A BIT ABOUT US

                       The department of microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University which was established in 1971 (B.E. 2514) has its origins on the 2nd floor at the chemical building (the old one) in the Faculty of Science. The purpose of founding was to serve students of the Faculty of Nursing, Agriculture and Education. The lectures given were including microbiology and parasitology. Therefore, our pioneer staff who worked incredibly hard were both microbiologists and parasitologists. After the founding of Faculty of Medicine on September 9th 1972 (B.E.2515), 16 medical students whom selected from sophomore science students were the first class of the faculty. At that time the department had been separated into department of microbiology and department of parasitology, leading by the same head department. The department moved from the first temporary office to the new place (Faculty of Public health) in 1975 and then to the recent building in Faculty of Medicine in 1982. In 1993, the department had the first M.Sc. student class. Up to the present time, the department had granted 6 master degrees in medical microbiology. The department is responsible for teaching microbiology to second and third year of the Faculty of Medicine as well as second year students of the Faculty of Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Nursing, Public Health. Apart from teaching the students in health-science center, the department also teach third and fourth year students of Faculty of Science. Nowadays, there are 20 academic staff including 11 Ph.D., 10 M.Sc.. Six of the department members are doctor of medicine. Furthermore, there are 14 support staff in the department.