Naresuan University (NU) (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร, Thai: [mā.hǎː.wít.tʰā.jāː.lāj nā.rēː.sǔa̯n]) is a government university in Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand. It was established as a separate university on 29 July 1990, the 400th anniversary of the start of the reign of Phitsanulok-born King Naresuan the Great. A courtyard with a statue of King Naresuan is on the campus grounds and students regularly pay their respects before it. The university has about 20,000 full-time students. Histor…