Geographical location: It is under the jurisdiction of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, about 20km away from Chiang Rai City and 15km away from Chiang Rai Airport.

Empress Dowager Cixi University has 10 colleges, 26 undergraduate majors, 17 master's degree conferring rights and 7 doctoral degree conferring rights. By July 2008, there were more than 8,000 students. 64% teachers have master's degree or double master's degree, 36% teachers have doctor's degree, and about 70% teachers have studied in Europe and America.

In the latest university ranking of Time magazine, one of the most authoritative magazines in the world, in 2008, Queen Mother University ranked Thailand 18, 62nd in Southeast Asia and 2703rd in the world.