The Chiang Mai University Faculty of Nursing has adopted the Thailand Quality Award (TQA) criteria, known in the education sector as EdPEx, as its administrative framework for achieving world-class excellence. TQA/EdPEx is based on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program from the USA, a public-private partnership providing organizational assessment tools and criteria. Each year, the Faculty of Nursing undergoes the TQA/EdPEx assessment to measure progress toward institutional goals, involving self-assessment and external evaluation.
Notably, the Chiang Mai University Faculty of Nursing is the first nursing institution in Thailand to achieve a passing assessment score exceeding 200 (EdPEx200), entering the 3rd EdPEx200 in 2015. The Faculty aims to progress to EdPEx300 or the Thailand Quality Class (TQC) award, with a score over 350, within the next four years.
These efforts led to the Faculty receiving the Thailand Quality Class (TQC) 2019, a hallmark of world-class management standards awarded by the Office of Thailand Quality Award, Thailand Productivity Institute, and Ministry of Industry.
The Chiang Mai University Faculty of Nursing is accredited by the Thailand Ministry of Education, the Office of Higher Education Commission, and the Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council. These institutions review and approve all curricula to ensure compliance with the Thailand Qualification Framework for Higher Education. After an accreditation assessment by the Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council on March 15–16, 2021, the Bachelor of Nursing Science Program received a five-year accreditation (2021–2025), bringing great pride to the Faculty.
The Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council also assesses advanced nursing training and short-training courses to determine the number of Continuing Nurse Education Units (CNEUs) that can be earned.
In 2023, Chiang Mai University's Faculty of Nursing proudly announced that its Bachelor in Nursing Science Program and Master's in Nursing Science received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). This prestigious accreditation highlights the outstanding educational opportunities provided by our twelve nursing programs, benefiting our students, future employers, and communities alike.