‘AIT Alive at 55’, a commemorative book documenting all things AIT across its fifty-five year history, was launched last week in Manila by the AITAA Philippine Chapter to rave reviews.

Vice Minister for Global Environment, Ministry of Environment, Japan, H.E. Mr. Soichiro Seki visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 26 November 2014, and complimented AIT for taking the lead in planning a forum on Climate Change in the run up to the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP21).

Just one month after a delegation led by AIT President Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai visited Mongolia, the President of the Mongolian University of Life Sciences Dr. Tumurbaatar Kheruuga returned to the favour by visiting the Asian Institute of Technology on 24 November 2014 to follow up on ideas for formal collaboration.

A two-member team representing the Thai-US Creative Partnership and USAID visited the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 24 November 2014 and unveiled various programs and offerings for possible partnership and collaboration.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) along with several organizations have jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thai TV Channel 3 for sharing academic information, knowledge sharing and news telecast.

With nearly 40,000 deaths occurring in the United States every year due to road accidents, the concept of vehicular cloud is an area of significant interest. Vehicles are now ‘ talking’ to each other, leading to safer navigation, along with efficient and intelligent urban transportation.

From the swimming pool to the laboratory; from the endless assignments and tests to playtime; and from late study hours to the international culinary delights at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) ━ these were some of the aspects about campus life covered by AIT students in the videos screened at the AIT Short Film Festival.

Eight-Japan Engineering Consultants (EJEC), which recently offered one scholarship to a student to pursue a Master’s program at AIT, has sought to strengthen its academic and technical partnership with AIT.

“We would like to see more students from Mongolia attend AIT and our embassy will do its utmost to bring more Mongolians students here,” Mongolia’s Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Battumur Chimeddorj said last week at the Asian Institute of Technology.

The Student Union Research Exhibition organized in conjunction with the Career Fair on 5 November 2014 not only demonstrated the research capability of AIT students, but also attracted interest from private companies.