The ASEAN Foundation (AF) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have entered into another agreement to develop high quality human resources within ASEAN member countries through the offering of the AF-AIT Scholarships. This scholarship programme is part of the ASEAN Foundation Scholarships for Postgraduate Studies and funded through the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund. AIT is based in Thailand and has affiliated centers in other parts of the world. Ten (10) full scholarships are available for ASEAN nationals who wish to pursue masters degree in AIT. The scholarship award will cover tuition and other academic fees, and living allowances for a 2-year programme.

Four scholarships will be awarded under the project “Capacity building for Gender, Poverty and Mobility Analysis of Road Transportation Development in GMS Region”. The remaining six scholarships will be allocated for the various fields of study identified by ASEAN Foundation as indicated below.

To qualify, applicants must:

- Be a bonafide ASEAN national;
- Hold a bachelors degree (normally from a four-year program) or its equivalent in an appropriate field;
- Have above average undergraduate grades (minimum CGPA of 2.75); and,
- Satisfy other requirements as specified by the school you apply to.
- AIT is an international institute with English as the sole language of instruction. Admission to AIT requires proof of English language proficiency which may be satisfied in any of the following: Submission of an official test score from any of the following standardized English exams: TOEFL, IELTS, CU-TEP ( Thailand ), ARC (Lao PDR).
- Agree to return and/or serve for at least 2 years in any ASEAN countries after completion of their studies.

The scholarship can be taken in the following field of studies: School of Environment , Resources and Development (SERD) www.serd.ait.ac.th

- Agricultural Systems and Engineering
- Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management
Energy
- Environmental Engineering and Management
- Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology
- Gender and Development Studies
- Natural Resources Management
- Pulp and Paper Technology
- Regional and Rural Development Planning
- Urban Environmental Management
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Cleaner Production
- Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management
- Integrated Watershed Development and Management
- Modelling Tools in Environmental Resources and Management
- Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management
- Agribusiness Management
- School of Engineering and Technology (SET) www.set.ait.ac.th
- Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CEIM)
- Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (GTE)
- Structural Engineering (STE)
- Transportation Engineering (TRE)
- Water Engineering and Management (WEM)
- Interdisciplinary Programs
- Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)

Application detail

All interested applicants must complete the following two sets of applications and submit them to the Admissions Office of AIT.

- AIT application form ( http://www.ait.ac.th/apply )
- ASEAN Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Studies application form ( downloaded )

For the January 2008 intake, application should be made on or before 21 December 2007.Deadline for August intake is on 31 March 2008.For January 2009 intake, application should be made on or before 31 October 2008.

Contact detail:

- Postal Address: Admissions and Scholarships Unit Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4 , Klong Luang Pathumthani 12120 , THAILAND
- Street Address: Admissions and Scholarships Unit Asian Institute of Technology 50 Moo 9, Km. 42, Paholyothin Road Pathumthani 12120 , THAILAND
- Phone: (662) 5245031-5033 Fax: (662) 524-6326 E-mail: admissions@ait.ac.th