The Asian Institute of Technology promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education, research, and outreach.

The Asian Institute of Technology is now accepting applications for fully-funded Bangchak Master & Doctoral Scholarship at AIT for August 2017 semester. Students from any country are eligible to apply for this scholarship program.

The role of the researcher is mainly, but not exclusively, to carry out innovative research in the field of smart city and sustainable energy which will lead to commercial products. They will act as a bridge between both industry needs and academic research objectives in order to bring about highly structured and well-defined solutions to the industrial problems.

Course Level: Scholarships are available to pursue master as well as doctoral programme.

Study Subject: Scholarships are awarded in the following subjects:

  • Masters Programme in Energy Program or Environment Engineering and Management Program in Dept. of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change with strong interests in the field of smart city and sustainable energy.
  • Doctoral Programme in Energy Program, Dept. of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change with strong interests in the smart grid.

Scholarship Award: All research assistant scholarships are fully-funded (covering the stipend and tuition fees) and open to students from any country.

Number of Scholarships: Not Known

Scholarship can be taken in Thailand

Eligibility Criteria:

The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:

Masters Scholarship Criteria:

We seek highly motivated and excellent Candidates who possess first-class (honours) bachelor degree or equivalent (a GPA or average mark of at least 85% or the top 10% of graduates) in the discipline like Electrical/ Mechanical/Civil/Environment Engineering or in relevant fields.

  • Relevant industrial and research experience
  • Hardware Experience/Knowledge on Converters, prototype development.
  • Exceptional coding ability in programming tools such as Matlab, Python etc. and experience in design and modelling tools or other electrical power system analysis and power electronics simulation tools
  • Ability to present results in technical reports, and prepare scientific papers for publication in
    international refereed journals.
  • The role of the researcher is to carry out innovative research which will lead to commercial products.
  • Capable of working within a project team to achieve innovative results.
  • Exceptional communication, organisation, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience in incubation/founding start-up company is added

Doctoral Scholarship Criteria:

We seek highly motivated and excellent Candidates who possess first-class (honours) bachelor’s and master’s degrees or equivalent (a GPA or average mark of at least 85% or the top 10% of graduates) in discipline likeElectrical/Power Engineering or in relevant field.

  • Relevant industrial and research experience
  • Hardware Experience/Knowledge on Converters, prototype development.
  • Exceptional coding ability in programming tools such as Matlab, Python etc. and experience in design
    and modelling tools like Simulink/PSIM/LabVIEW/ or other electrical power system analysis and
    power electronics simulation tools.
  • Ability to present results in technical reports, and prepare scientific papers for publication in high
    impact factor international refereed journals.
  • The role of researcher is to carry out innovative research which will lead to patent and commercial
  • Capable of working within a project team to achieve innovative results.
  • Exceptional communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
  • Experience in incubation/founding start-up company is added advantage.

Nationality: Students from any country are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirements: AIT seeks highly motivated and excellent Candidates who possess first-class (honours) bachelor degree or equivalent (a GPA or average mark of at least 85% or the top 10% of graduates) in a discipline like Electrical/ Mechanical/Civil/Environment Engineering or in relevant fields.

English Language Requirements: English is the official language of communication at AIT.

Method of Application: 

For Admission in August 2017 batch, Please fill the online application which is given in the following link below. Along with this application, applicant should send the following documents all in one combined PDF file to the following email (sheree@ait.asia) on or before 18 th July
2017. The successful candidate can start immediately in August/September 2017 semester.

For Admission in August 2017 batch, Please fill the online application which is given in the following link. Along with this application, applicant should send the following
documents all in one combined PDF file to the following email (sheree@ait.asia) on or before 18 th July
2017. The successful candidate can start immediately in August/September 2017 semester.

  • Covering letter
  • Project proposal which may lead to commercial products (2 pages maximum)
  • Information about education, exams and previous relevant work/research experience (a CV).
  • Certified copies of academic diplomas and certificates.
  • Publications relevant to the research scope and any other work which the applicant wishes to be taken
    into account and should clearly state the applicant’s contribution.
  • Names and contact information of at least two references

Application Form

Scholarship Application Deadline: July 18, 2017.

For more info, visit Scholarship Link

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