5.3.3 Women’s access schemes
Metric: Student access measures
Provide women’s access schemes, including mentoring, scholarships, or other provision.
Prince of Songkla University provides a range of access and support schemes that help women enter, participate in, and continue their university education. These include mentoring and counselling services, scholarships and financial assistance, and other student-support provisions designed to reduce academic, financial, social, and personal barriers to higher education.
Mentoring and Counselling Support
PSU provides free mentoring, counselling, and psychological support through PSU HomeCare (Baan Waisai Songkhla Nakarin). The service is available to all students, including women, students from low-income backgrounds, LGBTQ+ students, students with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.
Students can receive individual counselling and guidance on academic difficulties, family and financial concerns, adjustment to university life, mental health, and other personal challenges. The service supports female students in maintaining their well-being and continuing their studies when personal or social difficulties may otherwise affect their participation in higher education.
In 2025, psychological counselling services were accessed by students across all five PSU campuses. A total of 690 students received mental health support. Of these:
Scholarships and Financial Support
Prince of Songkla University provides scholarships to reduce financial barriers to higher education. In Academic Year 2025, the Ton Kla Songklanagarind Scholarship supported 119 university students, including 98 women (82.4%), with financial assistance covering tuition fees, accommodation, and living expenses.
This demonstrates substantial support for women from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to access and continue university education.
Additional Support for Educational Access and Participation
PSU complements financial and counselling support with academic guidance and student-development services. Through the Ton Kla programme, scholarship recipients participate in academic tutoring, guidance, orientation, and preparation activities designed to support their transition from secondary school to university.
The Division of Student Development and Alumni Relations also provides access to student welfare services, scholarships, student loans, disability support, health services, and other assistance across the University.
Together, these provisions help reduce financial, academic, psychological, and social barriers that may affect women’s access to and continued participation in higher education.