in January 2009. This center is a national "biogas center of excellence", emphasizing biogas activities, especially biogas on swine farms. Si Bua Ban campus The university's latest acquisition is the Si Bua Ban campus () in Amphoe Mueang Lamphun, Lamphun Province, about 55 kilometres south of Chiang Mai, on a site close to the Lamphun industrial centre. Academics Chiang Mai University is a large, highly residential, research university, with a majority of enrollment coming from graduate and professional students. Faculty There are 20 faculties and 2 college in three disciplines. Rankings Chiang Mai University ranks third in academics and fifth in research according to the Thailand Office of the Higher Education Commission. Quacquarelli Symonds ranked the university 88th in Asia in 2023. Chiang Mai University Ranking has been going up recently giving it 601-605 place by QS TOP UNIVERSITY RANKINGS in 2023 Research institutes Energy Research and Development Institute-Nakornping (ERDI) Research Institute for Health Sciences (RIHES) Social Research Institute (SRI) Non-university schools Language Institute Chiang Mai University (LICMU) Chiang Mai University Demonstration School (K-12) Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy (CMU-SPP) Alumni and notable people Alumni Yingluck Shinawatra, 28th Prime Minister of Thailand Chaturon Chaisang, Deputy Prime Minister from 2002–06 Suthep Thaugsuban, Deputy Prime Minister from 2008–11 Kasem Wattanachai, Privy Councilor from 2001–Present Apirak Kosayothin, 14th Governor of Bangkok Sompop Jantraka, Activist Suporn Watanyusakul, Reconstructive surgeon Samruam Singh, author, scholar, and activist Lecturers Minfong Ho, writer Roger A. Beaver, biologist Conrad H. Bergo, chemist Phisit Seesuriyachan, Biotechnologist References External links Chiang Mai University Official website (English) Education in Chiang Mai Educational institutions established in 1964 Buildings and structures in Chiang Mai 1964 establishments in Thailand 1960s in Chiang Mai