The Faculty of Humanities is one of three faculties established when Chiang Mai University was founded in 1964. The other two faculties are the Faculty of Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences. The three faculties offer three groups of foundation courses: natural sciences, social science and humanities as educators at that time believed it would result in a perfect graduate who is equipped with basic knowledge related to things of nature, human society and the mind as well as other qualities of mankind. In the first year of the establishment in 1964, the Faculty of Humanities had 20 full-time academic staff and 2 part-time instructors, 3 administrative staff and 77 students while offering 282 courses.
The cabinet of Marshall Sarit Thanarat granted approval to establish Chiang Mai University with a “Faculty of Art” being one of the first three faculties to offer foundation courses as mentioned above.
The Sub-committee for Curriculum Drafting chaired by Luang Sawadisarasatputti undertook the drafting of the curricula for subjects in “Humanities Study” adopting the term used in the Education College Act, B.E. 1936.
The Sub-committee for Curriculum Drafting worked on the details with Prof. Dr. Sarot Buasri as the chairman when they agreed to use the name “Faculty of Humanities”. So, Chiang Mai University was the first institute using this name.
Four departments were established: Thai, History, Foreign Languages (English and French) and Human Relations.
The Faculty was accredited by the Office of the Civil Service Commission to confer degrees in 6 disciplines: History, Thai, English, French, Mass Communications and Psychology.
The National Education Council granted approval to establish the Department of Library Science.
The Department of Psychology and the Department of Mass Communications were established.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Bachelor’s Degree in Library Science.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Bachelor’s Degree in German.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Bachelor’s Degree in Home and Community.
The University Bureau approved the establishment of the Department of English.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in Philosophy.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in Lanna Language and Literature.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Bachelor’s Degree in Japanese.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in History.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in School Psychology.
Approval was granted to establish the Faculty of Philosophy and Religion.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Graduate Diploma in Tourism.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in Library Science and Information Science.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in English (Language and Communication).
The Civil Service Commission approved the granting of a Master’s Degree in Tourism Industry Management.
The Chiang Mai University Council granted approval of a Master’s Degree program in Buddhist Studies.
The Chiang Mai University Council granted approval of a Bachelor’s Degree program in Chinese.
The Chiang Mai University Council granted approval of a Bachelor’s Degree program in English and Japanese (special terms).
The Chiang Mai University Council granted approval of a Master’s Degree program in Thai.