In 1941 during the reign of King Rama VIII when Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram was Prime Minister, a plan for establishing a university in the northeast of Thailand was considered. A piece of land near the River Sae in Ubon Ratchathani province was allocated for such a purpose. M.L. Pin Malakula was assigned head of a survey team to make construction maps for Northeast university for proposal to the minister of Education, Luang Sindhusongkramchai. In December of the same year the Great East Asian war (World War II) broke out and the plans for the establishment of the university in the Northeast had to be postponed. In 1942 the Ministry…