National Centres of Excellence (PERDO)

Faculty of Science Mahidol University, as the lead university, has 3 out of 9 national Centres of Excellence, under the higher education development projects called Science and Technology Postgraduate Education and Research Development Office (PERDO), Commission on Higher Education (CHE), Ministry of Education, THAILAND. This project is the second phase of the Higher Education Development Project (HEDP) for the years 2006-2009.

Mahidol University (Faculty of Science) : as the Lead university

1.	Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC)
2.	Center of Excellence on Environmental Health, Toxicology and Management of Chemicals (ETM)
3.	Centre of Excellence in Mathematics (CEM)

We also play very active roles in the other 2 Centers of Excellence

1.	Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics (Chiang Mai University, as the lead university)
2.	Center for Agricultural Biotechnology (CAB) (Kasetsart University, as the lead university)

Mahidol University : as the Participating university

1.	National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management (NCE-EHWM) (Chulalongkorn University, as the lead university)
2.	National Center of Excellence for Petroleum, Petrochemicals and Advanced Materials (Chulalongkorn University, as the lead university)
3.	Postharvest Technology Innovation Center (Chiang Mai University, as the lead university)
4.	Center of Excellence on Energy Technology and Environment (KMUTT, as the lead university)