Rajabhat Institute Council Office, Ministry of Education have prepared a project to establish five additional Rajabhat Institutes, which consisting of Nakhon Phanom Rajabhat Institute, Sisaket Rajabhat Institute, Kalasin Rajabhat Institute, Chaiyaphum Rajabhat Institute, and Roi Et Rajabhat Institute. The project was implemented during the fiscal year 1997 – 1999, according to the resolution of the Cabinet on April 29th, 1997. On July 20thth, 2001, Roi Et Rajabhat Institute was enacted as a royal decree to establish it in the Royal Gazette, Volume 118, Section 59 KOR, dated July 20th, 2001. Later on, June 10th, 2004, Roi Et Rajabhat Institute was renamed Roi Et Rajabhat University on His Majesty the King signed and stamped the Rajabhat University Act in The Royal Gazette, Volume 121, Special Section 23 KOR, dated June 14th, 2004, in which Section 8 specifies the duties of the University as follows:
- Pursuit of truth for academic excellence based on local, Thai, and universal wisdom.
- Produce graduates with knowledge and virtue awareness of being Thai, have love and commitment to the locals, and promote lifelong learning in the community. To help local people be aware of the changes, producing such graduates with the number and quality must be consistent with the country’s graduate production plan.
- Fostering knowledge and understanding of the values, awareness, and pride in local and national cultures
- Learn and strengthen community leaders. Religious leaders and local politicians have democratic awareness, morality, ethics, and the ability to administer community and local development for the benefit of the public.
- Strengthening the teaching profession, producing and developing teachers and educational personnel to have quality standards suitable for high-level professions.
- Coordinate cooperation and help each other between universities, communities, local government organizations, and other organizations within and outside the country for local development.
- Study and seek ways to develop local technologies and modern technologies suitable for the living and occupation of local people, including ways to promote, maintain management, and utilize natural resources with a balanced environment and sustainably.
- Study, research, promote and carry on projects according to the royal initiatives in carrying out the University’s mission for local development.
RERU Establishment Timeline
Roi Et Rajabhat University
Establishment Timeline
September 6, 1994
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Roi Et Provincial Governor (Mr. Huekhan Tomornsak) appointed a committee to supply the area to establish the Roi Et Rajabhat Council. Rector of Buriram Teachers’ College (Assistant Professor Dr. Pramote Benjakarn) Appointing a joint committee for the establishment of the institute according to the order (Buriram Teacher’s College No. 949/2537, dated September 5 1994). for the construction of Roi Et Rajabhat Institute (Governor of Roi Et Province Appointed by order of Roi Et Province No. 1915/2537 dated September 6 1994)
January 21, 1997
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Roi Et Rajabhat Institute Establishment Committee (Office of the Rajabhat Institute Council) appoints a steering committee. and a committee for the establishment of more Rajabhat Institutes According to the order of the Office of the Rajabhat Institute Council No. 58/2540 dated January 21, 1997.)
April 29, 1997
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The Cabinet (During the time of General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh as Prime Minister) approved the project to establish additional Rajabhat Institutes proposed by the Office of the Rajabhat Institute Council through the Ministry of Education in the amount of 5 places to be completed in the fiscal year 1999.
March 30, 1999
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Roi Et Rajabhat Institute Establishment Committee (Office of the Rajabhat Institute Council) appointed a committee to establish a new Rajabhat Institute project to manage the higher education area of Rajabhat Institute in the Northeast region. According to the order of the Office of the Council of Rajabhat Institutes No. 160/2542 dated March 30, 1999.
June 12, 2001
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On that time, the current Cabinet (His Excellency, Pol. Lt. Col. Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra) has approved a draft royal decree on establishing Rajabhat Institutes as proposed by the Office of the Rajabhat Institutes Council through the Ministry of Education.
July 20, 2001
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Roi Et Rajabhat Institute was enacted as a Royal Decree established in the Government Gazette, Volume 118, Section 59 KOR, dated July 20 2001.
April 29, 2002
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His Majesty the King appointed Assistant Professor Dr. Chaloey Poomphan as the President of Roi Et Rajabhat Institute..
September 23, 2002
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Roi Et Rajabhat Institute was enacted as a Royal Decree established in the Government Gazette, Volume 118, Section 59 KOR, dated July 20 2001.
November 21, 2002
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His Majesty the King appointed Professor Dr. Pridi Kasemsub as President of the Roi Et Rajabhat Institute Council.
June 10, 2004
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His Majesty the King His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and the Rajabhat University Act in the Government Gazette, Volume 121, Special Section 23 Gor, dated June 14 2004.
March 1 2005
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Adisai Bodharamik, Minister of Education, has signed in the Government Gazette, Volume 122, Section 20 Kor, dated March 8, 2005, regarding the ministerial regulations on establishing government agencies in Roi Et Rajabhat University, and Ministry of Education 2005 consisting of the Office of the President and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
June 23, 2006
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Chaturong Chaisaeng, Minister of Education, signed in the Government Gazette, Volume 123, Section 74 Ngor, dated August 3, 2006, has the announcement of the Ministry of Education on the division of government agencies in Roi Et Rajabhat University, 2006, consisting of office of the president Division of government into central and the Policy and Planning Division Faculty of Arts and Sciences Divided into the Office of the Dean Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Science and Technology.