Electron collisional excitation strengths for transitions between the 3s23p2 and levels 3P 0,1,2 , 1D 2 , 1S 0 and from these levels to the Ðne-structure levels of the excited 3s3p3, 3s23p3d, 3s23p4s, 3s23p4p, and 3s23p4d conÐgurations of S III are calculated in R-matrix approach. We considered 49 Ðne-structure levels arising from the 27 L S 3s23p2 3P, 1D, 1S, 3s3p3 5, 3So, 1, 3Do, 1, 3Po, 3s23p3d 1, 3Po, 1,3Do, 1, 3Fo, 3s23p4s 1,3Po, 3s23p4p 1,3S, 1,3P, 1,3D, 3s23p4d 1,3Po, and 1,3Do states. These target levels are represented by fairly extensive conÐguration-interaction wave functions. The collision strengths for transitions between Ðne-structure levels are calculated by transforming the L S-coupled K-matrices to K-matrices in an intermediate coupling scheme. Complicated resonance structures converging to excited state thresholds are explicitly included in collision strengths. The e †ective collision strengths are obtained from the total collision strengths by integrating over a Maxwellian velocity distribution. These are tabulated over a wide electron temperature range (0.5È10) ] 104 K.