Founding and status: Traces to the School of Fine Arts founded in Bangkok in 1943; constituted as a degree-granting institute in 1998.
What is awarded here: Bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Thai and Western music, dance, drama and fine arts -- conferred by the institute for study at its constituent Colleges of Dramatic Arts and Colleges of Fine Arts nationwide.
Who awards the degree: Bunditpatanasilpa Institute itself. Qualifications taken here carry this institution's own name.
Bunditpatanasilpa Institute at a glance
Bunditpatanasilpa Institute is Thailand's national institute for the performing and fine arts, and it sits under the Ministry of Culture rather than the Ministry of Higher Education -- which is why it is absent from most Thai university lists despite conferring degrees up to doctoral level. Its headquarters is at 119/19 Moo 3, Salaya, Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170, a few minutes from Mahidol.
The institute is the awarding body for the Colleges of Dramatic Arts and Colleges of Fine Arts distributed around the country: students attend a college in their own province and receive a Bunditpatanasilpa degree. That relationship is invisible from either name, and it is the single most common reason a degree-granting institution goes uncounted in a Thai province.
Notable facts
- Under the Ministry of Culture, not the higher-education ministry -- a degree-granting institute that most university directories never index.
- Headquarters at 119/19 Moo 3, Salaya Subdistrict, Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom 73170.
- Descended from the School of Fine Arts founded in Bangkok in 1943; raised to institute status conferring degrees in 1998.
- The awarding body for Colleges of Dramatic Arts and Colleges of Fine Arts across Thailand -- students study at a college, the degree comes from Salaya.
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