The Faculty of Applied Arts was originally the Department of Languages and Social Sciences of the Faculty of Technical Education. Later, it was established as the Faculty of Applied Arts on the 12th June 2002 according to the 9th Tertiary Education Development Plan 2002-2006 and the approval of the Council of King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok. The Faculty comprises 3 departments and two internal units: the Office of the Dean, the Department of Languages, the Department of Social Sciences, the Department of Humanities, and the Center for Research and Development in Applied Arts. Currently, the Faculty provides academic services and general education courses in Languages, Social Sciences and Humanities to undergraduates and graduates of the university as well as offers the following four graduate programs: