RMUTL strengthened university-wide efforts to reduce poverty by expanding need-based access to vocational and higher education, scaling skills for decent work in Northern Thailand, and delivering community outreach that increases household income.

Between January 2024 and March 2025, RMUTL strengthened university-wide efforts to reduce poverty by expanding need-based access to vocational and higher education, scaling skills for decent work in Northern Thailand, and delivering community outreach that increases household income. The university deepened its multi-year partnership with Thailand’s Equitable Education Fund (EEF/กสศ.) to award Innovation Vocational Scholarships (ทุนนวัตกรรมสายอาชีพชั้นสูง) and the Princess’s Scholarship (ทุนพระกนิษฐาสัมมาชีพ) to low-income and disadvantaged learners; joined provincial research and skills coalitions focused on poverty alleviation; and deployed community-facing technology transfer and entrepreneurship supports.

Institutional Policy & Governance

Policy alignment. RMUTL’s SDG portal articulates institutional commitment to all 17 SDGs—including SDG 1—through governance, research, learning and teaching, and community engagement. The portal consolidates SDG 1 cases, guidance, and documentation to support evidence-based reporting and internal coordination. RMUTL SDGs+1

Targeted access for low-income learners. RMUTL operationalizes SDG 1 through scholarships dedicated to students from low-income (ครัวเรือนยากจน) and disadvantaged backgrounds. In February 2024, RMUTL formally announced the AY2024 EEF Innovation Vocational Scholarships with open calls emphasizing equity and poverty reduction through education. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

External standards and performance. RMUTL tracks and maps actions to THE Impact Rankings methodology (most recently 2025 release), ensuring evidence meets the ranking’s measurable indicators (e.g., access schemes, services for low-income students, anti-poverty programs for communities, and transparent reporting). RMUTL SDGs

Access & Support: Financial Aid that Targets Poverty

EEF Innovation Vocational Scholarships (ทุนนวัตกรรมสายอาชีพชั้นสูง)

• Scale in AY2024: RMUTL received 80 scholarships as an approved “innovative institution,” across programs in Electric Vehicles and Electronics at RMUTL Chiang Rai, designed to connect low-income youth to growth sectors. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

• Selection transparency: The official selection list for AY2024 was released on 31 March 2025, enabling public scrutiny and student follow-up on documentation and contracting. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

• Continuation into AY2025 (Cohort 7): In February 2025, RMUTL and EEF announced Cohort 7 timelines (applications 17 Feb–12 Mar 2025, with home visits and socio-economic verification 17 Feb–14 Mar 2025), sustaining the pipeline of low-income entrants. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

• National program parameters: EEF’s 2024 call specifies monthly living support to remove cost barriers—THB 6,500/month in early years and THB 7,500/month in later years of the 5-year track—alongside tuition at an “economy rate.” (EEF national announcement, 19 Feb 2024). กสศ. | เปิดประตูสู่โอกาสทางการศึกษา

Princess’s Scholarship (ทุนพระกนิษฐาสัมมาชีพ)

• RMUTL publicized the 2024 intake (June–July 2024) for talented low-income vocational graduates to continue to bachelor’s–doctoral level in priority S-curve and STEM fields—addressing intergenerational poverty by enabling high-return education pathways. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

• Program scope and definitions (EEF 2023 regulation) guide eligibility and continuity of support. กสศ. | เปิดประตูสู่โอกาสทางการศึกษา

• RMUTL’s SDG portal frames this scholarship explicitly as a poverty-breaking mechanism for disadvantaged youth. RMUTL SDGs

Student Development & Case Management

• Monitoring and support: RMUTL Chiang Rai held progress review meetings with EEF on the implementation of the scholarship program (January 25, 2024), an example of active case management to keep vulnerable students enrolled and on track to graduation and employment. chiangrai.rmutl.ac.th

Skills for Decent Work & Income

Labor-market Skills & Gig Economy

• In March 2024, RMUTL partnered with Department of Skill Development (DSD) 19 Chiang Mai to host hands-on upskilling in advanced manufacturing/Industry 4.0 and gig-worker competencies, aiming to raise employability and earnings for youth and under-employed workers. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Support

• RMUTL’s University Business Incubator (UBI) ran activities through March–May 2025 (e.g., Smart Start Idea by GSB Startup) that help students and early-stage founders develop solutions and generate income, an essential anti-poverty lever for first-gen and low-income learners. ศูนย์บ่มเพาะวิสาหกิจ

• Technology Transfer Institute to Communities (CTTC) published its 2024 portfolio of academic service projects, highlighting university-to-community technology dissemination to improve livelihoods and reduce costs.

Community Outreach that Reduces Poverty

• Province-level Poverty Eradication Research Coalition (Lampang): On 28 March 2024, RMUTL researchers joined the “Strategic Research Areas to Eradicate Poverty and Build Social Opportunity (พื้นที่จังหวัดลำปาง)” event—co-developing solutions with local partners. มหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีราชมงคลล้านนา

• Lifelong learning and outreach: RMUTL’s SDG platform documents continuing education and outreach that strengthen entrepreneurship capacity of residents and displaced people, improving resilience and income potential in the regional economy. RMUTL SDGs