President Kazuo Yamamoto and his team from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand visited City University of Macau (CityU) today and received a warm welcome from Vice Rector Zhou Wanlei. The delegation toured the campus and its teaching facilities, and engaged in discussions to further promote exchange programs and collaborative education with CityU management.
During the meeting, Vice Rector Zhou Wanlei introduced CityU’s achievements in areas such as its history, student education, and future development direction. President Kazuo Yamamoto gave an overview on the AIT’s educational philosophy, discipline development, and cooperative exchanges. He expressed hopes to deepen cooperation with universities in the Greater Bay Area through this visit. The two sides discussed various topics including summer programs, student and faculty exchanges, dual degree programs, joint talent cultivation, and the sending of young scholars for further research, with the goal of laying the foundation for these projects to be implemented.
Founded in 1959, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an international institution that focuses on postgraduate education in engineering, environment, and management research. Its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was ranked first in Thailand and 21st in Asia in the 2023 QS Global MBA Rankings. Currently, AIT offers over 50 programs and more than 1,500 students from over 40 countries.
Other AIT participants in the meeting included Shawn Kelly, director of the Office of International Affairs, Chaklam Silpasuwanchai, assistant professor at the Computer Science and Information Management Program, and Danielle Duan, head of Emerging Markets International Cooperation. Associate Dean Andy Liu Wenjian of CityU's Faculty of Data Science (FDS) and Daryl Yang, director of the Office of Global Affairs also took part in the discussion.
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