Bangkok--20 Jun--Asian Institute of Technology
Earning a prestigious academic scholarship named in honour of His Majesty the King of Thailand, Her Majesty the Queen of Thailand, and scholarships named by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for study at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is not easy – especially when the acceptance rate is a mere 3 percent.
The international institute in Pathumthani province this week released its list of awardees of full scholarships under the His Majesty the King’s Scholarships, Her Majesty the Queen’s Scholarships, and Loom Nam Khong Pijai (GMS) Scholarships for postgraduate study at AIT beginning in August 2014.
A total of 40 Thai and non-Thai nationals were selected from a pool of 1366 applicants from 314 universities across 19 countries in Asia.
“This year AIT received more applicants than the past few years and we were pleased with the high caliber of students interested in our master’s programs. It made the final selections very difficult, said AIT Interim President Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai.
Twenty-one people were awarded under H.M. the King’s Scholarships. Eleven were granted to Thai nationals and ten were awarded to applicants from Asian countries. Those selected will enroll in fields of study at the AIT School of Engineering and Technology (SET) and AIT School of Management (SOM).
For H.M. the Queen’s Scholarships, four Thai nationals and five non-Thais were awarded scholarships to study at the AIT School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD).
Ten top students from Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam were granted Loom Nam Khong Pijai (GMS) Scholarships, which was named personally by HRH the Princess. The lucrative academic awards were open to citizens of the six Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) countries.
AIT Admissions Office officials said the competition this year was extremely high, and all applicants required a minimum undergraduate accumulated grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 or equivalent just to be considered.
Of the 40 final scholarship awardees, fifteen are Thai and the rest hail from 8 other countries in Asia, specifically Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.