SI 5.1 Health Promotion in Core Curriculum Siam University

Healthy University Rating System (HURS)

University : Siam University

Country : Thailand

Web Address : https://sustainability.siam.edu

SI 5 Health promotion curriculum and co-curriculum

[5.1] Integration of Health Promotion in Core University Curriculum

Description:

Siam University’s core curriculum is its General Education (GE) curriculum B.E. 2567, approved by the University Council on 21 June 2024 (Meeting No. 3/2567) and taken by every bachelor’s student. It has 20 courses (GI 8): three compulsory modules – Language Competency, Digital Competency and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability – and 11 GE electives that students of all faculties can choose. The Health and Well-being Policy (approved 30 October 2024) commits the University to health education, and the Action for the Goals Policy requires at least 75% of courses to promote sustainability literacy.

Health promotion courses. Three GE courses cover the HURS health promotion topics in their official course descriptions (Table 1). 103-206 Diet, Health Care and Exercise covers physical, mental, emotional and social well-being, nutrition, diet for disease prevention and therapy, food safety and nutrition labels, and exercise for physical fitness. 103-212 Psychology and Life Development covers personality development, human relations, stress management, and mental health and psychological disorders. 103-209 Art and Music Appreciation presents art and music as a way to sustain the mind in daily life. All three are electives open to students of every faculty.

Health in the wider curriculum. In the University’s GE course survey (B.E. 2569), lecturers linked 8 of the 20 GE courses to SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being, including AI and cybersecurity in daily life, data analytics, design thinking, project management and civic literacy. Across all programs, the September 2026 survey found that 2,006 of 2,369 courses (84.7%) integrate at least one SDG and 428 courses integrate SDG 3 (Table 2). Students also learn about health outside the classroom through university health promotion programs (SI 3.3).

Selected level: <25% of Courses – 5 of 20 points (3 of 20 courses = 15%).

Table 1 – General Education courses B.E. 2567 and health promotion content

Table 2 – Courses that integrate the SDGs, all programs, 2022–2026

Source: Sustainability Report 2025–2026, p. 143 (course surveys; latest survey September 2026).

Evidence to attach:

GE curriculum: https://ba.siam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2567_Gened.pdf; Sustainability Report 2025–2026: https://sustainability.siam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SDG-report-2025-2026-edit-2.pdf.