The Faculty was established according to the Phase 7 Educational Development Plan (1992-1996) in the name of Faculty of Management Science to meet the needs of people with professional knowledge, in the field of business administration and economics and to expand educational opportunities for people in the northeast region. With a mission responsible for the operation of education, research and academic services to society. By separating the work from the Department of Social Sciences, which is under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in the academic year 1992 and is published in the Government Gazette, Volume 109, Episode 126, Page 1, on December 30, 1992 to be established as “Faculty of Management Science” with a Bachelor of Business Administration Program Finance as the first branch to open for teaching.
In the first phase (1992 – 1994), the faculty has operated by dividing the government into 4 parts: the Dean’s Office, Department of Finance and Accounting, Department of Economics, and the Department of Business Administration. To open a Bachelor of Business Administration Program in Finance and the field of Hotel and Tourism Management. As well as a Graduate Economics Courses, with faculty members who are under the 3 Department, whom are teaching with special instructors in the field of hotel and tourism.
Later, in order to expand more educational opportunities in the region, the Faculty therefore has opened additional courses. Namely Bachelor of Business Administration Program in the field of Marketing And Management, and a Graduate Accounting Courses. By focusing on both theoretical and practical teaching to allow graduates to have knowledge and quality, with morality and ethics, able to apply knowledge in various departments and self-employed. Which will lead to more local and national development.
During the year 2004-2015, the Faculty developed the administration in accordance with the policy and the educational administration model of Khon Kaen University. Because it is the period in which the university enters an intensive assessment by various organizations. Both the government and independent agencies from outside, causing Khon Kaen University to develop itself into a more quality organization. The organization structure has been improved by dissolving the department of various faculties. Which the faculty has implemented according to the university’s policy. To be more modern by changing the management structure from departmental administration to administration in the form of a group of subjects. Which consists of various groups of subjects, including Finance, Marketing, Management, Tourism, Hotel and Event Group, Accounting, and Economics. In order to be clear in the operation process and the flexibility of a variety of services to support new situations that can occur better, including an additional graduate program, namely the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program in Marketing, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA), Creative Tourism Management, Master of Accounting (M.Ed.) Program in Accounting, Doctor of Business Administration Program (B.Sc.), Business Administration and the Doctor of Philosophy Program (Ph.D.) in Tourism and Services Innovation Management. At the same time, there is a restructuring of the administrative office within the faculty. To be a one stop service, for flexibility in work and shorten the command line to make the administration work quickly and efficiently.
On 18 July 2015, Khon Kaen University has changed the status to a supervisory university and the establishment of a new agency is The Faculty of Economics was established in order to have a variety of courses and meet the needs of the regional and ASEAN societies. After that “Faculty of Management Science” therefore requested to change the name to “Faculty of Business Administration and Accounting” to be consistent with the curriculum that is taught and Khon Kaen University Council approved on February 6, 2016 and announced in the Government Gazette, Volume 133, Special Episode 91, Page 4, on April 20, 2016, which became effective after the announcement date, thus “Faculty of Business and Accounting ” Khonkaen University was born on April 21, 2016 in order to provide teaching and learning services that are in line with the new educational policy that focuses on learners.
