Six interconnected research strengths, ten strategic clusters, and 110+ centres and institutes — anchored by a residential research campus on the foothills of Doi Suthep.
Browse all clustersIndexed publications, citations, active researchers, centres, partnerships, and IP — the surface metrics of a research engine that has scaled steadily for six decades.
Indexed across Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed.
Across the 2018–2025 publication window.
Across the ten strategic research clusters.
From cluster-led units to faculty-based labs.
Sponsored research, licensing, and joint development.
Filed since the launch of the IP and licensing office.
Each pillar bridges multiple faculties and connects to one or more of CMU’s ten strategic clusters. Together, they shape how we recruit, fund, and ship research at scale.
A teaching hospital, a faculty of public health, and a network of community clinics that turn population data into deployed clinical programmes across Northern Thailand and the Mekong region.
From PM2.5 monitoring across the upper Mekong to grid-scale renewable integration, our climate cluster runs the longest-running atmospheric observatories in the kingdom.
A cross-cluster AI hub that pairs domain experts with machine learning teams to build deployable systems — from radiology copilots to crop-disease detectors used by smallholder farmers.
Long-horizon research on quantum sensing, functional materials, and biomanufacturing platforms — anchored by shared core facilities open to all faculties.
A living archive of Lanna manuscripts, vernacular architecture, performing arts, and oral history — paired with contemporary creative practice and design research.
Field-tested research from highland coffee and arabica rust to functional foods, alternative proteins, and biorefinery platforms working with farmer cooperatives.
Cross-cluster work between Digital & AI and Health Sciences delivers 94.3% sensitivity in early-stage anomaly detection across four Northern hospitals.
15 Mar 2026
A regional air-quality dataset that opens up new policy levers for transboundary haze and seasonal agricultural burning.
02 Apr 2026
More than 18,000 manuscript pages have been digitised, transcribed, and made openly searchable in partnership with regional museums.
21 Feb 2026
A producer-owned cooperative built around CMU origin-mapping research now supports more than 240 highland coffee farms.
18 Apr 2026Each centre brings together researchers from multiple faculties around a long-running research question. The full register of 110+ units is maintained by the Research Office.
The kingdom’s longest continuously operating PM2.5 monitoring network, with seven sites across the upper Mekong basin.
A living archive of palm-leaf manuscripts, vernacular architecture, and oral histories digitised in partnership with regional museums.
Translational programmes on dengue, scrub typhus, and emerging zoonoses across the Greater Mekong Subregion.
A 1,200-rai research station and farmer-cooperative network covering coffee, longan, and high-elevation horticulture.
A cross-faculty hub that hosts shared GPU infrastructure, the regional clinical-AI sandbox, and the public-sector data programme.
Pilot-scale biorefinery and functional-food formulation lines that bridge bench research and commercial production.
Population science, environmental health, and health-system research across nine northern provinces.
Destination management, community-based tourism, and the regional hospitality-skills programme.
Strategic clusters complement the six pillars by directing seed funding, shared infrastructure, and recruitment toward specific cross-faculty priorities.
Sponsored research, technology licensing, joint laboratories, and long-running consortia. The IP and licensing office operates as a single front door for industry.
Carbon-neutral campus and biorefinery research consortium.
Functional feed additives and aquaculture sustainability programme.
Low-carbon concrete and circular-economy materials platform.
Distributed solar deployment and smart-grid research.
Highland coffee origin programme and processing innovation.
Fintech sandbox and SME credit scoring research.
Public-sector data programme and digital identity research.
Electric mobility, fleet telematics, and material research.
Cloud-based clinical AI and educational technology.
Research computing credits and joint training programme.
Translational clinical research and digital health pilots.
Highland agricultural research and farmer-cooperative pilots.
The Office of Research and Innovation is the single front door for sponsored research, licensing, joint laboratories, and consortium memberships.
Browse 1,200+ academics across the ten strategic clusters and find expert collaborators.
Open the directoryRead the latest stories from cluster leads, postdoctoral fellows, and student research teams.
Open the newsroomExplore the ten cross-faculty research priorities driving CMU’s 2026–2030 strategic plan.
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