Your Resource and Partner for
Sustainable Development
MUTUAL COLLABORATION
VISION
AIT will strive to become
a leading and a unique regional multicultural
institution of higher learning, offering state
of the art education, research and training in
technology, management and societal
development.
•position itself as a regional hub
•a leading developer and provider of
technical and managerial manpower
•become a leading developer and provider of
highly qualified researchers and faculties.
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
CHARACTERISTICS
• Postgraduate institute with strong research
emphasis
• Internationality with an Asian orientation
• Interdisciplinary, agile academics
• Real-life development problems & industrial
practice
• Capacity building for sustainable development
• Orientation towards professions
• Global network of partners (top international
universities & research institutes)
MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
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2000 Students from 40 + Countries/Territories
15000+ Alumni from 80 Countries/Territories
23000 Short-term Trainees from 70+
Countries/Territories
130 World Class Faculty from 20+ Countries
800 Research and Support Staff from about 30
Countries
About 200 Sponsored Research Projects
29 Board of Trustee members from 21
Countries
AIT CORE VALUES AND
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
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Core Values
Mutual trust and respect
Tolerance for others’ beliefs
Ethical conduct in all aspects
Social and individual
responsiveness
Treating others with dignity
Respect for cultural diversity
Quality assurance
Creativity and Innovativeness
Unity in diversity
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Competitive Advantages
Relevance and Applicability
of AIT’s Academic Offerings
to the Region
Internationality
Alumni Networks
Reservoir of Valuable
Research Output
Complementarities with
National Institutions
Integration of traditional and
cultural values
AIT Satellite Centers
(Vietnam, Indonesia)
EDUCATION at AIT
• Professionalism across Disciplines
• Flexible Curriculum
• Real-Life Development Problems and Industrial
Practice
• Small Class Sizes in Multicultural Environment
• Global Network of Colleagues.
• Opportunity for Student Exchange and DualDegree Programs.
DEGREE & AWARDS
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Master’s Degree (Full time)
 Master of Science (MSc)
 Master of Engineering (MEng)
 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master’s Degree (Flexible time)
Dual Master‘s Degree
Executive Master‘s Degree
Professional Master’s Degree
Doctoral Degree
 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
 Doctor of Engineering (DEng)
 Doctor of Technical Science (DTechSc)
 Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS)
Diploma
Certificate
Non-Degree Continuing Education Courses
for Practicing Professional
ACADEMIC OFFERING & PROFSSIONAL TRAINING
School of
Engineering
and Technology
(SET)
AIT
EXTENSION
School of
Environment,
Resources and
Development
(SERD)
School of
Management
(SOM)
AIT CENTERS
Vietnam
Indonesia
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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY (SET)
Information and
Communications
Civil and Infrastructure
Engineering
Industrial System
Engineering
Construction, Engineering and
Infrastructure Management
Microelectronics
Computer Science
Mechatronics
Information
Management
Geotechnical and
Geoenvironmental Engineering
Structural Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Water Engineering and
Management
Design and Manufacturing
Engineering
Industrial Engineering and
Management
Supply Chain and Logistics
Management
Telecommunications
Remote Sensing
and Geographic
Information Systems
Interdisciplinary Programs
Information and Communications
Technologies
Geosystem Exploration and
Petroleum Geoengineering
Offshore Technology and
Management
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES
AND DEVELOPMENT (SERD)
Development Studies, Energy and Environmental Management, Resource
Management
Fields of Study
Agricultural Systems
and Engineering
Food Engineering and
Bioprocess Technology
Pulp and Paper
Technology
Aquaculture and Aquatic
Resources Management
Gender and Development
Studies
Regional and Rural
Development Planning
Energy
Natural Resources
Management
Urban Environmental
Management
Environmental Engineering and
Management
Interdisciplinary Programs
Agribusiness
Management
Cleaner Production
Integrated Tropical
Coastal Zone
Management
Integrated Watershed
Development and
Management
Modeling Tools in
Environmental Resources
and Management
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (SOM)
Full Time MBA Program:
Management of Technology
International Business
International Public Management
Dual Degree Arrangements - AIT and some of
the premier business schools in Europe
Executive MBA
Program:
DBA Program (Professional
Doctoral Program):
EMBA Bangkok
EMBA Vietnam
EMBA-HRM
DBA Sri Lanka DBA Taiwan
DBA Thailand DBA China
DBA Vietnam
DBA India
AIT EXTENSION
(Non-degree Training Programs &
Consultancy Services)
AIT Extension
offers:
AIT Extension's operating
programs:
Continuing professional
education
Agriculture, Resources and
Development (ARD)
Short-Course Trainings
Development
Management (DR)
Seminars, workshops and
conferences
Study visits
Poverty Reduction and Livelihoods
Development (PL)
Consultancy services
Education and
Training Development (ETD)
Customized / Tailor -Made
Courses
Information and Communications
Technology (ICT)
15000+ ALUMNI from 80 Countries/Territories
Bhutan Mongolia Singapore Iran
0.27%
0.19% 0.14%
0.39%
Hong Kong
0.59%
Japan
South Korea
1.03%
0.35%
Europe
1.59%
0.56%
North & South
America
Africa
0.28%
0.21%
Laos
1.50%
Others
Malaysia
0.31%
Cambodia
1.95%
Central Asia
Myanmar 2.03%
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Indonesia
China
3.95%
4.36%
Pakistan
4.57%
26.06%
Vietnam
1
2.95%
6
5
4
3
Thailand
2
12.44%
Bangladesh
5.91%
Sri Lanka Nepal
5.17%
5.62%
Taiwan
5.71%
India
5.76%
Philippines
5.85%
DISTRIBUTION OF GRADUATES by Gender
(1961 - 2007)
6000
Male
Female
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
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Female
Male
1961 - 1970
1971 - 1980
1981 - 1990
1991 - 2000
2001 - 2007
11
118
488
1414
1708
= 3739
346
1577
2673
3993
2992
=11581
AIT EXTENSION ALUMNI
(1977 – 2006)
23000 Short-term trainees from 70+ Countries/Territories
India
Laos
Cambodia
2.96%
2.03%
2.66%
Pakistan
Others
1.84%
9.78%
Vietnam
Thailand
3.04%
39.14%
Nepal
3.64%
4
3
2
1
Bangladesh
10.74%
Bhutan
3.71%
Philippines
3.91%
Malaysia
Indonesia
4.47%
4.74%
Sri Lanka
7.33%
NATIONALITY DISTRIBUTION OF FACULTY
(Total: 130)
Indonesia
1.53%
China
1.53%
Sweden
2.30%
Philippines
3.07%
New Zealand
1.53%
Belgium
0.78%
France
0.78%
South Korea
1.53%
Nepal
3.07%
Canada
Germany
3.84%
3.07%
Bangladesh
3.07%
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6
5
4
Norway
0.78%
Netherlands
0.78%
Nigeria
0.78%
3
2
South
Africa/Russia
0.78%
Switzerland
Thailand
0.78%
24.85%
India
14.62%
United States
6.93%
Vietnam
4.61%
Finland
5.35%
Japan
8.46%
Sri Lanka
6.15%
NATIONALITY DISTRIBUTION OF
STAFF (Total: 800)
Vietnam
1.41%
0.59%
Sri Lanka
France
1.41%
0.82%
Bangladesh
2.12%
Myanmar
3.29%
Nepal
3.88
Indonesia
Pakistan
Bhutan
0.24%
0.35%
Mongolia
0.24%
Canada
0.24%
China
0.24%
United States
0.23%
Others
1.40%
India
4.92%
Philippines
8.11%
Thailand
70.22%
CURRENT STUDENTS
(1909 Students from 45 Countries/Territories)
Countries
1. Thailand
2. Vietnam
3. Nepal
4. India
5. Pakistan
6. Sri Lanka
7. Myanmar
8. Bangladesh
9. Indonesia
10. Lao PDR
11. Cambodia
12. PR China
13. Philippines
14. Bhutan
15. Mongolia
16. France
17. Afghanistan
18. Taiwan
19. South Korea
20. Japan
21. United States
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64
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49
40
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36
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Countries
22. Maldives
23. Malaysia
24. Turkmenistan
25. Uzbekistan
26. Canada
27. East Timor
28. Iran
29. Italy
30. Nigeria
24. Germany
25. Kyrgyzstan
29. Cameroon
30. Guinea
34. Israel
36. Malawi
37. Morocco
38. Russia
39. Switzerland
40. Togo
41 Turkey
42. United Kingdom
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Exchange Students
France
Germany
Finland
PR China
Sweden
Bangladesh
Netherlands
Indonesia
Russia
*Exchange and Dual Degree
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06
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MASTER’S STUDENTS BY COUNTRY
(As of August ‘07)
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
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DOCOTORAL STUDENTS BY COUNTRY
(As of August ‘07)
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
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PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS TO AIT
(in cash and kind* applicable for the FY 2003-2006: 2.3 Billion Baht)
Other
Austria Switzerland India
Countries
Foundation
Pakistan 0.80%
0.43%
0.47%
s, Private
0.88%
Bangladesh 0.92%
China
Sectors,
Philippines
ADB-JSP
Universitie
1.19%
0.77%
s & Others
0.17%
1.43%
Sri Lanka
WB- JSP
1.65%
0.57% F, P, U & Os,
Netherlands
1.97%
4.14%
South Korea
2.02%
1
Japan
7
2
Thailand
4.04%
6
3
5
4
21.19%
Vietnam
4.07%
Norway
6.21%
France
6.40%
Canada
6.40%
Finland
8.53%
Denmark
8.57%
Sweden
17.18%
*Since cash and in kind includes scholarships, research grants, faculty secondments, equipments, buildings etc, the figures presented above do
not reflect the exact amount but are estimated contributions by the partners
TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS /
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Scholarships and Fellowships
Faculty Secondment
Building, Equipment & Materials
Endowment Fund
Sponsored Research
Student Exchange/Dual Degree Program
Unified Bachelor Master's Degree
Unified Master's Doctoral program
EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATIONS/
WITH PARTNERS
 Capacity Building:
 Capacity building of small-scale shrimp farmers on
adaptation of best management practices (BMPs) to
promote Thai Shrimp export to the EU
 Capacity building of coastal communities on coastal
mitigation
 Research Projects:
 Networking with Norwegian and Regional Institutions in
Energy Issues (South-South-North Networking): 20062009
 Feasibility Study on Eco-Industrial Clusters Located in
Urban-Fringed Areas
 Investigation on the Impacts of Urban-Rural Air Pollution
on Air Quality and Climate in Southeast Asia
AIT PARTNER: GOVT. AGENCIES
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Royal Thai Government (RTG), Thailand
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Sweden
Finnish International Development Agency (FINNIDA), Finland
Canada International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Norway
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Korea
Government of Japan
Netherlands Ministry for Development Corporations, Netherlands
Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan
Austria Development Agency (ADA), Austria
Ministry of Education, P. R. China
Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), Vietnam
Government of Philippines
Ministry of Science and Technology, (MOST), Nepal
Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia
AIT PARTNER:
INTERIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/FOUNDATIONS
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
Bridge Fund
European Commission (EC)
Ford Foundation
International Development Research Centre, Canada
Open Society Institutes
Rockefeller Foundation
Starr Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation
United Nations: UNEP, UNESCO, UN ESCAP
World Bank (WB)
World Wide Fund (WWF)
AIT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Austria (1)
Netherlands (1)
Ex-Officio Participants
Business Sector (1)
Norway (1)
Vice Presidents
Bangladesh (1)
Pakistan ( 1)
Cambodia (1)
Philippines (1)
Chairman of the Academic
Senate
China (1)
Sri Lanka (1)
European Commission (1)
Sweden (1)
Finland (1)
Thailand ( 7)
Germany (1)
India (1)
International
Organization (2)
Indonesia (1)
Vietnam (1)
Japan (2)
AIT President
Korea (1)
AITAA President
Nepal (1)
One Representative of the
faculty Representative
One Representative of the
Staff
President of the Student Union
Secretariat
Institute Secretary and
Coordinator, Executive
Committee
Secretary to the Board
AIT PARTNER:
GOVT. AGENCIES/INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION/
FOUNDATIONS/UNIVERSITITIES/INSTITUTE/OTHERS
Advanced
Technology
World Wide
Partnership
AIT
Local Bridging
Program
Appropriate
Technology
Regional
Research
THANK
YOU