Chiang Mai University (CMU) (Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964 with a strong emphasis on engineering, scientific, and agriculture. Its instructional mission includes undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education offered through resident instruction. Its main campus lies between Chiang Mai downtown and Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Province. The university is the first institute of higher education in Northern Thailand, and the first provincial university in Thailand. CMU recently set up the Technology Development Center for Industry (TDCI) to provide a one-stop interface with industry. It is also chairing the Chiang Mai Creative City Development Committee. Chiang Mai University has four campuses, three of them in Chiang Mai and one in Lamphun, which together cover about 3,490 acres (14.1 km) of land. There are 18 housing complexes located on campus for students attending the university; 17 of them are on main campus and one in Mae Hea campus The main university campus, known as Suan Sak campus (Thai: สวนสัก) or Cherng Doi (Thai: เชิงดอย), lies about five kilometres west of the city center.