Asian Institute of Technology

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Asian Institute of Technology


Established	1959
Faculty	104
Students	1,949
Location	Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Affiliations	LAOTSE, ASAIHL
Website	www.ait.ac.th

Asian Institute of Technology environment

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an international institution for higher education in engineering, advanced technologies, and management and planning. It "promotes technological change and sustainable development" in the Asian-Pacific region, through higher education, research and outreach.

1 History, mission
2 Location
3 Academic Structure
4 Ramon Magsaysay Award
5 Students, faculty
6 Memberships
7 .th domain
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] History, mission

Founded in 1959 as SEATO Graduate School of Engineering, with a mission to develop highly qualified and committed professionals who will play a leading role in the sustainable development of the region and its integration into the global economy, it receives funding from organizations and governments around the world (initially from SEATO members).

In 2006, AIT claimed that it "has become a leading regional post-graduate institute and is actively working with public and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top universities in the world". (See note presented at the Asia Commons conference, Bangkok, June 2006.)

It also sees itself as being "recognized for its multinational, multi-cultural ethos".

[edit] Location

This institute operates as a self-contained international community at its campus located some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Bangkok, Thailand.

The school was hosted by Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, before it becoming the AIT, an independent institution, in November 1967. While its main campus is located in Thailand, there is also a remote campus in Vietnam called AIT Center in Vietnam. Another two centers have been authorized to be setup in Indonesia and Pakistan.

[edit] Academic Structure

AIT consists of three schools, the AIT centre in Vietnam, and the AIT Extension.

The three schools are

School of Engineering and Technology (SET) [1]
School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) [2]
School of Management (SOM) [3]

[edit] Ramon Magsaysay Award

In 1989, it received a Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding, "... for shaping a new generation of engineers and managers committed to Asia , in an atmosphere of academic excellence and regional camaraderie.".

[edit] Students, faculty

Hosted 1,949 students from 50 countries, and 104 faculty from 22 countries (August 2006), its main campus in Pathum Thani, Thailand, is situated just next to Thailand Science Park and Rangsit Center of Thammasat University. The campus is approximately 42 kilometers north of Bangkok, the capital of the country.