Several AIT School of Management graduate degree programs are near the top of regional and global tables, according to a newly released Eduniversal Ranking of the world’s Best Master’s and MBA programs.

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kandahar University to broaden and intensify its partnership with the university in Afghanistan located in the southern region of the country.

Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST) has expressed its desire to foster a partnership with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The University is keen to strengthen its international research collaboration, and can offer summer scholarships to students from AIT.

With construction of conventional satellites being costly and challenging, the concept of micro-satellites is picking up globally. Micro-satellites offer the benefits of low cost and customized on-demand operational parameters. Presenting micro-satellite technology and the concept of an Asian Micro-satellite Consortium (AMC) was Dr. Yukihiro Takahashi, Director of Space Mission Center, and Department of Cosmosciences, Hokkaido University, during a visit to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 22 January 2013.

University of Tuscia, Italy, and Environmental and Economic Research Institute (EERi), Myanmar have signed an agreement with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) to implement a community development program titled “Development of Rural Aquaculture through Entrepreneurship in Women in Myanmar.”

A letter, “Moving AIT forward: Important update from AIT President” was sent to the AIT community on 22 January 2012. The letter is being reproduced here:

Asian Institute of Technology alumnus Dr. Assadej Vanichchinchai has won the 2012 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award in the category of Operations and Production Management for his research on “The Relationship between Quality Management and Supply Chain Management: An Analysis of the Automotive Industry in Thailand”.

Building on principles of environmental policy and nature conservation, the concept of Earth System Governance puts these principles into a broader context of human-induced transformations of the entire earth system. Elaborating on Earth System Governance was Mr. Ruben Zondervan, its Executive Director, in a talk delivered at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 18 January 2012.

AIT’s Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal co-edits special issue of Yale University’s Journal of Industrial Ecology

While the events related to the triple disaster in Japan in March 2011 have been traumatic, post-disaster evacuation and relocation has been equally difficult. Mapping disaster evacuation and relocation, and narrating a first-hand account was Dr. Takashi Oda of Ochanomizu University, who delivered a talk on “Mapping the disaster evacuation and relocation” at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 17 January 2013.