Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University

Due to a lack of medical and healthcare personnel in Thailand, as well as various healthcare issues in Southern Thailand, the council of Prince of Songkla University requested for the construction of a Faculty of Medicine on 11 September 1968. The project was approved on 17 August 1971 and construction began at the Hat Yai campus of the university. The first cohort of medical students was accepted in June 1973, consisting of 35 students. Teaching was done in the Faculty of Science for the preclinical years and Hatyai Hospital and Songkhla Hospital during the clinical years.[2]

On 26 August 1976, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit laid the foundation for the construction of the faculty's main teaching hospital. Ten years later on 18 September 1986, the King and Princess Sirindhorn opened the hospital and named it 'Songklanagarind' Hospital. Songklanagarind Hospital has become the main teaching hospital since then.

• Department of Anaethesiology
• Department of Biomedical Science
• Department of Community Medicine
• Department of Emergency Medicine
• Department of Internal Medicine
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Department of Ophthalmology
• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine
• Department of Otolaryngology
• Department of Pathology
• Department of Paediatrics
• Department of Physical Therapy
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Radiology
• Department of Surgery
• Epidemiology Unit

The following table displays the programs taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Prince of Songkla University.

High school students can enter the medical (MD) course at the university in a variety of ways including, but not limited to:

• The Consortium of Thai Medical Schools Examination (กสพท.)
• 14 Southern Thailand Provinces Direct Admission Quota
• Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctor (CPIRD)
• Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctors in 3 Southern Thailand Border Provinces (Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat)
• Project to Increase Production of Healthcare Personnel, in agreement with the Chaipattana Foundation
• Islamic Students Project, organised by the Ministry of Interior
  • Selected Islamic students with a Thai nationality, fulfilling the following conditions in Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Satun and Songkhla Provinces (Saba Yoi, Thepha, Na Thawi and Chana Districts) only:
    • House Address
    • Parents' Address
    • Completed high school education[3]

• Songklanagarind Hospital
• Hatyai Hospital (CPIRD)
• Yala Hospital (CPIRD)
• Trang Hospital (CPIRD)

• List of medical schools in Thailand

Article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.