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.
Beautiful music by a Myanmar student violinist soothes the AIT campus
By Kanda Yaemboonruang
If the weather allows, in the early evening, Myanmar student Swun Wunna Htet will pack his violin box in his bicycle basket and ride the AIT fountain lake, a place that he has chosen as the outdoor stage to showcase his musical talent.
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.
SWITCH-Asia, supported by the European Union (EU), United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have joined forces to launch an online series of Policy Dialogues on Sustainable Lifestyles in Asia and offline courses on the Circular Economy.
AIT has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a specific Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to launch an International Bachelor’s-Master’s Unified Program with the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), a leading private liberal arts-based university in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Professor Anil Kumar Anal (HOD, Food Agriculture and Bioresources, School of Environment Resources and Development) in collaboration with Yves Wache (Umr, Pam, Agrosup, France), Professor Ralf Greiner (Max-Rubner Institute, Germany), Professor Weibia Zhou (National University Of Singapore, Singapore) and Dr. Son Chu-Ky (Hanoi University Of Science And Technology, Vietnam) as Editors has published a Special issue on “Food Safety in South East Asia” as part of Food Control Journal (Cite Score: 8.4; Impact Factor: 4.258) Elsevier publisher.
August 31, 2020
Since January of this year, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has spread across the world. By the end of August, the situation is excellent in Thailand—with no case of local transmission for almost 100 days, but there are places around the world, including several of the countries where our AIT students, faculty, and staff come from, which are still heavily affected.