National Institute of Development Administration

The inception of NIDA grew out of His Majesty the King’s discussions of the country’s development with Mr. David Rockefeller of the Rockefeller Foundation in the United States of America in 1963. As a result, NIDA was established on April 1, l966.

NIDA was originally established to support national development in Thailand; this objective has now been expanded to encompass regional development in countries outside of Thailand, with the aim of producing advanced degree graduates who can serve in the public, business, and nonprofit sectors. At present, NIDA is a state-supported graduate institution with university status, and it is one of very few higher education institutions in Thailand that offer exclusively graduate degree programs.

The Research Office was established in 1966 concurrently with the establishment of the National Institute of Development Administration. with a purpose To promote and conduct social science research for the benefit of national development, foreseeing that one of the important burdens Of educational institutions is research. Research results will help create new knowledge or apply existing theories. which will benefit teaching and learning and economic development society of the next country