SIIT has two five-story buildings located at the Rangsit Campus. The first building is the main building with an area of almost 10,000 m², housing offices and classrooms. The first floor and a section of the second floor are occupied by the Library and Information Services Center, with an excellent collection of up-to-date textbooks, magazines, and journals. SIIT’s academic programs and faculty members’ offices, as well as the Computer Center, are located on the second and third floors. Classrooms of various sizes are on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of the building.

The second SIIT building, adjacent to the first one, is a five-story advanced laboratory building with a total area of about 3,000 m². It was dedicated by Keidanren and FTI to SIIT on October 6, 1998. The Advanced Laboratory Building houses laboratories for conducting senior projects of fourth-year students, research work of graduate students, and research projects of faculty members.

SIIT Computer Center is located on the third floor of SIIT building. The center is equipped with microcomputers in four separate rooms, three of which are used mainly for instruction purpose on programming, mathematical problem solving, engineering graphic design and professional report preparation, while the other room is used by students for general purposes. Up-to-date software packages are installed via servers on the local area network allowing students to become proficient with their applications. The local area network system supports both academic and administrative chores which include the library’s computer-based services, e-learning/instruction, finance, and the internal mailing system for faculty members and staff. There are a number of servers for academic purposes in various programs. The local area network is connected to the Internet via the Thammasat-Rangsit fiber optic backbone. Students, faculty members and staff are provided with an individual e-mail address and service. Dial-up service is also available. Information on the Institute can be viewed from the official web page at http://www.siit.tu.ac.th

The Audio-Visual (AV) Center is located on the third floor of the SIIT building next to the Computer Center. The AV Center is used mainly as a sound laboratory for English teaching. It is centrally controlled, allowing control of message transmissions and monitoring of students' responses on a real-time basis. Wide-screen televisions are used in conjunction with tape recording devices and headphones for effective teaching of English.

The Library and Information Services Center is located on the first and second floors of the main building. The Library has an excellent collection of textbooks (in science and engineering), conference proceedings, reports, technical magazines, and journals. Electronic access to several international databases is provided. The Library also has a computerized search system to assist students in locating their information sources.

Students who would like to study by themselves or in groups will find it convenient to study in the Library. Individual study areas and group study areas are located both on the first and second floors. For group discussion, students can meet and discuss in the group study rooms on the second floor which provide maximum privacy and minimum interference.

Furthermore, students can use the main TU library, which is also located at the Rangsit Campus, for their study and literature searches on social sciences and humanities.

The English Training Unit is located on the ground floor of the main building. The instructors, who are native speakers of English, work closely with colleagues from the Language Institute of Thammasat University to provide courses specially designed to meet the needs of engineering students. Outside of class time the instructors are available to give advice and assistance to students on both curriculum and extra-curricular activities.

The SIIT first-aid room is situated on the ground floor of the main building. It is staffed during office hours by a fully qualified nurse. The nurse can assist with minor medical problems and, for more serious cases, can arrange timely transfer to Thammasat University Hospital.

Thammasat University Hospital, located at the Rangsit Campus, provides outpatient, inpatient, and emergency medical services, as well as other health care services such as X-ray, physical examination, and dental care. Physicians, nurses, and medical interns are available 24 hours a day. Students are eligible to receive discounts for room charges and services.

There are also several private hospitals near the Navanakorn Industrial Estate which is only a 5-minute drive from the Rangsit Campus.

A spacious student activities center is adjacent to the main building. There is a range of facilities available for student use including air-conditioned meeting rooms, a food and drink area and lockers for students to store personal belongings. Students wishing to use the lockers must apply at the Student Affairs Division.

Student activities are coordinated by the student committee under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Student Affairs. All student activities must conform to the SIIT and TU regulations.

The TU Bookstore at the Rangsit Campus is well stocked with publications and magazines in both Thai and English languages. Textbooks used in individual courses can be purchased at the University Bookstore at competitive prices. Stationery and office supplies are also available.

The Thammasat-Rangsit Post Office is located on the first floor of the Administration (Dome) Building. The post office offers complete postal services such as regular mail service, express mail service (EMS), registered mail service, package service, and money orders during business hours.

Students living in the dormitories will find that shopping is quite convenient. The 7-Eleven store and TU CO-OP store are located on campus. The 7-Eleven store is open 24 hours a day.

Several cafeterias and canteens can be found throughout the Rangsit Campus. A variety of food is offered by vendors at reasonable prices, both on weekdays and weekends. Adjacent to the SIIT building is a cafeteria which serves both SIIT students and students of the Faculty of Engineering (Thai Program).

Additionally, there are two canteens inside the SIIT main building (on the first floor) and student activities center selling snacks and beverages.

For banking services such as cash withdrawal and balance inquiries, students can conveniently use the automated teller machines (ATM) which are located at three locations at the Rangsit Campus: the Administration Building, the SIIT main building, and the Faculty of Engineering Building. For full services, students can go to the on-campus branch offices of Bangkok Bank, Thai Military Bank, Thai Farmers Bank, Krung Thai Bank, Siam City Bank, and Siam Commercial Bank.

The Rangsit Campus has on-campus dormitories for male and female students. Over 5000 living units are available to accommodate students, faculty members, and university staff. Within walking and short-driving distances, many private dormitories can be found. These are co-ed dormitories, as well as dormitories with separate buildings for male and female students. Air-conditioned units with bathrooms are also available.

The Rangsit Campus has a wide range of sporting facilities for students including swimming pools and practice fields for soccer, basketball, volleyball and tennis, all of which are in the vicinity of the student dormitories. Areas for indoor sports such as badminton and table tennis are provided in the indoor gymnasiums.

Other than sports activities, students may choose to exercise by biking, jogging, etc., especially in the morning since the air is very refreshing.

SIIT at Bangkadi

In 1999, FTI, with co-operation from Toshiba Thailand Co., Ltd., and Mitsui & Co. (Thailand), Ltd., provided 5.6 rai of land with an existing office building in the Bangkadi Industrial Park for SIIT’s use for a period of 30 years. The existing building has been renovated and a new building has been constructed. The two buildings have a combined area of approximately 3,300 m². They house the School of Information and Computer Technology, and Administration Offices.

A new 6-story building with an area of 6,452 m² was completed in October 2004. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn graciously granted the name “Sirindhralai” to this new building. It houses the School of Communications, Instrumentations and Control, and the School of Management Technology, a library, classrooms, computer rooms, and laboratories.

Bangkadi Campus is equipped with a complete computer/networking infrastructure. There are wireless network access points in almost every room in the campus’ buildings, which are connected to the Rangsit Campus by a high-speed line and connected directly to the Internet with speeds up to 2 Mbps bandwidth. Students can easily access the Internet either from their laptops, or from the computers in both the library and the computer laboratories.

The Library at Bangkadi is located on the 3^rd floor of the Sirindhralai Building. It has an excellent collection of textbooks, technical books, conference proceedings, reports, technical magazines and journals in the fields of communications, computer science, instrumentation and control systems, information technology, and management technology. Computer facilities are provided for accessing the library database, online databases and full-text journals, and for self-study. The library also provides wireless facilities to access the Internet and online information sources.

Students may obtain services related to course registration, academic records, and financial matters at the Bangkadi Campus. Shuttle buses between the Rangsit and Bangkadi campuses are provided on a regular basis.

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