the same subject. Moreover, its Faculty of Education, the flagship of MSU, was voted as Thailand’s Best Education Faculty in 2010 by the National Education Office.The university is the first Thai higher education institution rated under the QS Stars System for Excellence in Higher Education; it has become one of the top 20 universities in Thailand based on the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.HistoryThe development of Mahasarakham University can be traced back as early as 1963 when it was known as Mahasarakham Teacher's Training College. In March 27, 1968, it was established as Mahasarakham College of Education for strengthening and expanding higher education in the Northeastern region (Isan) of the nation. Located in the outer north area of Maha Sarakham Province, a small town right at the center of the region, the college has been responsible for developing quality educators to serve educational institutions of all levels. In 1974, the college's status was elevated when it became a regional campus of Srinakharinwirot University. At that time, there were four academic faculties: Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science.