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Mission 1. Provision of lifelong education on a continuous basis
2. Conducting research to develop the body of knowledge and innovations to
be utilized for development of the people, community, society and country
3. Provision of academic services for integration of knowledge to be utilized for
the benefits of the community, society, and country to achieve prosperity
and sustainability
4. Learning on the conservation, restoration, transmission and dissemination
of art and culture
5. Development of the organization to achieve security, prosperity, and
sustainability under good governance principle

STOU Identity 1. The distance education system and being an open university
(2021-2037) 2. The system that facilitates self-education
3. The variety of educational media in terms of contents and lifelong learning
model

Learner Identity Having discipline and enthusiasm for learning

The Official Annual Operation Plan outcomes at the international level. Once
The annual planning, or the so-called “Official university policies have been decided upon,
Operation Plan of Sukhothai Thammathirat many different operations could be used to
Open University” is the determination of implement it. The following is a sample of
the goals and indicators of the operation of policy implementations at STOU.
work units within the university in each fiscal (1) Development of teaching models that
year of Thailand (October – September of facilitate learning and adopt technology
the next calendar year). The work units that in learning environment. For example,
have to prepare the annual official operation blended learning activities at bachelor’s
plan are 12 schools and 11 supporting work degree level, Microsoft Teams for online
units, as shown in Fig. 2STOU Administrative teaching and learning environment at
Structure. graduate level, online midterm and final
examinations at bachelor’s degree level
The annual official operation plan of various and online comprehensive examinations
work units in STOU is the taking of the at the graduate level.
university development plan, policies, and (2) University reform enables university
mission of the university to interpret into the administrators to effectively and
vision, mission, indicators and performance efficiently work with more flexibility in
appraisal for the specific work units of the responding to the vision and mission of
university. The indicators based on the main STOU.
mission of the work unit and the indicators
additionally specified by the university are
identified in order to mobilize the operation in
accordance with the policies of the university,
such as the indicator on publication of work

Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU)