Asian Institute of Technology
MARCH 2012
Students at Orientation Day at the AIT Conference Center.
AIT Returns home, holds Orientation Day
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IT welcomed its first post-flood batch of students to its Pathumthani campus, when 88 students from 21 countries arriving from four continents, participated in the Orientation program held at the AIT Conference Center on 14 February 2012.
Welcoming the incoming students, the AIT President, Prof. Said Irandoust, stated that the new batch of students was unique, since it was the first time that students had been admitted to AIT after it achieved the status of International Intergovernmental Organization on 30 January 2012.
Those admitted to AIT include students from Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Countries from which the students originate include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Canada, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lao PDR, Morocco, Myanmar, People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Nepal, Nigeria, United Kingdom and Vietnam. To celebrate AIT’s return home, the Institute also organized a special event to mark the occasion. See pages 2-3 for details.
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