Alumni Thesius

Introduction

This introduction section includes brief introduction of the Asian Institute of Technology with its three schools and two satellite centers, a chronology of tracer studies in AIT, and tracer study of AIT graduates with Norwegian scholarship.

1.1 Asian Institute of Technology

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), as an autonomous, international, postgraduate institution was established in 1959 to help meet the growing need for advanced education in Asia. Three schools, and the AIT Center in Vietnam, provide advanced education, training and research in the areas of engineering; environment and development; and management, to meet the needs of private and public sectors. For more than five decades, AIT has been an active partner in the promotion of technological change and development in the Asia-Pacific region. AIT today has graduated more than 16,000 graduates from more than 80 countries, and currently has an enrollment of over 1,800 full time students tutored by an international team of faculty and staff drawn from all over the world. English is the medium of instruction and written work, as well as the official administrative language. The brief introduction of the three schools and two satellite centers is presented hereunder.

1.1.1 School of Environment, Resources and Development

The School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) is committed to play a leadership role in the provision of excellent academic, research and outreach programme that are relevant to the region. Through its academic programmes and outreach units, SERD, AIT’s largest school, has been working towards capacity building and human resources development in the areas of environment and resources management, poverty alleviation and socio-economic/gender development. SERD mission is to respond to regional needs by mobilizing and enhancing capacities for socially, economically and environmentally sound development in partnership with the public and...