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 <p style="text-align: justify;">The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) is one of the prestigious public graduate universities in Thailand, operating under supervision of the Commission on Higher Education, the Ministry of Education. NIDA was established since 1966 from forward-looking vision of King Rama 9^thwhere he was determined to advance Thailand’s development through the establishment of an advanced educational institution to prepare people to become agents of change for national development. That is why NIDA’s motto is “''Wisdom for Change''.” At the initial stage of its establishment, NIDA received financial support from Ford Foundation, the Department of Technical and Economic Cooperation, and the Midwest Universities consortium for International Activities (MUCIA). At its inception, NIDA was an autonomous institute affiliated with Thammasat University, which ran its own activities and managed its own budget. NIDA was not its first name since beginning. It first name was&nbsp;Graduate Institute of Development Administration (GIDA)before being changed into NIDA later when&nbsp;it became an independent university. An official establishment of NIDA as an independent educational institution took place once the School of Public Administration of Thammasat University, part of the training programs of the National Economic and Social Development Board, and part of training and teaching programs of the National Statistical Officer officially were merged together with a united objectives and visions. Since then, NIDA has become one of the Thailand’s leading educational institutions with provision of graduate degrees (Master and Doctoral degrees only), where its particular specialization involves management fields related to the nation’s development following the original vision of its foundation. &nbsp;</p>

 <p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, it has International College of NIDA, known as “CIO NIDA,” which provides multiple master’s degrees in management fields: International Business Management, Marketing Management, Nonprofit Management, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship Management, Public Policy Management, Managerial Accounting, AEC-Business Management, E-Business Management, Human Capital Management. The internal college also has a doctoral program in management (Ph.D. in Management). Furthermore, with initiation and collaboration between NIDA Business School and NIDA’ Office of Information Technology, M.Sc. in Information Technology Management was jointly developed.&nbsp; </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Among its founding schools, NIDA Business School was the first graduate school in Thailand where an MBA program was offered. For a doctoral program in Business Administration, with close collaboration between NIDA, Chulalongkorn University, and Thammasat University, Thailand’s first joint doctoral program in business administration (JDBA) was established with funding of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). This initiative was run through the Association of Deans of South East Asian Graduate Schools of Management (ADSGM). As a pioneer of business education in Thailand, NIDA Business School is the first school in the country where accreditation of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) was received. This can clearly demonstrate its quality of business education provision with the highest international standard.&nbsp; </p>