About Department
The Department of Production Engineering was established in 1960 with a policy to produce graduates and postgraduates to be leaders in both production technology and industrial management in the manufacturing and service sectors. This is so that all graduates from the department have theoretical and practical knowledge and can learn new technologies and apply them to their work effectively. Engineers from the Department of Production Engineering will help develop industries in terms of production technology and management, helping organizations to increase productivity, profits, and work efficiency, and resulting in the development of the country to progress even further. The department aims for students to practice practical skills. It has prepared laboratories with standard equipment and tools, as well as laboratories that are specialized technology units of the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), such as the metal casting technology unit, metal cutting and forming laboratory, modern factory machine tool laboratory, and computer laboratory for product development and design, etc. There is also cooperation from the private sector and academic cooperation with many foreign universities.
Graduate Opportunities
Graduates, master’s and doctoral degrees from the Department of Production Engineering are able to work in the public and private sectors related to both production and service in each field of study efficiently, such as government agencies, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, Thai Airways, the automotive industry, the oil, petrochemical, electrical, electronic, food industries, financial institutions, multinational joint ventures, some of whom run their own businesses and are very successful, and some of whom continue their studies both domestically and internationally.