THE ATTITUDE OF UNDERGRADUATE SUTUDENTS IN FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUAN SUNANDHA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY TOWARD A GREEN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

              This research aimed to 1) study on the attitude level of undergraduate students in Faculty of Science and Technology on the development of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU) toward a green university; and 2) compare the attitude of those students depending on their personal characteristics which include sex, year and program of the study, on the development SSRU to the green university. By this study, questionnaires were used to collect data from the sample size which were 400 undergraduate students in Faculty of Science and Technology. Data were then analyzed by mean (X), standard deviation (S.D.), t-Test and F-Test at .05 of the significant level. As a result of this research, it was found that 1) the attitude of undergraduate students on the development of SSRU toward a green university by the criteria of UI Green Metric World University Ranking in six categories which consist of setting and infrastructure, energy and climate change, waste, water, transportation, and education and research was at high level (X= 3.75); and 2) male and female undergraduate students were not statistically different in the attitude on the development of SSRU toward a green university [Sig. = .231 > α (.05)] whereas students with different year and program of their studies were statistically different in that attitude at .05 and .01 of the significant levels [Sig. = .037 and .000 < α (.05 and .01), respectively].