CHRSD-Mahidol University

Salaya Campus Fact Sheet

Salaya Campus, opened in 1982, is located just a few hundred meters from Bangkok’s city limits in Phuttamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom Province, on 520 acres (210 hectares) of natural beauty, landscaped gardens and tropical foliage. The relaxing semi-rural setting, within easy reach of central Bangkok, makes it ideal for studying or working in tranquility without losing out on the myriad opportunities available in the city proper.

Most international undergraduate students at Mahidol attend Mahidol University International College (MUIC) on Salaya Campus. Because all first-year native Thai students in national programs also study at Salaya, there is ample opportunity for international undergraduates to get to know their Thai counterparts. Many international postgraduate students, including full-time and visiting students and short training course participants, study or perform research at Salaya. Salaya is also home to many foreign staff members, including lecturers and administrative personnel at MUIC and other academic, research and administrative divisions.

Salaya Campus houses the largest number and widest variety of Mahidol University's academic and research facilities, including 7 Faculties, 7 Institutes and 5 Colleges. Numerous other sub-faculty level Research Centers and Laboratories are also located on campus, along with:

• the Central Library and 6 branch libraries of the Mahidol University Library and Information Center, and the Office of Human Rights Studies Library <link to library page>, as well as other independent Faculty libraries;
• the Student Union, home to many student services, clubs and activities, and the main cafeteria;
• the Office of the President , the University administration building;
• numerous stores, eating establishments, student and staff dormitories and condominiums, and a comprehensive range of facilities for attending to the academic, professional and personal needs of staff and students. See Shopping in Salayafor more information.
• Sports and recreation facilities, including a Sports Center, swimming pools and indoor stadium. See Sport & Fitness for more information.

Health & Fitness

The Mahidol Campus in Salaya offers ample opportunity for playing sports and maintaining fitness.

The College of Sports Science and Technology has five swimming pools (one Olympic-sized) and a fitness center with weight equipment, sauna and aerobics, available for use by students, staff and the general public. To use all health, fitness, and exercise equipment, students and staff are required to apply at SS Sports Centre for membership, available for 3 months, 6 months and 1 year. For price details, please visit the centre’s website at www.ss.mahidol.ac.th or call 0-2441-4296-8 ext. 103. A medical certificate, easily and inexpensively available from any doctor, is required for membership.

To use only the swimming pools annual membership costs 200 baht for students and 400 baht for staff, which allows use of the pools for 20 baht per visit. Proper swimming attire and a bathing cap must be worn while swimming. (Swimming equipment can be purchased at a shop near the pools).

Additional sport facilities on the campus, which are all free of charge, include a large indoor stadium for basketball, badminton and other indoor sports, four outdoor tennis courts, three large soccer fields, a volleyball court, a pétanque court and a running track. Bookings should be made to reserve the courts and the stadium at the window on the outside wall of the stadium.
The spacious layout of the campus also allows opportunity for jogging, cycling, football and other forms of outdoor recreation and exercise. The abundance of natural foliage makes it a very pleasant environment for walking and exploring.

Shopping & Food

There are many different options for buying groceries, basic necessities and any other supplies needed both on-campus and in the community surrounding the campus in Salaya. In addition, Bangkok city center, which is easily accessible from Salaya, is a major international destination offering an endless variety of choice.

On Campus Options

There are many nice, affordable eateries on-campus. The main cafeteria in the Student Union has a large selection of Thai rice and noodle dishes costing 20 - 30 baht, and inexpensive drinks. Many university buildings also have smaller, inexpensive cafeterias, coffee shops and food stalls that are dotted around the campus.
A lively weekly market is held every Friday until 2:00 outside the College of Sports Science and Technology and the Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies. The market features a large variety of food stalls serving freshly cooked Thai dishes as well as a variety of low cost goods, especially clothing. Special Mahidol events held throughout the year often feature markets as well.

At Mahidol University International College, a more upscale restaurant on the second floor, the Herb Garden offers lunch buffets for 160 baht per person Tuesday and Thursday and a 195 baht set menu on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The Princess Café, located behind the Food Science Lab, Faculty of Science, has both indoor and outdoor café seating, and serves fresh coffee and Western-style dishes.

Several stores on campus stock a variety of basic convenience items, two of which are located very close to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The Get It store at the The Faculty of Environment and Resource Building stocks groceries, personal and household products, gifts and assorted items. In the Faculty of Science Building the University Cooperative Store sells similar items, in addition to having a Post Office and the University Bookstore which sells textbooks, school supplies, newspapers, sports equipment, Mahidol University souvenirs and similar items (teaching staff holding a Mahidol identity card receive a 10% discount; student discounts are also occasionally offered).

Off Campus Options

Close to Mahidol Salaya campus, the commercial district on Phuttamonthon 4 Road (across from the main entrance to the campus), offers many shops, food stalls, and restaurants. As well, across the road from the University condominiums, is a yellow roofed open air daily market, the Dalat Salaya. A large variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as prepared foods and basic cooking supplies, can be purchased here at a low cost.

Shopping for major items and groceries can also be conveniently done in the Pinklao area (west of the Chao Phraya River (approximately 25-30 minutes from Salaya by blue bus No. 124). Pinklao houses the large Pata Department Store, Tesco Lotus a Major Cineplex and the Central Plaza shopping complex.

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Map to Salaya

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