A generous donor gave a gift to the 12 AIT frontline Organizational Quarantine (OQ) staff as a year-end bonus for appreciation of their good work.

AIT is the first university in Thailand to have a quarantine facility approved by the Thai Public Health Ministry.

Ms. Bhiramon Chuprapawan (IEMBA’03) has agreed to donate THB 150,000 for upgrading the School of Management Amphitheater into a Standard Smart Modified Classroom for Institute Wide Courses (IWCs) and other Hybrid Instruction Courses.

Ms. Bhiramon is currently the Managing Director of 4 Care Co., Ltd, which specialises in creating quality health foods.

The AITAA China Chapter Delegation led by Mr Liu Chongming presented two mock cheques to AIT President Dr. Eden Woon: Second instalment of 1,000,000 THB towards the AIT Belt and Road Research Center; Second instalment of 200,000 THB towards the Student Exchange Scholarship Program funded by AIT Chinese Alumni in Thailand.

Mr. William Wei Gong, an AIT alumnus who graduated in 1991 with Master of Engineering in Energy and Managing Director of Siam Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd, agreed to support towards the upgrading of two single student dormitories by installing air conditioning and water heating systems.

The Marine Plastics Abatement laboratory has been newly constructed specially for the professional master's degree program of MPA. The lab is equipped with the facilities that are used to analyze microplastics in water, soil, and air samples. The facilities were fulfilled to cover the analytical steps including sampling, extraction, and microscopic observations of the microplastics.

AIT and National Economics University (NEU), Vietnam on 26 November 2020 signed a general Memorandum of Understanding and specific corporation agreement for International Bachelor’s-Master’s Unified Program for the School of Management for 5 years.

AIT President Dr. Eden Woon signed the Agreements at the virtual signing ceremony with NEU President Assoc.

Following the signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Van Lang University (VLU), Vietnam in July, AIT and VLU launched a Professional Master’s Program in Data Science at a virtual signing ceremony on 19 November 2020.

The official signing event at AIT was attended remotely by AIT President Dr. Eden Woon; Prof.

COVID-19 has presented unprecedented challenges for universities all around the world to find ways for their international students to return to class. Caught on the wrong side of closed borders, travel restrictions, and myriad pandemic-related protocols – students all over the globe have found themselves stranded in these uncertain times.

By Kanda Yaemboonruang

Against the backdrop of the ongoing global pandemic and ever-present environmental, social and economic challenges, this year’s AIT Sustainability Hackathon 2020 organized by the Department of Development and Sustainability exuded youthful optimism and a can-do attitude to change things for the better.

According to a paper recently published by Stanford University researchers, seven AIT faculty members are amongst the world’s top 2% scientists based on career-wide scientific impact to respective sub-disciplines. Three faculty members – Prof. Dung Phan Minh, Prof.