Ever since the introduction of Thai Studies at the University of Leeds in 2004, East Asian Studies have been working closely with the Royal Thai Embassy in London and we have been in receipt of considerable support from the Royal Thai Embassy. One important aspect of the Royal Thai Embassys support has been the repeated offer of internships to our students. Thus, our students have completed internships of up to three months at the Office of Educational Affairs of the Royal Thai Embassy or helped in the Taste of Thailand Festival, which was organised by the Embassy at the Regent's Park in 2009. In addition to this, since 2009 the Royal Thai Embassy has annually given awards to our students for outstanding academic achievements. Each of these prizes - the 'Saranrom Award' awarded to the best graduate student(s) of the Thai Studies programme and the 'Lanna Award' awarded to the best student of the Thai year abroad - consists of £500, a certificate and a shield.   

 

In addition to this, the Royal Thai Embassy supports Thai Studies at Leeds by offering scholarships and providing substantial funds to build up our library collection of books on Thailand.

 

Thai Studies has also been very generously supported by the Royal Thai Consulate in Hull over the years.

 

 We are very pleased to be able to advertise a total of four scholarships each of £8,000 (subject to confirmation)  for postgradute studies commencing next academic year (October 2012)

 

The Royal Thai Embassy will offer three scholarships and the Royal Thai Consulate will offer one scholarship to  British or foreign postgraduate students intending to continue their career in the UK to undertake fieldwork research in Thailand for up to 6 months, as part of a postgraduate degree (MA or PhD). Each scholarship will cover a return air ticket, accommodation, living expenses, research documents and related costs of conducting research in Thailand.