Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Chakriraj is under the Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health. It is located at 99 Moo 3, Lat Bua Khao Subdistrict, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi Province, on an area of 40 rai 80.8 square wah.
Originally named Ratchaburi Midwifery School, it belonged to the Region 7 Maternal and Child Health Center, Ratchaburi, as an educational institution of the Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, with the Family Health Division responsible at the central level. It was founded together with the Maternal and Child Health Center on the same grounds.
Key Milestones
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1970
First Cohort Admitted
Ratchaburi Midwifery School admitted its first cohort of students on 2 February 1970, as the fifth such school of the Department of Health. It admitted students who had completed Mathayom 3 (formerly Mathayom 6) for a program of 1 year and 6 months. Graduates received the Midwifery Certificate and a second-class license to practice midwifery.
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1983
Community Public Health Program Developed
The program was redeveloped as the Community Public Health Program (Midwifery), with a study period of 2 years.
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1986–1987
Renamed Ratchaburi College of Nursing and Midwifery
The Region 7 Maternal and Child Health Center, Ratchaburi, was restructured and renamed the Region 4 Health Promotion Center, Ratchaburi. Ratchaburi Midwifery School was accordingly renamed Ratchaburi College of Nursing and Midwifery on 6 July 1987.
In the same year, the Department of Health redeveloped the program as the Certificate in Nursing and Midwifery (Technical Level), a 2-year program. The first cohort began in June 1987. The curriculum was broadened to cover nursing, midwifery and primary health care, in line with the health development policy of the Sixth National Economic and Social Development Plan.
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1993
Praboromarajchanok Institute Established
The Ministry of Public Health decided to bring together the units responsible for producing and developing health personnel as Praboromarajchanok Institute, under the Royal Decree on the Organization of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health, B.E. 2536 (1993), published in the Royal Gazette, special issue, page 21, volume 110, part 22, dated 26 February 1993. Its main duty is to produce and develop public health personnel.
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1994
Royal Name “Boromarajonani College of Nursing” Bestowed
Her Royal Highness Princess Srinagarindra, the Princess Mother, graciously bestowed the name “Boromarajonani College of Nursing” on all nursing colleges under the Ministry of Public Health, except those that had already received royal names. Ratchaburi College of Nursing and Midwifery was therefore named “Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi 2” from 1 September 1994 (Royal Gazette, volume 111, special part 36 Ng), and was granted royal permission to use her royal initials as the College emblem.
In the same year, the College began offering the Certificate in Nursing Science program (2-year continuing program, equivalent to a bachelor's degree) with the approval of the Ministry of University Affairs.
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1996
Royal Suffix “Chakriraj” Bestowed
Because Ratchaburi Province had two nursing colleges in Mueang District, the names Ratchaburi 1 and Ratchaburi 2 confused the public and visitors. Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi 2 therefore requested a new royal suffix. His Majesty the King graciously bestowed the suffix “Chakriraj”, meaning “the reign of the Chakri Dynasty”. The College received its new name, “Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Chakriraj”, on 26 August 1996, published in the Royal Gazette, volume 113, part 72 Ng.
In the same year, the Certificate in Nursing Science program (2-year continuing program, equivalent to a bachelor's degree) became affiliated with the Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University, and was renamed the Bachelor of Nursing Science (Continuing) program.
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1997
Bachelor of Nursing Science Program Launched
The College began offering the Bachelor of Nursing Science program with the approval of the Ministry of University Affairs, in affiliation with the Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University. The first cohort of graduates received their Bachelor of Nursing Science degrees at a royal conferment ceremony in 2001.
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2000
Moved to the Current Campus
The College moved from its original site, on the grounds of the Region 4 Health Promotion Center in Mueang District, Ratchaburi, to 99 Moo 3, Lat Bua Khao Subdistrict, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi, in March 2000.
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2002
Special Program Launched
The College added a special program of the Certificate in Nursing Science, equivalent to a bachelor's degree (2-year continuing program), which was offered for one cohort only.
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2019
Praboromarajchanok Institute Act B.E. 2562 (2019)
His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun issued a royal command enacting the Praboromarajchanok Institute Act B.E. 2562 (2019), published in the Royal Gazette, volume 136, part 43 Kor, on 5 April 2019. It made Praboromarajchanok Institute a specialized higher education institution in health sciences, providing higher education under the national education law, with the status of a juristic person and a government agency under the budget procedure law, under the Ministry of Public Health.