Uthenthawai college told to stop accepting new students this year

The Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok Uthenthawai (RUTU) campus has received an order to cease the admission of new first-year students, marking the initial phase of its closure. This measure is aimed at returning the land to Chulalongkorn University.

Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovations Minister Supamas Isarabhakdi, said that the RUTU has to return the land, as instructed by the Supreme Administrative Court in 2022, to relocate to a new location to reduce student violence.

She said that the relocation cannot be enforced immediately, because there are still many students at the university, adding that officials of the ministry have held talks with many alumni and most of them agreed to comply with the court’s ruling.

Previously known as Uthenthawai College, the campus is located on a 3.2 hectare plot of Chulalongkorn University’s 184.48 hectares of…