Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Chonburi.

Awarding authority and qualifications

College of the Faculty of Public Health and Allied Health Sciences, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Ministry of Public Health

• Bachelor of Public Health in Community Public Health
• Bachelor of Public Health in Dental Public Health
• Bachelor of Thai Traditional Medicine
• Bachelor of Emergency Medicine (paramedic practice)
• Master of Public Health
• Higher vocational diploma in emergency medical operations
• Higher vocational diploma in pharmacy technique

Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Chonburi at a glance

A kilometre or so from the nursing college, on Wachiraprakan Road in the same Ban Suan subdistrict, is the second Ministry of Public Health college in Chonburi city -- and it is the broader of the two. Sirindhorn College of Public Health Chonburi is a college of the Faculty of Public Health and Allied Health Sciences at Praboromarajchanok Institute, and its own site lists four separate bachelor's curricula: public health in community public health, public health in dental public health, Thai traditional medicine, and emergency medicine. It also teaches a Master of Public Health and two higher vocational diplomas, in emergency medical operations and in pharmacy technique, and it publishes a project to establish a Faculty of Pharmacy.

For a foreign resident this college is worth knowing for a reason that has nothing to do with enrolling. It runs two clinics that are open to the public, staffed by its own teaching practitioners: a Thai traditional medicine clinic on 084 975 6525 and 038 459498, and a dental clinic with both general dentists and specialists, in and outside office hours, on 038 459499 and on extension 1777 of the college switchboard, 038 459497. Teaching clinics of this type are typically among the least expensive routes to routine dental work in a provincial city, and this one is a ten-minute drive from central Chonburi rather than a trip to Bangkok. Fees and opening hours are not published on the college's own homepage, so call before travelling.

We have deliberately left the founding year off this entry. The college is unambiguously real and first-party-documented -- address, faculty, curricula and clinics are all read off its own site -- but we could not find a founding date on a first-party page, and we would rather leave a field empty than fill it from a directory.

Notable facts

• Four bachelor's curricula, not one: community public health, dental public health, Thai traditional medicine and emergency medicine -- plus a Master of Public Health.
• Also teaches two higher vocational diplomas, in emergency medical operations and in pharmacy technique, and publishes a project to establish a Faculty of Pharmacy.
• Runs a public Thai traditional medicine clinic (084 975 6525 / 038 459498) and a public dental clinic with specialists, in and outside office hours (038 459499, or 038 459497 ext. 1777).
• At 29 Moo 4, Wachiraprakan Road, Ban Suan, Mueang Chonburi -- the same subdistrict as the nursing college, and about a ten-minute drive from central Chonburi.
• Sits under the Ministry of Public Health, not the higher-education ministry, which is why it is invisible to a 'universities in Chonburi' search.