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Andalas University, Indonesia, has sought the expertise of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in academic excellence, international research, and administrative and budgetary management. A 17-member delegation from Andalas University led by their former Rector Prof. Werry Darta Taifur, visited AIT on 12 January 2016 and interacted with senior AIT officials to learn about AIT’s academic and nonacademic evaluation system.

One-hundred and sixteen students hailing from 16 countries spread across three continents were welcomed on the occasion of the Orientation Day on 5 January 2016 organized at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The day marked the beginning of the January semester, with the incoming students being acquainted to the premier postgraduate institute.

Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai’s Opinion piece titled “Lessons for Asean on the globalisation of education” has been published on the Op-Ed Page (Page 13) of the English daily the Bangkok Post dated 22 December 2015.

Graduation speeches delivered on the occasion of the 124th Graduation of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) held on 16 December 2015 are available for download at these links.

One-hundred and seventy-four students from 11 countries in Asia and Europe received their degrees on the occasion of the 124th Graduation of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) held on 16 December 2015. The students, which included 22 doctoral graduates join the 21,000-plus alumni body spread across all continents.

Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has signed a five-year agreement with the Irrigation Department, Government of Sindh, Pakistan for delivering postgraduate and short programmes and conducting training and building capacity of professionals.

As 196 countries from all over the world signed the historic Paris Climate Change agreement, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has reasons to rejoice as it has been actively contributing towards the process leading to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP21).