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The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) continues to maintain its premier position among world’s top international universities scoring a perfect No. 1 rank in all six indicators in the category of “International Orientation” as announced by U-Multirank in the latest “Institutional Rankings 2017” released on 30 March 2017. Only eight universities in the world, including AIT, have a perfect score in “international orientation,” and AIT is the lone entrant in this august list from Asia. AIT’s performance in 12 areas…

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is among the founding signatories of the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi), a project initiated under the Eastern Economic Development Plan that focuses on creating a science hub in the ASEAN region. Fifty organizations from academia, national and international research organizations, governmental bodies and the private sector are signatories to the EECi. Prof. Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai at EECi. The agreement signing ceremony took on 5 April 2017 at the U-Tapao International Airport in Rayong…

AIT alumnus Thamarak La-Ongnual has been appointed Rector of Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University. He received the Royal Command on 18 March 2017. Thamarak La-Ongnual Associate Professor Mr. Thamarak graduated with a Master’s in Agriculture and Food Engineering in 1994 from AIT’s School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD). He was a recipient of the Royal Thai Government (RTG) scholarship at AIT. A native of  Lampang Province, Thailand, he received his Bachelor’s Degree from Maejo University in 1987. He started his…