Classes move online for the World Bank and IMF meetings

Thammasat University moves teaching online on 12 October and from 14 to 16 October 2026. Tuesday 13 October is a public holiday. The BIR Office is closed from 12 to 16 October.

Classes move online on the dates below

The Cabinet's measures aim to ease traffic and support security during the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Bangkok.

Dates

What changes at Thammasat Tha Prachan, 12 to 16 October 2026
Date	Classes	Offices at Tha Prachan
Monday 12 October 2026	Online. No classroom teaching.	Staff work from home. The BIR Office is closed.
Tuesday 13 October 2026	Public holiday. No classes.	Public holiday. All offices are closed, including the BIR Office.
Wednesday 14 October 2026	Online. No classroom teaching.	Staff work from home. The BIR Office is closed.
Thursday 15 October 2026	Online. No classroom teaching.	Staff work from home. The BIR Office is closed.
Friday 16 October 2026	Online. No classroom teaching.	Official business at Tha Prachan is suspended, except for staff their supervisors have assigned. The BIR Office is closed.

What this means for you

Tuesday 13 October is a public holiday, so there are no classes.
The university asks faculties and instructors to move classes to an online format on 12 October and from 14 to 16 October.
The university asks units to suspend classroom teaching on those days.
The university asks units to suspend official business at Tha Prachan on 16 October, except for staff their supervisors have already assigned to duty.
The BIR Office is closed from 12 to 16 October 2026. For urgent matters, email bir@tu.ac.th.
Ask your instructor if you are not sure how your class will meet.

Contact your faculty if you need to confirm arrangements for a specific class.

Why this is happening

On 19 May 2026 the Cabinet agreed that government agencies in Bangkok work from home on Monday 12 October and on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 October. It also set special arrangements for Friday 16 October 2026 in Bangkok.

The Cabinet did this to ease traffic, to help delegates travel to the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund 2026, and to keep the visiting finance ministers and central bank governors safe.

Thammasat University set out how it will teach and work at Tha Prachan during the meetings in response.

Tuesday 13 October is already a public holiday.

The announcement in full

The university announced these arrangements on 7 August 2026. This is an English translation of the Thai original.

Announcement of Thammasat University

Subject. Arrangements for teaching and work at Tha Prachan during the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund 2026 (Buddhist Era 2569)

At its meeting on 19 May 2026, the Cabinet resolved to approve Friday 16 October 2026 as a special public holiday in the Bangkok area. It also agreed that government agencies in the Bangkok area should work away from their usual premises (work from home) on Monday 12 October 2026 and between Wednesday 14 October 2026 and Thursday 15 October 2026. The purpose is to ease traffic problems, to make travel easier for those attending the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund 2026, and to ensure that the protection and security of the finance ministers and central bank governors of the member countries are carried out in good order and as effectively as possible.

Thammasat University therefore sets the following arrangements for teaching and work at Tha Prachan during the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund 2026.

Units are requested to suspend teaching, work and official contact at Tha Prachan on Friday 16 October 2026, except for personnel whom their supervisors have already specifically assigned to duty.
Units and teaching staff are asked to cooperate by changing teaching to an online format and suspending classroom (onsite) teaching on Monday 12 October 2026 and from Wednesday 14 October 2026 to Friday 16 October 2026.
Units and personnel on regular duty at Tha Prachan are requested to work away from their usual premises (work from home) on Monday 12 October 2026 and between Wednesday 14 October 2026 and Thursday 15 October 2026.

Announced on 7 August 2026 (Buddhist Era 2569)

(Professor Supasawad Chardchawarn)
Rector