Editing Asian Institute of Technology (section)

==History==
Founded in 1959 as '''[[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization|SEATO]] Graduate School of Engineering''', it receives funding from organizations and governments around the world.

In 1967, The Constituent Assembly of Thailand approved legislation for the Charter of the newly named Asian Institute of Technology in October. The Asian Institute of Technology Enabling Act was published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette in November the same year. AIT became independent of SEATO as an institution of higher learning empowered to grant degrees.<ref>A Unique Contribution to Engineering Education in Asia: The Asian Institute of Technology. [https://www.ijee.ie/articles/Vol09-4/090405.PDF]</ref>

On 21 October 2011, AIT's campus was inundated by two-meter-high floodwaters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/AIT-Thammasat-Rangsit-inundated-30168303.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023105428/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/AIT-Thammasat-Rangsit-inundated-30168303.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2011|title=AIT, Thammasat Rangsit inundated|date=22 October 2011|work=The Nation|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> Since then, it has resumed operations.<ref>[http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2012/events/ait-returns-home-towards-a-sustainable-future/ AIT returns home]</ref>

AIT celebrated its 60th anniversary on 23–25 October 2019. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the first royal alumna, presided over the celebrations on 24 October 2019.<ref>HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn attends the AIT’s 60th Anniversary [https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/print_news/TCATG191025155358993 fair]</ref>

In November 2019, AIT inaugurated the Belt & Road Research Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/thailand/bangkok-post/20191130/281586652457509|title=AIT Opens Research Centre|website=Bangkok Post}}</ref>