The Faculty of Architecture, Naresuan University, was established in 1996 as a bachelor program in the Faculty of Engineering. The program was elevated to the Faculty of Architecture in 2000 and now provides 2 bachelor programs in apply arts and design: 5-year bachelor program in Architecture and 4-year bachelor program in Packaging Design. The total number of students from both programs is now more than 500. Since 2001, the faculty has produced numbers of graduates who practices in various professions in design disciplines through out the country- mainly in lower northern region. The faculty conducts various researches and provides many public services in Arts, Architecture and Design such as the researches in local arts and architecture conservation, Thai vernacular arts and architecture studies, and local community and urban planning of lower-northern provinces.