On 25 – 29 July 2022, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Chayaporn Wattanasiri, President of Mae Fah Luang University, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Nantana Gajaseni, Vice President and Dr.Panom Winyayong, Vice President attended the ASEAN European Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET) Plenary Meeting at Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU), Austria.
On 26 July 2022, MFU executives participated in the opening ceremony and discussed with H.E. Ms. Morakot Sriswasdi, Ambassador of Thailand to Austria in the special session with representatives of Thai universities. The ambassador expressed that the embassy has highlighted promoting collaboration between universities in Thailand and Austria under the ASEA-UNINET. Additionally, on 27 July 2022, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Chayaporn Wattanasiri, Presient of Mae Fah Luang University presented the university’s information, fields of excellence and achievements along with Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia; the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan; and Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan in order to become a member of ASEA-UNINET.
The ASEAN European Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET) is a network of universities, consisting of European and South-East Asian universities with the goal of promoting the continuous internationalization of education and research. ASEA-UNINET was founded in 1994 by universities from Austria, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam as Austrian-South-East Asian University Network and consists today of more than 80 universities from 18 different countries.
Altogether, being a member of the ASEA-UNINET will help MFU enhance academic collaboration with member institutions in Europe and South-East Asia especially in initiating projects and programmes of mutual interest and benefit for faculty members, staff and students.
