Prince of Songkla University Admission Guide

PSU: the first university in southern Thailand

Prince of Songkla University (PSU) was established in 1967 as the first university in southern Thailand, and that founding purpose — building higher education outside Bangkok — still explains its shape. It is a multi-campus public research university with recognised activity in medicine, engineering, agro-industry and the sciences.

For an international student, PSU is the main alternative to the Bangkok cluster: a large public university in a different part of the country, with a campus network rather than one site.

Five campuses, five different characters

PSU's five campuses were built up over decades, and they are genuinely different places — the campus decides your city, not just your building. Campus and programme details are updated over time, so confirm which campus hosts your intended course on the official PSU website before you plan anything.

• Pattani — the first permanent campus, opened 1968; humanities and education
• Hat Yai (Songkhla) — opened 1971 and now the main campus, with more than half of the university's students; medicine, engineering and the sciences
• Phuket — from 1977; the campus most associated with international programmes, hospitality and technology fields
• Surat Thani — from 1990
• Trang — from 1991

English-taught international programmes

PSU offers English-taught programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and the Phuket campus in particular is the one associated with international programmes — fields commonly available in English there include business, hospitality and technology, alongside selected sciences elsewhere in the university.

This matters practically: choosing "PSU" for an English-taught programme often means choosing Phuket rather than the Hat Yai main campus, with a different city, cost base and student mix. Programme availability changes between cycles, so verify the current English-taught programme list and prerequisites on PSU's official admission pages.

Applying through the Admission and Testing Center

PSU channels international applications through its official online admission system, operated by its Admission and Testing Center, and assesses academic qualifications alongside evidence of English proficiency.

Which English tests count, the score floors, fees and paperwork all sit with the university and differ by programme and by level — postgraduate research programmes commonly attach their own conditions on top. No thresholds are reproduced here. Read what currently applies to your particular programme on the official admission pages, and never assume a score accepted in an earlier cycle is still accepted today.

If you are an Indian student considering medicine

PSU has a medical faculty at Hat Yai, but if you are an Indian student thinking about medicine abroad, the decisive rules are on the India side, not in Thailand. NEET eligibility, National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines, and the FMGE/NExT screening examination conducted by NBEMS determine whether overseas study can lead to practising in India.

Defer all of these to the official Indian sources — nmc.org.in, neet.nta.nic.in and natboard.edu.in — and verify the current rules before you commit. No university, agent or website can guarantee you a seat, recognition, a licence or that you will pass any screening exam. Treat any "guaranteed seat", "guaranteed licence" or "no NEET needed" claim as a scam.

Student visa, fees and next steps

Degree study in Thailand normally requires the Non-Immigrant "ED" student visa, secured after an offer, with an "ED Plus" category also available at degree level. Thailand's official e-Visa system, administered by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is the channel for it. This is general information, not immigration advice — rules and documents shift, so confirm what currently applies on the official Thai government sources.

PSU sets and revises tuition and deadlines itself, so no amounts appear here; read them on the official website. Your next decisions: pick the campus your programme actually sits on — that choice fixes your city — then confirm that programme's English condition, then price the move against officially published costs.