ST International Co. Ltd. (www.stcolleges.com), Taiwan, will assist AIT in marketing the Doctor of Business Administration program offered by the AIT School of Management (SOM). This was announced following a meeting between Mr. Stephen B. W. Sim, CEO of ST International Co. and AIT President Said Irandoust on 26 April.
ST International Co. Ltd. is interested in a partnership agreement in which the firm will help market 40 seats on the DBA program to professional executives, with 20 earmarked for delivery in in Shanghai and another 20 for the program to conducted in Taiwan.
ST International will also attract 10 full-fee paying Ph.D. students from Taiwan to further their studies at AIT during the coming August 2007 intake.
Under the agreement the firm will help promote and market SOM's program in Taiwan and China. In addition, they will also help with loan arrangements as well as with faculty recruitment from a pool of top professors in Taiwan.
Mr. Sim was brought to AIT by Prof. Nazrul Islam who was provided this useful contact from former AIT faculty Professor Nawaz Sharif.