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On February 4, 1960, the Ministry of Education announced the establishment of Thonburi Technical College, under the Technical College Division, Department of Vocational Education, accepting graduates from the Science Preparatory School to study for 3 years and receive a Vocational Certificate. It was the first technical college in Thailand to produce technicians from the highest graduates of the general education stream. It used a combined curriculum like Industrial Arts. In the first year, all subjects were the same, including construction, electrical, automotive, metalworking, and drafting. Six more general subjects were also provided: English, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and economics, which was considered the starting point of the establishment of the Faculty of Engineering, KMUTT.

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi was established from Thonburi Technical College, which was a college under the Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education, on February 4, 1960. In 1971, it merged with North Bangkok Technical College and Telecommunication Technical College to become King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology under the Ministry of Education. Later in 1974, it was upgraded to a state higher education institution under the University Affairs Office. In 1986, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi became a juristic person with the status of a department under the University Affairs Office in accordance with the King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok Act.

At present, it has been changed to King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi according to the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Act B.E. 2541, which stipulates that it has the status of a state university that is not a government department but is under the supervision of the government and is a juristic person. The King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi Act was announced in the Government Gazette, Volume 115, Part 11, on March 6, 1998, and has been effective since March 7, 1998.

In the academic year 2013, the Faculty of Engineering opened the Liberal Arts Engineer program at KMUTT Ratchaburi, which is the first Residential College system of study in Thailand. It focuses on learning that can develop intelligence and the development of good citizenship characteristics that will lead to being a change leader in the profession, having life and social skills, being able to connect and apply to problems and various academic fields.