AEC sparks Khon Kaen semester changes
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Khon Kaen University offers international programmes for foreign students from China and Asean countries in many courses, preparing for the upcoming Asean Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.
The university has already adjusted the opening months of semesters followed the Council of University Presidents of Thailand’s policy to match international and Asean standards.
The first semester was changed from June-October to August-December. The second semester was changed from November-March to January-May.
The university added international courses to the Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Faculty of Engineering to become a model of an international-standard university producing high quality skilled labour.
Khon Kaen University International College was also established to produce workers with a good understanding of cultural differences and language skills to the future AEC market.
Abhisit Maneewan, a Laotian sophomore student at the university, said that he believed that Khon Kaen University had the expertise to develop his language skills and provide him with knowledge about International Affairs, his major. “My father, who is a consul at the Lao Consulate in Khon Kaen, told me to register at Khon Kaen University because it is a famous university in Thailand. And the international course will benefit me in my career which is working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” he said.
