News

Clinic resumes 24-hour nurse service

Due to feedback opposed to cutting back the hours of nursing staff at AIT Medical Clinic caused by budget cuts, 24-hour nursing staff service is resuming immediately.

Graduation schedule revised

The 105th AIT Graduation Ceremony on 24 May 2006 will be held at the Thailand Science Park Convention Center located behind AIT's campus.

In view of the change in venue, a slight adjustment in schedules is as follows:

On 10 May at 1 p.m., the Doctoral Progress Review Committee (DPRC) progress meeting will be held at Room 210, Administration Building.

Director-General of the Department of Mineral Fuels Mr. Krairit Nilkuha and AIT President Said Irandoust sign a memorandum of understanding that creates a new professional master's degree program in partnership with government and industry.

AIT President Said Irandoust and Director-General of the Department of Mineral Fuels Mr. Krairit Nilkuha shake hands after the signing.

Director-General of the Department of Mineral Fuels Mr. Krairit Nilkuha and AIT President Said Irandoust sign a memorandum of understanding that creates a new professional master's degree program in partnership with government and industry.

AIT President Said Irandoust and Director-General of the Department of Mineral Fuels Mr. Krairit Nilkuha shake hands after the signing.

AIT gets new sister university

An agreement signed 6 April 2006 creates a new sister university to AIT, Linköping University in Sweden.

The five-year relationship will see the exchange of students, the establishment of networks and cooperation with industry.

At ERCO this week

The External Relations and Communications Office has initiated efforts for AIT to tap the African market. In its initiation, the ERCO invited Dr. Roland Amoussou Guenou of the School of Management to present his ideas about the role of AIT in Africa.

More updates on AIT Masters Thesis Competition - May 2006

Prof. Sudip Rakshit, vice president for research provided more updates on the AIT Masters Thesis Competition – May 2006 as follows:

Mr. Ashok Ghosh, the President of J.K.Cements, one of the largest cement companies in India and part of the Singhania Group of companies, during his recent visit to AIT agreed to sponsor the competition.

Library offers more resources

The Library invites the AIT community to try the following interesting resources:

Scopus Citation Tracker on Scopus – A new feature of Scopus that enables researchers to easily evaluate research using citation data.

Research fellowships offered

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a nonprofit foundation established by the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of international research cooperation, is offering scholarship programmes for applicants from outside Germany, as follows:

Humboldt Research Fellowships for highly qualified, foreign scientists and scholars of all nationalities and disciplines holding doctorates, aged up to 40, from abroad for a long-term research stay in Germany (up to 600 fellowships per annum).

Georg Forster Research Fellowships for highly qualified scholars from developing countries, aged up to 45, for a long-term research stay in Germany (up to 60 fellowships per annum).

Please visit the AvH website for more information and applications: http://www.

Special holidays mark King's 60th anniversary

In cerebration of the 60th Anniversary of His Majesty the King of Thailand's Accession to the Throne, the Office of the Permanent Secretary, The Prime Minister's Office declared that Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 June 2006, are the official holidays only in Bangkok and greater areas which include the provinces of Nonthaburi, Nakornpathom, Pathumthani and Samutprakan.