Location
TAIST-Tokyo Tech is located at NSTDA in Thailand Science Park (TSP)
- Research and education are conducted at the research institutions under NSTDA, namely NECTEC, MTEC, BIOTEC, NANOTEC and TMC and at the participating universities, namely KMITL, SIIT, KMUTT and KU.
Students
- TAIST-Tokyo Tech will eventually have master’s and doctoral level programs. The master’s program will be set up first, and the doctoral program will be initiated at a later stage.
- In the first year, all students will be Thai. Later, it is expected that TAIST-Tokyo Tech will also accept students from other Asian countries and all over the world.
- Students will be registered at one of the participating universities of TAIST-Tokyo Tech program. NSTDA will award scholarships to all TAIST-Tokyo Tech students.
- Successful TAIST-Tokyo Tech students will be awarded master’s degrees from KMITL, KMUTT, KU, SIIT, and will also receive certificates from the TAIST-Tokyo Tech program. This certificate will be signed jointly by representatives of Tokyo Tech and NSTDA. The issue of joint degrees and certificates will be a matter of further discussion.
- Some Tokyo Tech students will be encouraged to study at TAIST-Tokyo Tech for short terms.
- Personnel from industrial companies can request to participate in individual courses.
Faculty members and their duties
- The majority of courses will be taught by professors from Tokyo Tech with participation from Thai counterparts. Professors from Tokyo Tech may include retired professors or contract-based experts from specific industries. Tokyo Tech professors will also provide research cooperation on strategic topics.
- Tokyo Tech will dispatch professors for education and research using its own budget. The expected duration of staying in Thailand will be as follows:
Program management: 2-3months (total)/year;
Professors for education & research: 10-20 persons/program, 1-3weeks/time;
Professors for R&D: 1 week/time;
- Most lecture courses will be taught in the form of intensive courses over a period of 1-3 weeks. These face-to-face lectures might be combined with distance education.
- Participation from other universities in Japan is most welcome. Possible candidates for participation are Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, etc.
Others
- Researches at TAIST-Tokyo Tech will base upon collaboration among Tokyo Tech, Thai universities and NSTDA and utilize mainly the human resources and facilities at NSTDA.
- Cooperation with various industries will be enhanced through activities at TAIST-Tokyo Tech.
- The Thai government is initiating an Institution to serve as a central funding and coordinating body for projects similar and analogous to TAIST-Tokyo Tech. After this concept is realized, the structure and affiliation of TAIST-Tokyo Tech may be modified.