SI 1.2 Establishment of a Responsible Body at University and Faculty Levels 10.11.69

SI 1 Healthy University Policies

Healthy University Rating System (HURS) 2026 – SI 1.1, SI 1.2 and SI 1.3

University Siam University
Country Thailand
Web Address https://sustainability.siam.edu

SI 1.2 Establishment of a Responsible Body at University and Faculty Levels

Selected level

25–50% Establishment – 25 of 50 points

University level: Center of Sustainability under the President. Faculty level: health promotion units in 5 of 15 faculties (33.3%) – Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, Dentistry and Science (Table SI 1.2.1).

Description

University level. Health promotion under the Healthy University Policy is coordinated by the Center of Sustainability, which was set up to implement the University’s sustainability policies, reports directly to the President and is led by Vice President Professor Emeritus Dr. Chanita Rukspollmuang. The Center works with the two on-campus health clinics (Building 15 and the Sports Complex), the Office of Student Affairs, the Sports Center and the Committee of Community Services.

Strategic plan. The Strategic Plan 2567–2571 names the Center of Sustainability, together with the faculties, as responsible for KPIs 16–18 (sustainability in teaching, sustainability literacy and the Carbon Neutrality 2045 Policy), and the faculties and the University as responsible for KPI 19 (Safe, Green and Clean Campus Policy). This confirms the Center as the university-level body and gives each faculty a defined role.

Planning network. The strategic plan is carried out through a University Plan Coordination Working Group, a plan coordinator (lecturer) in each faculty and a coordinator in each office and centre (Plan summary book, academic year 2567 (University Plan Coordination Working Group, November 2568)). This network already reaches every faculty.

The University also takes part in district-level health governance. The President, Dr. Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, was appointed as the Chairperson of the Phasi Charoen District Committee for Driving Participation for Development, and the University works with the District Office in the Phasi Charoen Well-being Node, which covers 45 communities and has identified health, economic and food issues as priorities (SDG Report 2024–2025, pp. 11 and 22).

Faculty level. Faculties with health-related missions have their own units that plan and deliver health promotion activities:

Table SI 1.2.1 – Faculty-level responsible bodies

Faculty Responsible body / unit Evidence
Pharmacy Mental Health Advisory Committee (officially appointed, active since 2020); The Last Puff programme team; Osot Siam Pharmacy THE 3.3.5; SR pp. 44–48
Nursing Nursing Academic Service Center for Sustainable Community Empowerment; Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing (counselling portal); annual health screening team SR p. 36; THE 3.3.5, 3.3.7
Medicine Occupational Health and Safety programme (academic service projects); staff of the two health clinics SR pp. 26, 49–50; THE 3.3.4
Dentistry Dental Center (opened 17 June 2026) SR p. 47
Science Center for Academic Services in Science, Technology and Environment (food safety analysis) SR p. 25

Supporting evidence

Additional information from the sustainability website