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In 1989, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren, now Nippon Keidanren - Japan Business Federation) realized the shortage of qualified engineers who could work effectively for international corporations. To solve this problem, it was recommended that engineering programs, where all courses would be taught in English by high caliber, experienced faculty with doctoral degrees, be established at Thammasat University.
On January 29, 1992, with initial funding provided by Keidanren and FTI, the Thammasat University Council approved the establishment of bachelor's degree programs in civil, electrical, and industrial engineering, which became the International Institute of Technology (IIT), Thammasat University, on September 16, 1994. The name "Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT)" was graciously granted by His Majesty the King on June 28, 1996. The Institute aims to produce engineers and technologists who not only possess advanced technical knowledge but are also proficient in English as a working language, with a vision to become a leading international teaching/learning and research institute in engineering and technology.
The Thammasat University Council approved SIIT master's and doctoral degree programs in engineering and technology on November 24, 1995 and July 7,1997, respectively. |
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| All SIIT full-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees from leading universities around the world. It is a policy of the Institute that faculty members be active in research. Results of their research and development are published in national and international journals, as well as regional and international conference proceedings, and are briefly presented in this report. They are therefore well qualified to provide up-to-date academic instruction to the students.
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| To achieve high quality academic services and research, the Institute maintains a conscientious effort to develop facilities of the Library and Information Services Center in addition to advanced laboratories. The SIIT library at Rangsit has a total floor area of 2,518 square meters with a 490-seat capacity. More than 27,600 volumes of publications are available. An SIIT branch library at Bangkadi has a total floor area of 1,319 square meters with a 250-seat capacity. The branch library has more than 9,250 volumes of publications. The library adopted the VTLS integrated library system in July 1995 to facilitate the usage of the Library collection. Computer facilities are also provided for accessing world-wide information resources, electronic journals and online databases.
 SIIT at Rangsit has two five-storey buildings, the SIIT main building and the advanced laboratory building, one four-storey building which accommodates classrooms and a student activities center, and a small building housing the Environmental Technology Laboratory. Construction of a new five-story building of 7,004 square meters was commenced in October 2009 and will be completed in June 2011. There are two new buildings at Bangkadi, in addition to an existing building which is named after Thanpuying Niramol Suriyasat. One is a five-storey building housing the administration offices, and classrooms. The other, the “Sirindhralai” Building, is a six-storey building. It accommodates the School of Information, Computer, and Communication Technology, School of Management Technology, the Library, the computer center, engineering laboratories, and classrooms.
Since 1996, the Institute has graduated 15 batches of students and the total number of SIIT graduates (as of June 2010) is 4,254: 4,089 Bachelor's Degree, 107 Master's Degree and 58 Doctoral Degree graduates. Most of the graduates are working in industry, while many have chosen to further their studies in leading universities in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the USA.
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(General Information, Graduate Catalog, Faculty Members' Research Interests, Annual R & D Report)
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