Ask what universities are in Hat Yai and you get two answers: Prince of Songkla University's flagship Kho Hong campus, southern Thailand's oldest and largest, and the private Hatyai University in the city centre. Ask instead what awards a degree here and the number doubles — a Ramkhamhaeng regional campus and an MCU teaching unit both named for the province while standing in Hat Yai, an English-medium Mahayana Buddhist college on Thamnoonvithi Road, and a Bachelor of Technology awarded by a vocational institute headquartered in the city. All 6 are below, with what each actually teaches and its official site.
Scope, stated plainly: this directory lists every body that teaches towards a bachelor's degree or higher inside Hat Yai district — not only the ones whose names contain the word “university”. Three of the 6 are named for Songkhla province or for a college rather than for the city, which is exactly why they are usually missed.
Both are in Songkhla province and neither is in Hat Yai district, so neither is listed above — but both are close enough to commute to, and it is better to say where they are than to leave you guessing.
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