Montfort College


Montfort College is a private Catholic school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was established on March 16, 1932.
Montfort College has 2 locations: One for primary students beside the Ping river, and one for secondary beside the railway tracks. It is widely regarded as one of the top schools in Northern Thailand.

History

The Brothers of St. Gabriel came to Chiang Mai and established Montfort Primary School in 1932 along Charoen Prathet Road on a plot of land provided by Bishop Peross from Luang Anusarn Suntorn who gave his financial support at no interest. The land was located along the Ping River, approximately 200 meters from the Sacred Heart Church. Montfort School opened its first academic y,ear on 16 March 1932. Fr. Reunemenier was the manager, Brother Simon the first director, Brother Ambrosio the vice-director and Brother Louis was responsible for new construction.
Montfort College opened its secondary section in 1949, started to admit girls to its secondary section from levels 10–12 in 1975 and started to admit girls to its primary section in 2009.

Offered Classes

Montfort College has two sections: Primary and secondary. In 2013, the secondary section had 3,238 students, while the primary had approximately 2,400 students. The primary school has two teaching syllabuses: Normal Programme, and English Programme.
The secondary school offers classes as follows:

Grade 7-9

Gifted Bilingual Programme: Gifted Science-Mathematics, Gifted English, Gifted Digital and TechnologyBilingual ProgrammeEnglish Programme: English Programme, and International Programme.

Grade 10-12

Gifted Bilingual Programme: Gifted Mathematics-English, Gifted Chemistry, Gifted English, Gifted Biology, Gifted Thai, Gifted Physics, Gifted Mathematics, Gifted Digital and Technology Bilingual ProgrammeLiberal Arts Programme: Music, Japanese, Mandarin, FrenchEnglish Programme: English Programme Science-Mathematics, English Programme Business Arts, and International Programme.

Notable alumni