Thammasat University is located on the east bank of the Chao-Praya River. As part of old Bangkok, the University takes pride in its long establishment as well as its past political involvement that has shaped Thailand's modern-day political ideology.

Thammasat was founded in 1934 and is the second oldest university in Thailand. It has since become one of Thailand's leading institutions of higher learning with current enrollment of over 22,000 students, including approximately 5,600 graduate students.

At present, there are sixteen faculties at Thammasat University: Law, Commerce and Accountancy, Political Science, Economics, Journalism and Mass Communication, Liberal Arts, Science and Technology, Social Administration, Sociology and Anthropology, Engineering, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Allied Health Science, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, and the Graduate School.