The Department of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, has been considered to be one of the best medical microbiology departments in Thailand. There are 17 full-time faculty members with Ph.D. degree with research grants awarded form international and national agencies. The faculty members conduct highly impact research on clinical and molecular- related microbiology especially on emerging infectious pathogens including HIV/AIDS, influenza andavian influenza virus, enterviruses, mycobacteria, leptosiposis, Burkholderlia pseudomallei, drug resistant bacteria, etc. The cluster in bacteriology, mycology and virology provides an outstanding training environment and emphasizes research opportunities in cutting-edge molecular techniques, in a wide-range of fields. There are for research laboratories with well-equipped for molecular and clinical microbiology laboratories, approximately 70 graduate students, 20 researcher scientists (Ph.D. and M.Sc. degree), and 56 technicians in the department. Thus, it is not only large enough to provide a stimulating research environment but also small enough to allow close interactions between the faculty members and graduate students. All qualified graduate students will be able to receive a scholarship from the Faculty of Medicine. After graduation, they will gain such experience in medical microbiology research, which is highly needed by various organizations, private companies, research institutes and academic institutions. Thus, they will have a good opportunity for their career development. Plan 1 of training offers the Ph.D. training opportunity for the infectious disease professionals or experienced microbiologists who wish to advance their microbiology knowledge and develop advance research skill. The plan features research-oriented training with no course work required

Plan 1 

For the applicant who holds bachelor's degree
 
1. have a grade point average of at least 3.25 

 2. hold a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, 
Sciences of various majors from an institution recognized by Mahidol University AND is currently in 
or finished the Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) of the Bureau of Epidemiology, Ministry 
of Public Health OR is currently under the Subspecialty Board of Infectious Diseases training and 
seeking the dual-degree in Medical Microbiology. The course director of both programs has to 
agree upon the applicant's application 


For the applicant who holds master's degree,  

 1. have a grade point average of at least 3.25 

 2. be a physician who holds a Diploma of Subspecialty Board of Infectious Diseases or the Diploma 
of Subspecialty Board of Clinical Pathology  or 

 3. hold a Master's degree of the microbiology-related major from an institution recognized by 
Mahidol University AND/OR with at least five years of experience in microbiology field AND is the 
first or corresponding author of at least one non-thesis publication in the peer review international
journal 
 
4. Exemption from the above conditions may be granted by the Programme Committee under
exceptional circumstances. 


Plan 2 

For the applicant who holds bachelor's degree, 

 1. have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (candidates with a lower GPA may be eligible with 
the permission of the Program Committee) 
 
2. hold or be pursuing a bachelor's degree (in the last semester) in Microbiology, Biology, 
Biochemistry, Botany, Genetics, Biotechnology, Medical Technology, Pharmacy, Dentistry, 
Veterinary Medicine, Medicine or other related fields from an institution recognized by Mahidol 
University 


For the applicant who holds master's degree, 

 1. have a grade point average of at least 3.5 (candidates with a lower GPA may be eligible with 
the permission of the Program Committee) 
 
2. hold or be pursuing a master's degree (in the last semester) in microbiology or other related 
fields from an institution recognized by Mahidol University For the master's degree trainee who wish 
to be transferred into the doctoral program must be granted by the course director and have a 
grade point average of at least 3.5 and  
 
3. Exemption from the above conditions may be granted by the Programme Committee 
under exceptional circumstances.

- Scientist, researcher, academian, scientific project supervisor who exercises the knowledge in
medical microbiology
-  Microbiology laboratory director/manager
-  Medical microbiology expert
-  Other careers where the knowledge in medical microbiology is required such as project analyst, 
project coordinator, product specialist, etc.