Starting at BIR if you live in Thailand

Do these before term starts.

• Install the TU Greats app and activate your student card

  The app holds your virtual student ID and timetable.

• Activate your Bangkok Bank card

  Collect your student card at the Bangkok Bank Tha Prachan branch and activate the linked account there. Refunds are paid into that account.

• Sign in to your TU account and connect to campus Wi-Fi

  One TU login covers student email, Microsoft 365 and Wi-Fi.

• Put the orientation and term dates in your calendar

  The BIR office announces them on birpolsci.com and the BIR Program Facebook page.

• Register for your courses

  You can take up to 22 credits a semester and 6 in summer.

• Find your cohort's credit total in the study plan

  127 credits for cohorts 64 to 67. 126 credits for the B.E. 2568 (2025) curriculum.

• Check your tuition and the payment deadline
• Read student reviews before you choose electives

• Save the live bus tracker to your phone

  It shows when the next free shuttle arrives.

• Find the stop for the free shuttle bus
• Plan your journey to Tha Prachan

  Buses, boats and the MRT.

• Set a monthly budget
• Find the student discounts you can use
• Choose two or three places to eat near campus
• Shortlist places to live if you need to move closer

• Save the emergency numbers in your phone

  Call 1669 for an ambulance and 191 for the police.

• Find the campus clinic and its opening hours

  The clinic is open 08.30 to 16.30.

• Learn how to report harassment

• Find your library and your printing quota
• Find the free campus services you can use

  Includes free menstrual products and condoms.

• Join a club
• Find out which student bodies you can vote for