Visiting AIT
Officials from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Switzerland, visited AIT on 3 February, led by Prof. Dr. Olaf Kubler, ETH President. With him were Prof. Bertrand Meyer and Dr. Thomas Eichenberger, Assistants to the ETH President. Their discussions with AIT officials dealt with teaching and research structures, undergraduate education and graduate education, hiring strategies for Ph.D. students, interdisciplinary research and education, faculty hiring policy and procedures, and industry collaboration.
Photo shows Prof. Dr. Kubler (left) ETH President, discussing with AIT President, Prof. Jean-Louis Armand.
On 4 February, a delegation from Handong Global University, Korea, led by Prof. Myung-soo Hur, Dean of Academic Affairs, visited AIT to familiarize themselves with AIT's educational and administrative practices.
Handong Global Univesity is a co-educational Christian university with an enrolment of approximately 2,200 students. Its faculty currently numbers over 100. There are around 25 visiting foreign professors who are native speakers of English, with plans to increase this number to around 40 within the next three years. Handong hopes to admit 30% of its incoming freshmen from high schools in other countries. Handong currently has approximately 150 foreign nationals in its student body.
Photo shows Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon (left) Provost, welcoming Prof. Myung-soo Hur and his delegation.
On 5 February, 75 students from the Catholic University Leuven (CUL) and the Belgium Flemish Technical Association (VTK), an association of CUL engineering students (civil, mining, electrical, computer sciences, material sciences, chemical, mechanical and architectural) were welcomed to AIT by Associate Prof. Erik Bohez and Mr. Philip Oris, Senior Research Associate in the Industrial Systems and Engineering Program. They were briefed on the Institute's academic activities by representatives from AIT's four Schools.
Photo shows Associate Professor Erik Bohez briefing the students.