Overview

• Established year: 1960
• President: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suvit Saetia
• University type: Autonomous (State) University
• Number of students: 12,000 (Undergraduate), 4,300 (Master), 700 (Doctoral), a total of 17,000 (As for AY 2017)
• Established on February 4, 1960 by the Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education.
• Three technical institutes are under the Department of Vocational Education Thonburi Technical Institute (TTI), North Bangkok Technical Institute and Nonthaburi Telecommunication Institute were combined forming King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology (KMIT)
• In 1986, the three campuses of KMIT became three autonomous institutes, each having the status of university. KMIT Thonburi campus became King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi (KMITT) 
• In 1998, KMUTT is the first among public universities in Thailand to receive full autonomy.
• Leading technology academy in Thailand.
• One of the nine National Research Universities (NRU) in Thailand.
• Only leading Thai university in Engineering program under ASEAN International Mobility for Students Programme (AIMS)
• One of the four Thai-SHARE members under the European Union Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN Region
• Excellence in research and academic performance.
• Strengths in Architecture, Bioresources, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Linguistics, Science, and Technology