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 | | Naresuan University, situated in Phitsanulok, the birth place of King Naresuan the Great who won an historically significant battle against the insurgent Burmese and helped Siam enter a golden era, is the center of education in the lower northern region of Thailand. |
 | | Inaugurated as a College of Education with the goal of bringing higher education into rural areas, it was upgraded to full university status in 1974, and it became Naresuan University in 1990 in accordance with the national development policy. |
 | | In 1996, Naresuan's student population was 9,579, of which 6,205 were studying at the undergraduate level and 3,347 at the graduate level. |
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