Editing Kasetsart University (section)

== History ==

[[File:Benbadhanabongse.jpg|150px|thumb|left|[[Benbadhanabongse|Prince Benbadhanabongse, the Prince of Phichai]]]]

In 1902, [[King Chulalongkorn]] attempted to promote the country's silk, silverware, and weaving industries. He hired Dr Kametaro Toyama, from the [[University of Tokyo]], to train Siamese students in Japanese silk and weaving crafts.<ref>Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences [http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/publication/jarq/03-4/03-4-030-033.pdf "A Scientist and a Link of the Chain uniting Thailand and Japan"] Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref> In 1904, the School of Sericulture was founded at [[Pathum Wan District|Tambon Thung Saladaeng]], [[Bangkok]] by [[Benbadhanabongse|Prince Benbadhanabongse]], the director of the department of sericulture of the Ministry of Agriculture.<ref>กรมหม่อนไหม [http://qsds.go.th/newqsds/inside_page.php?pageid=10 ประวัติกรมหม่อนไหม] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119175754/http://qsds.go.th/newqsds/inside_page.php?pageid=10 |date=19 January 2019 }} Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref> The school was renamed the School of Agriculture in 1906.

In 1908, the School of the Ministry of Agriculture was founded at [[Windsor Palace (Thailand)|Windsor Palace]] as the [[Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand)|Ministry of Agriculture]] merged three schools, the School of Surveying (founded in 1882), the School of Irrigation (founded in 1905), and the School of Agriculture. Thailand's first tertiary-level agriculture curriculum began to offer courses in 1909. However, the Siamese government merged the School of the Ministry of Agriculture with the [[Chulalongkorn University|Civil Service College]] in 1913, due to the objective of founding the school meets the royal initiative of establishment the Civil Service College of [[King Vajiravudh]].

In 1917, Phraya Thepsartsatit and [[Chaophraya Thammasakmontri]] of the Ministry of Education founded the first primary school of agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture, named the Primary School Agriculture Teacher Training School in [[Pathum Wan District|Tambon Horwang]]. It moved to [[Mueang Nakhon Pathom District|Tambon Phra Prathon]], [[Nakhon Pathom Province]] in 1918.<ref>มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ [http://pirun.ku.ac.th/~fedupst/Chapter4.pdf การพัฒนาอาชีวเกษตรกรรม] Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref>

In 1931, [[Sithiporn Kridakara|Prince Sithiporn Kridakara]] and Chaophraya Thammasakmontri together expanded the school regionally. In the central region, a campus was located in [[Saraburi Province]], in the northern region in [[Chiang Mai Province]], in the northeastern region in [[Nakhon Ratchasima Province]], and in the southern region in [[Songkhla Province]].

[[File:Monuments_of_the_3_Masters_of_Kasetsart_University.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Statue of the Three Masters of Kasetsart University]]

In 1935, the Primary School Agriculture Teacher Training School in each part of the country was closed and merged following the agricultural education policy in that time. Luang Ingkhasikasikan, Luang Suwan Vajokkasikij, and Phra Chuangkasetsinlapakan<ref>[http://www.ku.ac.th/about/history_ku.html บุคคลสำคัญของมหาวิทยาลัย] เรียกดูวันที่ 2013-02-21</ref> together proposed to maintain the Mae Jo School (today's [[Mae Jo University]]) at Chiang Mai Province only and renamed it Secondary-level Agriculture Technical School before it was elevated to the College of Agriculture, under the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

The Ministry of Agriculture established the Central Agriculture Station or "Kaset Klang", in [[Bang Khen District]], Bangkok. It caused the College of Agriculture to move to Bang Khen District in 1938 and the government office at Chiang Mai Province became [[Mae Jo University|Kasetsart Preparatory School]] to prepare students to study at the College of Agriculture in Bang Khen.

In 1943, [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram|Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram]] promoted the College of Agriculture and established Kasetsart University as a department of the Ministry of Agriculture.<ref>ราชกิจจานุเบกษา [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182518/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2486/A/007/228.PDF พระราชบัญญัติมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๖] Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref> The university initially consisted of four faculties: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, and cooperatives (today's divided into Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Business Administration).<ref>ราชกิจจานุเบกษา [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182518/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2486/A/007/228.PDF พระราชบัญญัติมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ พ.ศ. ๒๔๘๖] Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref>

In 1966, [[Chuchat Kamphu|Mom Luang Xujati Kambhu]], the Fifth President of Kasetsart University, judged the Bang Khen campus too confined and unable to support the education in agricultural sciences called for by the National Social and Economics Development Plan.<ref>[http://archives.psd.ku.ac.th/kuout/p013.html ประวัติมหาวิทยาลัย] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007131139/http://archives.psd.ku.ac.th/kuout/p013.html |date=7 October 2022 }} Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref> The [[Kamphaeng Saen District|Kamphaeng Saen campus]] was established on 12 November 1979 as a result.<ref>[http://www.ku.ac.th/newdesign/content_level.php?menulevel=22 ประวัติมหาวิทยาลัยทศวรรษที่สี่ พ.ศ. 2516-2525] Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref>

The university further expanded by establishing [[Si Racha District|Sriracha campus]], [[Sakon Nakhon Province|Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province campus]], [[Suphan Buri Province|Suphan Buri campus]], [[Krabi Province|Krabi campus]] and [[Lopburi Province|Lopburi campus]]. The university already established Si Racha campus in 1989<ref>[http://www.src.ku.ac.th/WebEng/index2.php?iPage=info/abCampus.html History of the Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407043652/http://www.src.ku.ac.th/WebEng/index2.php?iPage=info/abCampus.html |date=7 April 2022 }} Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref> and the Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province campus on 15 August 1996.<ref>[https://www.csc.ku.ac.th/th/ About KU.CSC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165335/http://www.csc.ku.ac.th/index.php/en/about-us/about-university/about-the-kucsc |date=3 January 2017 }} Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref>

On 18 July 2015, the Kasetsart University Act B.E. 2558 (2015) transformed it from a [[public university]] to a [[national university]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150723162457/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2558/A/066/1.PDF พระราชบัญญัติมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๘] Retrieved 2017-01-02</ref>