Thailand has a deep and well-established higher-education system, and its leading universities continue to feature prominently in global rankings. In the QS World University Rankings 2027, released on 18 June 2026, more than a dozen Thai universities earned places among over 1,500 ranked institutions worldwide, spanning comprehensive research universities, specialist science-and-technology institutes and regional universities across the country. Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok leads the nation at 212th in the world, followed by Mahidol University at 345th. Both are long-standing research powerhouses, and together with Thammasat, Chiang Mai and Kasetsart they anchor a higher-education system that is among the strongest in mainland Southeast Asia. Thailand’s Leading Universities (QS World University Rankings […]