Semester Activities

Payap University has an active student-run Student Council that organizes entertainment, cultural events, special seminars, community service, and sports. There are also a myriad special clubs including an international outdoor club, academic clubs, sports clubs, and special interest clubs.  In addition, the university has soccer fields, basketball courts, volleyball, rugby, softball, badminton, table tennis, petanque, and takraw.  Field trips to surrounding townships and provinces are also common as Northern Thailand offers a plethora of dazzling sites to see and experience!

The University of Cambodia and the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) offer students the unique opportunity to interact with local students and scholars. As courses are taught in English through the University of Cambodia, program participants will have the opportunity to interact on a regular basis.

Study Asia-Sponsored Semester Activities 

• Teaching English to Monks - Students can choose to teach English to novice monks at a nearby schooling temple. Novice monks are aged between 10 to 15 years old. Students assist in a class of approximately 10-20 monks with English-learning games, singing and other classroom activities. Students spend two hours in the classroom per week with the monks.
• Playgroup at a local orphanage - Students spend one afternoon a week at a local orphanage assisting with the carers of orphan children. The children are aged between newborns and 4-years-old. Activities include assisting with meal times and general playground supervision.

Living Life as a Local in Southeast Asia

• Zip through the exotic sights and sounds of Southeast Asian cities on the back of a tuk-tuk.
• Introduce your tastebuds to local delicacies, including fish amok in Cambodia and khao sawy in Chiang Mai.
• Ride on the back of an elephant as you explore the northern hill tribe villages of Thailand.
• Sip a coffe while watching the day end over the convergence of the Mekong River and Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh.
• Snap photos of monkeys lining the roads in the Angkor complex.