The Asian Institute of Technology on 29 September 2020 signed an official Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at a ceremony in Bangkok.
During the MoU signing ceremony, Mr. Shigeru Aoyagi, Director of the UNESCO Regional Education Bureau in Asia Pacific in Bangkok, expressed his happiness to sign the partnership instrument with AIT for future collaboration and mentioned some of the areas where UNESCO and AIT could collaborate.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
To mark “International Coastal Cleanup Day 2020” a large group from AIT’s Environmental Engineering and Management (EEM) and Marine Plastics Abatement (MPA) programs recently combed the beaches of the Gulf of Thailand in search of plastic litter to remove and study.
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
Education can change one’s life for the better. This is precisely the story of Ir Tan Chin Nyan, a very successful Malaysian structural engineer who was once a young boy in a poor family but now holds the position of Managing Director of Bridgex Bina Sdn Bhd (now known as BBSB Holdings Sdn Bhd), one of Malaysia’s leading civil engineering firms.
Thailand’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) will support a total of twenty-four qualified employees to pursue their Master’s and Doctoral degrees at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) over the next 4 years.
Associate Professor Dr. Yuosre Badir, Director of Doctoral Programs (PhD and DBA) in AIT School of Management, teamed up with experts and contributed to the book named Maisons tropicales - concevoir une maison bioclimatique, sure, confortable, economique et respectueuse de l'environnement (English Translation: Tropical houses - design a bioclimatic, safe, comfortable, economical and environmentally friendly house). The book was published in France in March 2020.
The book was produced for ETIK2A (http://etik2a.org/), a French non-profit organization that focuses on ethical issues in developing a green and sustainable environment.
September 30, 2020
Since January of this year, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. By the end of September, the situation is excellent in Thailand—with only one case of local transmission for over 100 days, but many places around the world, including several of the countries where our AIT students, faculty, and staff come from, are still heavily affected.
New Intakes for SOM programs in Vietnam
The AIT School of Management (SOM) in Thailand and AIT Center in Vietnam (AITCV) underscored their mutual cooperation by jointly holding Opening Ceremonies of the 4th intake of the Doctoral Business Administration (DBA) and the 20th Intake of the International Executive MBA (iEMBA) Program, both successfully organized this month in Vietnam.
In the latest QS Global MBA Rankings 2021, released on September 23, the AIT Master of Business Administration (MBA) program ranks #14 in Asia and #1 in Thailand.
Featuring over 250 business schools in 40 countries, the prestigious QS Global MBA Rankings 2021 provides a comprehensive list of the best academic institutions in the world to study for an MBA degree.
For the first time in its history, the Asian Institute of Technology has published a Sustainability Report which outlines key initiatives undertaken by the Institute in 2019 to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Introducing the new AIT Sustainability Report 2019, AIT President Dr. Eden Woon said: “This report provides a summary of the range of activities undertaken at the Asian Institute of Technology during 2019 to meet the SDGs through its teaching, research, outreach and public engagement, and operations.
On 17 September, 2020, President Dr. Eden Y. Woon and TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management PCL (TEAM Group) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Apichat Sramoon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to harness the synergy between AIT and TEAM and to strengthen the collaboration in academics, research, and development, consultancy and entrepreneurship.