Mahamakut Buddhist University

The Mahamakut University ( Thai มหาวิทยาลัย มหา ม กุ ฏ ราช วิทยาลัย, RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Mahamakut Ratchawitthayalai; Mahamakut English Buddhist University, MBU ) is one of two Buddhist universities in Thailand. Its head office is located on the grounds of Wat Bowonniwet in Bangkok. She is assigned to the Thammayut Order.

History

The history of Mahamakut University can be traced back over a century. In 1893, King Chulalongkorn ( Rama V ) in memory of his father, King Mongkut (Rama IV ) founded the Royal Academy Mahamakut ( มหา ม กุ ฏ ราช วิทยาลัย ). The objectives of the Academy were:

The king visited on 26 October 1893 Institute to regulate its academic activities.

From the beginning, the Academy was a huge success, so that on 31 December 1945 in his capacity as President of the Royal Academy, along with other older monks announced His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch Vajiranyanavong the inauguration of a Buddhist university, the official name of " Royal Mahamakut Academy Educational Council, the Buddhist University of Thailand " received. She is known as the first Buddhist University, which was established in Thailand for monks and novices.

Since 1 October 1997, the two Buddhist universities that Mahamakut University and the Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, which is located in Wat Mahathat, public universities.

Divisions

The Mahamakut University is divided into several departments and institutes: Faculty of Religion and Philosophy, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences.

International cooperation

The Mahamakut University has announced a collaboration with the " Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies " at Oxford University.

2005 hosted the MBU the "Fourth World Buddhist Summit". Emissary of Buddhist associations from 23 countries participated, the event had a total of 3700 participants.