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มหาวิทยาลัยพะเยา (มพ.) | |
Motto in English | Wisdom for Community Empowerment |
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| Type | National |
| Established | 17 July 2010 (2010-07-17) |
| Rector | Dr.Supakorn Phongbangbho |
| Royal conferrer | Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand |
| Address | ,, Thailand 19°01′42″N99°53′46″E / 19.028432°N 99.896239°E /19.028432; 99.896239 |
| Campus | 1 (atChiang Rai) |
| Symbolic tree | Vanda |
| Colours | Purple Gold |
| Website | www |
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TheUniversity of Phayao (UP) (Thai:มหาวิทยาลัยพะเยา) is a university inPhayao Province in northernThailand. Its previous name wasNaresuan University, Phayao Campus. The university later split from NU and changed its name to University of Phayao in 2010, registered as the 79th university of Thailand.
On 20th June 1995, a proposal to set up a new university was approved by the cabinet. Later on 8th October 1996, the cabinet had a resolution to call this university Naresuan University, Phayao IT Campus. Classes started in 1995 using the classrooms ofPhayaopittayakom School and later moved to the current campus in 1999.
In 2007, The name of "Phayao IT Campus" was changed to "Phayao Campus", which in the same year, Associate Professor Dr. Mondhon Sanguansermsri, President of Naresuan University put forward the proposal to promote the campus into an independent university together with a proposal for the Royal Decree for University of Phayao. These were approved and declared in the Royal Gazette on 16 July 2010. The Royal Decree for University of Phayao, officially delivering "University of Phayao", took effect from 17 July 2010 onwards.
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