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Overview and Expectations of
Student Exchange Programs through
International Internship
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Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn,
Professor Emeritus, Dr.,
Chulalongkorn University,
Chairman, The National Broadcasting and
Telecommunications Commission, Thailand,
Ex.Representative, IEICE Bangkok Section
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It is my great honor to be invited by IEICE for a short article on international cooperation through student exchange and internship. Within this context, I would like to share my knowledge and experiences with you, which I have gained while I was working as a Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University (CU) (1976-2004), as a Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) (2004-2008) and as Chairman of NTC (2008-2011).
Let me begin by introducing CU at first. It is the first academic institution for higher education in Thailand which was officially founded on March 26, 1917. Over the years, it has evolved to become an internationally recognized university with eighteen faculties, eleven research institutes, three teaching institutes and three other affiliated institutes.
In 1935, CU established three separate departments in the Faculty of Engineering (FOE), to foster the growth and advance of various disciplines in the field of engineering. Today, CU has 12 Departments offering Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees. The number of Faculty staff is 314 and the ratio of students to the Faculty staff is around 10:1 in reference to the number of students listed in Table 1.
Table 1 Current scale of Faculty of Engineering in Chulalongkorn University (the number of enrolled students in 2010)
Grade |
Number |
Rate |
Undergraduate |
Male |
2,472 |
76% |
Female |
777 |
24% |
Total |
3,249 |
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M.Eng. |
1,112 |
85% |
PhD |
191 |
15% |
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Following the trend of globalization, students find themselves in need of a good command of English for studying and working aboard. In order to fulfill their expectations, the International School of Engineering (ISE) was established to cover 4 special programs, namely Automotive Design and Manufacturing Engineering (ADME), Aerospace Engineering (AERO), Information and Communication Engineering (ICE) and Nano Engineering (NANO) for the time being.
ISE also provides the internship program to CU students studying at various overseas universities and industries as shown in Table 2. On the other hand, the number of internship students studying in ISE in academic year 2010 is summarized in Table 3. Department of Electrical Engineering has established various Research Laboratories since 1950 as shown in Fig.1. These Laboratories accommodate international internship students. The internship program is a compulsory course work with credits during the three
Table 2 Overseas Internship Program for international students dispatched from Chulalongkorn University in 2010
Recipient |
University, Institution |
Industry |
Number of Students |
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| USA |
6 |
0 |
17 |
| Canada |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Japan |
3 |
2 |
10 |
| China |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Hong Kong |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Taiwan |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Korea |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Singapore |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Sweden |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Denmark |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Germany |
1 |
3 |
6 |
| France |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| UK |
3 |
0 |
10 |
| Australia |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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| Total |
20 |
9 |
58 |
Table 3 Overseas Internship Program for international students dispatched from Chulalongkorn University in 2010
Program |
Local |
Overseas |
Total |
AERO |
35 |
4 |
39 |
ADME |
54 |
10 |
64 |
ICE |
80 |
6 |
86 |
NANO |
34 |
37 |
71 |
Total |
203 |
57 |
260 |
| Fig.1 Evolution of research laboratories based on the future perspectives of Electrical Engineering field |
| HVRL |
High Voltage Research Laboratories (RL) |
| SDRL |
Semiconductor Device RL |
| PSRL |
Power System RL |
| TSRL |
Telecommunications Systems RL |
| PERL |
Power Electronics RL |
| CSRL |
Control Systems RL |
| IDAR |
Integrated Circuit Design Application Research |
| IIRL |
Industrial Instrumentation RL |
| BERL |
Bioelectronics RL |
| DSPRL |
Digital Signal Processing RL |
| EMRL |
Electro-Magnetic RL |
| OERL |
Optoelectronics RL |
month summer vacation, authorized in the normal curriculum. Both local and overseas industries such as NEC, NTT etc. generously have accepted CU students.
On the other hand, the new National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) which merged NTC with National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) was established with 11 commissioners approved by House of Representatives in November 2011, grants more than 30 scholarships to both undergraduate and graduate students to study overseas at many prestigious universities around the world. Before that, NTC has granted various internships for students from both local and overseas universities, for years so far. Meanwhile, NTC also has engaged in exchange programs of officers between NTC and the other regulators in Asian region such as ASEAN Telecommunication Regulators' Council (ATRC). Furthermore, NTC also has organized the first Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) in ASEAN to promote regional collaborations, in August/September 2000.
Your positive opinions are welcome. I hope this article will come across to you for your international collaborations.
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Note for Prof.Prasit’s Contribution
TFIPP, Kenzo Takahashi |
Prof.Prasit received his PhD deg. from Osaka University in 1976 and served CU as Professor/FOE, Dir./Chula Unisearch (1989-1995) and DG/Intellectual Property Inst. (1996-2004). He concurrently served Communications Authority of Thailand as Board Director (1992-1993), APEC as Member of Tel WG(1998-1999). He is known as a world level leader in ICT education and research activities. He also has taken initiatives of telecommunications standardization as Chairman of National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) Thailand so far. His suggestions of international internship well matches the world trend of cooperative education between universities and industries, it will exactly encourage younger generation.
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The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on
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IEICE Communications Society
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2012 IEICE General Conference
Provides Two English Sessions
IEICE TFIPP
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| 2012 IEICE General Conference will be held at Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, on March 20-23 in 2012. It will provide the following complete English Sessions:
TK-1: Prof.Kukjin Chun, Seoul National University, President of The Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea (IEEK) will give a memorial Keynote Speech on March 21.
TK-6: Representatives of 10 IEICE Overseas Sections will give speeches on the development trend of updated ICT and relevant research activities in each region on March 22, as a part of Special Sessions planned by the Conference Committee.
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Upcoming International Conferences |
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WTC2012- IEICE Communications Soc., in Miyazaki, Japan, on March 5-6, 2012, http://www.ieice.org/~wtc2012/
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VTC2012- IEICE Communications Soc. & Engineering Sciences Soc., at Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama, Japan, on May 6-9, 2012, http://www.vtc2012spring.org/
STF2012-IEICE Communications Soc., at Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina,on May 24-25, 2012, http://www.iwwtf.com/.
ISAP2012- IEICE Communications Soc., in Nagoya, Japan, on October 29-November 2, 2012, http://www.isap12.org/ |
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Chair, IEICE-TFIPP |
Qi-Wei Ge |
IEICE Engineering Sciences Soc. |
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IEICE Communications Soc. |
Toshiyuki Yakabe |
IEICE Electronics Soc. |
Hiroyoshi Miyano |
IEICE Information & Systems Soc. |
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