The AIT officials were welcomed by Professor Dr. Sujin Jinahyon,
President of NU, Professor Keith Syers, Consultant to the President for
International Development, and Associate Professor Pornsak
Pudhapongsiriporn, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
President of NU, Professor Keith Syers, Consultant to the President for
International Development, and Associate Professor Pornsak
Pudhapongsiriporn, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering.
Naresuan University was established as a public comprehensive
university in 1990 to serve the lower northern provinces of
Thailand. Twenty years after its founding, President Sujin
Jinahyon recently issued a university policy intended to make sure that
100% of NU faculty members have a doctoral degree.
university in 1990 to serve the lower northern provinces of
Thailand. Twenty years after its founding, President Sujin
Jinahyon recently issued a university policy intended to make sure that
100% of NU faculty members have a doctoral degree.
The university will provide financial support to all faculty
members who do not possess a doctorate to be upgraded to PhD level,
with 20% going overseas to earn their degree and 80% remaining in
Thailand. AIT is a highly suitable institute for NU
faculty to be trained at and educated to a higher academic level,
officials said.
members who do not possess a doctorate to be upgraded to PhD level,
with 20% going overseas to earn their degree and 80% remaining in
Thailand. AIT is a highly suitable institute for NU
faculty to be trained at and educated to a higher academic level,
officials said.
At the signing ceremony, which was witnessed by all NU Deans, and
NU faculty who are AIT alumni, President Sujin, who is also a Board
Member of Thailand’s Commission of Higher Education (CHE), mentioned
the important role that AIT has played for the past 50 years both in
Thailand and around the region. He noted that Thailand is lucky to host
AIT, and he expressed his desire that AIT would help the country
achieve its goal of becoming an educational hub for the region.
NU faculty who are AIT alumni, President Sujin, who is also a Board
Member of Thailand’s Commission of Higher Education (CHE), mentioned
the important role that AIT has played for the past 50 years both in
Thailand and around the region. He noted that Thailand is lucky to host
AIT, and he expressed his desire that AIT would help the country
achieve its goal of becoming an educational hub for the region.
In his address, AIT President Said Irandoust welcomed this formal
cooperation and reconfirmed the mission of AIT to assist universities
in Thailand. He also stated that the Institute has been underutilized
by its host nation and expressed his wish for AIT to have more
opportunities to contribute to Thailand’s development into the
future. President Irandoust invited all NU Deans and concerned
faculty members to visit AIT so that they could learn first-hand about
AIT’s academic programs and its other offerings.
cooperation and reconfirmed the mission of AIT to assist universities
in Thailand. He also stated that the Institute has been underutilized
by its host nation and expressed his wish for AIT to have more
opportunities to contribute to Thailand’s development into the
future. President Irandoust invited all NU Deans and concerned
faculty members to visit AIT so that they could learn first-hand about
AIT’s academic programs and its other offerings.
Professor Worsak explained that for qualified candidates, AIT
could provide Royal Thai Government Fellowships to supplement their
budget for faculty capacity building.
could provide Royal Thai Government Fellowships to supplement their
budget for faculty capacity building.
After the ceremony, the AIT officials visited NU’s faculty of
engineering to interact with faculty members on other types of
cooperation, including a joint Bachelor and Master program.
engineering to interact with faculty members on other types of
cooperation, including a joint Bachelor and Master program.
