Interest in the Southeast Asian region, which has been considerable ever since the European colonial period, has so for been mainly expressed from the perspective of The West design. The direction and objectives of our Southeast Asian Studies have themselves altered in such a way that the studies seek to understand SES from the Southeast Asian standing point, and at the same time, seek to build up an alternative body of knowledge of the region which is in lime with the rapid and drastic changes which are talking place in the world at present. With profound understanding of each member country in the region, it, will, in turn, help make the region more peaceful and more harmonious. The International Master Degree Program in Southeast Asian Studies is as a result an interesting alternative choice for people who aim to seek a new approach and answer in establishing a well rounded and sound body of knowledge of the region. Last but not least, the Faculty of Arts and the Institute of Asian Studies of Chulalongkorn University are perfectly placed to offer an International Master Degree Program in Southeast Asian Studies for a number of reasons. These reasons include the rich resources of academic and research staff who are experts on the region, a strong regional and international academic and research cooperative network based on this area of studies, and rich experience in international studies programs and research administration (including the eleven-year-old Thai Studies Program of the Faculty of Arts and the considerable experience of the Institute of Asian Studies in cooperative research programs, bringing in various sources of outside funding taking part in research and joint research projects). The curriculum of the program is designed in such a way that students can develop their own areas of interest while at the same time they can be assured of a strong methodological base with a holistic background knowledge of the region. This aim will be achieved by combining a range of electives and individual study courses with both compulsory courses and the compulsory “traveling classroom”. The “traveling classroom” will allow students to travel to different parts of the region to learn at first-hand from local experts and to gain hands-on experience of the locality that they visit. The MA program has two main objectives. These are to help develop professional academics in the field of Southeast Asian Studies, and to give people a profound understanding of Southeast Asia and the issues which concern it.