A university founded by teachers, for students far from home.
Assumption University of Thailand — ABAC — was founded in Bangkok in 1969 by the Brothers of St. Gabriel, the same congregation that runs Montfort schools in India. It became Thailand's first university to teach entirely in English, and has been ranked Thailand's leading private university three years running.
Who are you arriving as?
The India Office does three different jobs. Each has its own path through this site, so you are not reading someone else's paperwork.
Study at Assumption
Master's, doctoral and short programmes in Bangkok, taught in English, with the India Office supporting you from enquiry to arrival.
- MBA and master's degrees across seven schools
- No IELTS or TOEFL — exempted for Indian applicants
- Ph.D. programmes
- Short programmes and professional certificates
- Paid internships arranged for Indian students
- Visa, housing and cost support
Partner with Assumption
Many Indian colleges and deemed universities already run collaborative programmes with us. We build them with your academic calendar, not around it.
- 10+ Indian universities already in collaboration
- Twinning — semesters in India, degree from Assumption
- Semester abroad with validated credit transfer
- Student and faculty exchange
- Joint workshops and short programmes
- Campus visits and industrial tours
Train with Assumption
Executive workshops and short programmes designed with our faculty, delivered in India, in Bangkok, or across both.
- Custom workshops with Assumption faculty
- Short executive programmes and certificates
- Leadership, digital, supply chain, hospitality, OD
- Industrial tours and study visits
- Cohorts from a single company or a sector
A name many Indian families already know.
Assumption University was founded by the Brothers of St. Gabriel — the Montfort Brothers — a Catholic teaching congregation running roughly 120 institutions across 33 countries. Among them are the Montfort schools in India, including Montfort Senior Secondary School in Delhi.
It matters here for a practical reason. A family sending a child abroad is trusting an institution they cannot visit. Assumption belongs to the same teaching tradition as schools they can drive to — and it has been educating in English, in Bangkok, since 1969.
The crest carries the congregation's motto, Labor Omnia Vincit — work conquers all.
Main campus · 88 Moo 8 Bang Na-Trad Km 26, Samut PrakanMain
592/3 Ramkhamhaeng 24, Bangkapi, Bangkok — Graduate Studies Office, 3rd floorGraduate
Central World, central BangkokExecutive
Thailand's leading private university, three years running.
Ranked first among Thailand's private universities by UniRank in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The figures below are the university's own published statistics.
Google · SCG · Toyota
Lazada · PTT · AIS
Assumption graduates are recruited across Thailand's top 20 companies, and the university reports they are hired into higher-level roles.
Master's, doctoral and short programmes — all taught in English.
The MBA is where most Indian applicants start, but the graduate school runs across seven schools, and short professional programmes are open to people who cannot leave a job for eighteen months.
Five intakes a year, so you are rarely far from a start date.
Deadlines fall roughly a month before each intake. Add the rest of the sequence on top: two to four weeks for an offer, then three to six weeks for the ED visa — which can only start once you have accepted and paid.
Published intake dates from the Graduate Studies admission schedule. Deadlines are published as mid-month; the countdown takes that as the 15th, so treat it as approximate. Intakes marked Expected follow the same annual pattern and should be confirmed before you plan around them.
You do not have to leave India for the whole degree.
Two routes let an Indian student study at Assumption without committing to a full programme abroad. They differ in one thing that matters enormously — who awards the degree at the end.
Twinning
Study one or two semesters at your Indian partner college, then complete the remaining semesters at Assumption in Bangkok. The degree is awarded by Assumption University of Thailand.
Semester abroad
Spend a semester at Assumption while enrolled at your home institution. Credits transfer back once the programme is validated between the two institutions. Your home institution awards the degree.
Both routes are arranged institution-to-institution, not by the student. If your college does not have an arrangement with Assumption yet, the India Office can approach them — here is how that conversation usually goes.
We publish the numbers rather than quote them on request.
Studying abroad is one of the largest purchases an Indian family makes, and recruiting sites usually round the figures in the university's favour. Every number on this site is sourced from a published document, named underneath the panel it appears in — and where a figure is your own estimate rather than an official fee, the page says so plainly.
Only tuition is an official fee. For living costs the India Office guides Indian students to budget ₹6–10 lakh across the whole programme, and the calculator shows you where your own assumptions land against that band.
Scholarships work differently again: tell us your programme and background, and the office takes it to the department. Where a concession applies, we put the offer in writing.
Sourced, or flagged. Never rounded up.
Where a figure comes from is named underneath the panel it appears in. Note in particular that only tuition is an official fee — every living-cost line in the calculator is an estimate you set yourself, checked against the India Office's guidance band. Anything you cannot find here, ask us for in writing.
Where the eighteen months are actually spent.
Ask to speak to someone who has already done it.
You should not have to take a website's word for any of this. The India Office will put you in touch with people who can answer from experience — ask when you make contact, and we will arrange it.
Speak to a current student
Wherever possible on the same programme you are considering, so the answers are specific rather than general. Ask about the first month — that is the part nobody writes down.
A call for your family
In English or Tamil, with the Chennai office. Cost, safety, accommodation, medical cover, and what happens if something goes wrong while your child is abroad.
References from partners
If your college is weighing a collaboration, we can introduce you to institutions already running one, so you can ask them directly how it has worked.
Talk to the Chennai office.
Whether you are a student, a college weighing a collaboration, or a company scoping a programme — one office, one conversation, usually the same working day.