Introduction

This introduction section includes brief introduction of the Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT) with its three schools and satellite centers, a chronology of tracer studies in AIT, and
tracer study of AIT graduates (2003 to mid 2008).
1.1 Asian Institute of Technology
As an autonomous, international, ostgraduate institution! AIT was established in "#$# to
hel meet the growing need for ad%anced education in Asia. Three schools and AIT
satellite centers ro%ide ad%anced education, training and research in the areas of
engineering! en%ironment and de%eloment! and management, to meet the needs of ri%ate
and ublic sectors. &or more than fi%e decades, AIT has been an acti%e artner in the
romotion of technological change and de%eloment in the Asia'(acific region. AIT today
has graduated more than "),000 graduates from more than 80 countries, and currently has
an enrollment of o%er ",800 full time students tutored by an international team of faculty
and staff drawn from all o%er the world. *nglish is the medium of instruction and written
wor+, as well as the official administrati%e language. The brief introduction of the three
schools and AIT satellite centers is resented hereunder.
1.1.1 School of Environment, Resources and Development
The ,chool of *n%ironment, -esources, and .e%eloment (,*-.) is committed to lay a
leadershi role in the ro%ision of e/cellent academic, research and outreach rogramme
that are rele%ant to the region. Through its academic rogrammes and outreach units,
,*-., AIT0s largest school, has been wor+ing towards caacity building and human
resources de%eloment in the areas of en%ironment and resources management, o%erty
alle%iation and socio'economic1gender de%eloment. The mission of ,*-. is to resond
to regional needs by mobili2ing and enhancing caacities for socially, economically and
en%ironmentally sound de%eloment in artnershi with the ublic and ri%ate sectors.
The school follows an interdiscilinary aroach that integrates the technological, natural
and social sciences. The academic rograms of ,*-. are designed to be resonsi%e to the
regional needs in (o%erty -eduction, *n%ironmental (rotection, and ,ustainable
.e%eloment. They are categori2ed into three academic thrusts, namely3 4ioresources,
*n%ironment, and *nergy and .e%eloment ,tudies. This school has the following fields
of study3
". Agricultural ,ystems and *ngineering
2. A5uaculture and A5uatic -esource 6anagement
3. &ood *ngineering and 4iorocess Technology
7. *nergy
$. *n%ironmental *ngineering and 6anagement
). (ul and (aer Technology
8. 9ender and .e%eloment ,tudies
8. :atural -esources 6anagement
#. -egional and -ural .e%eloment (lanning
"0. ;rban *n%ironmental 6anagement.
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1.1.2 School of Engineering and Technology
,chool of *ngineering and Technology (,*T) is the synergistic integration in :o%ember
200$ of the two former ,chools, namely, the ,chool of <i%il *ngineering (,<*) and the
,chool of Ad%anced Technologies (,AT). =istorically, these two schools came into
e/istence only in >anuary "##3 when the Institute reorgani2ed the need to reform its
academic structure from smaller'si2ed units called ?.i%isions? to larger bodies named
?,chools?. The ,chool of <i%il *ngineering (,<*) reresented the legacy of AIT when it
was established with a single field of study in =ydraulics *ngineering. ,ubse5uently, other
ci%il engineering fields of study were launched to assist the reco%ery from the ra%ages of
the ,econd @orld @ar. ,<* emhasi2ed on a learning rocess that combines theoretical
roblem'sol%ing and real life alication of engineering rinciles. Its research orientation
was outward'loo+ing, addressing the actual and anticiated needs of the built en%ironment.
The ,chool of Ad%anced Technologies (,AT) had different fields of study that were
launched in resonse to the needs of the regional industriali2ation in the second and third
decades of AITAs e/istence. The ,chool was committed to being international,
multidiscilinary centers of e/cellence in Information, <ommunications, Industrial
,ystems, and ,ace Technologies through education, research and outreach.
,*T amalgamating ,<* and ,AT is stri%ing to create synergies between the acti%ities of
the two former schools to build u world'class multidiscilinary and cross'discilinary
education, research and outreach acti%ities across the boundaries of traditional fields of
+nowledge. 6ore interdiscilinary rograms are being launched so faculty members can
wor+ effecti%ely across the discilinary walls. The new school is enhancing its academic
ortfolio by emhatically inBecting the ?$I? features namely internationality, inno%ation,
integration, information technology and industrial artnershi. ,*T is comrised of the
three broad grous and se%eral fields of studies which are listed hereunder.
The <i%il and Infrastructure *ngineering grou includes the following field of studies3
". <onstruction, *ngineering and Infrastructure 6anagement (<*I6)
2. 9eotechnical and 9eoen%ironmental *ngineering (9T*)
3. 9eosystem */loration and (etroleum 9eo*ngineering (9*(9)
7. ,tructural *ngineering (,T*)
$. Transortation *ngineering (T-*)
). @ater *ngineering and 6anagement (@*6)
The Industrial ,ystems *ngineering (I,*) grou is comrised of the following field of
studies3
". 6echatronics (6*<)
2. 6icroelectronics (6I<)
3. Industrial and 6anufacturing *ngineering (I6*)
The fields in the Information and <ommunications grou are3
". <omuter ,cience (<,)
2. Information 6anagement (I6)
3. -emote ,ensing and 9eograhic Information ,ystems (-,'9I,)
7. Telecommunications (T<)
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1.1. School of !anagement
The ,chool of 6anagement (,C6) has academic rograms which are of international
standard and are adated to the needs and challenges of the economies in an increasingly
cometiti%e region. ,C6 offers 64A, (h., */ecuti%e 64A and .4A (rograms. All
academic rograms are conducted in *nglish. The 64A (rogram encourages articiati%e
learning and use a %ariety of interacti%e learning methodologies. (rograms are designed
for students to learn latest management concets, techni5ues and tools, but more
imortantly, to de%elo s+ills and attitude of listening and understanding others, holistic
thin+ing, collecti%e decision ma+ing, leading by e/amle, communicating, negotiating,
and being sensiti%e to societal concerns. ,C6 ro%ides e/cetional indi%iduals with a
suorti%e en%ironment in which they can de%elo their s+ills and atitudes, heling them
to reach their rofessional goals and to ser%e the interests of countries in the Asia'(acific
region. The curriculum is necessarily interdiscilinary, integrating as it consists elements
from engineering, economics, social sychology and management fields. It is structured in
such a way as to include the integrated comonents of the school re5uired courses,
electi%es or focus courses, and1or an 64A (roBect or -esearch ,tudy.
There are three distinct */ecuti%e 64A (rograms ' *64A in 4ang+o+, *64A ' =uman
-esources 6anagement (*64A'=-6) and International *64A (i*64A) in Dietnam.
The three *64A rograms ha%e different segmentation and cater to management conte/t
of each segment. All the *64A rograms are of e5ual %alue and 5uality aiming at
different target grous. ,C6 offers two distinct doctoral rograms ' (h. and .4A. The
(h. rogram focuses on research wor+ embedded in theories from social sciences and
humanities, and reares students for teaching and research'related Bobs. .4A is a
rofessional doctorate rogram, where the research is rooted in the conte/t of rofessional
ractice ma+ing a significant contribution to management ractice, olicy or strategy. The
two rograms ha%e different segmentation and cater to research conte/t of each segment.
4oth rograms are of e5ual %alue and 5uality aiming at different target grous. 4oth
in%ol%e the de%eloment of substantial standard research wor+.
1.1." AIT Satellite #enters
It was in "##3 when AIT <enter in Dietnam (AIT<D) was established in Dietnam and has
been functional through both maBor cities, =anoi and =o <hi 6inh. :ow it is well'
structured in oeration and is widely recogni2ed. &le/ibility and continuous search for
inno%ation and creati%ity characteri2e AIT<D. It ser%es as a bridge between the ;ni%ersity,
,ociety and Industry. And this forms the essence of our %ision3 to be an international
gateway for technology transfer suorting national de%eloment, education and outreach
acti%ities to achie%e the best efficiency, resonsi%eness and 5uality. AIT<D acti%ities can
be classified by 3 main +inds as listed below3
". Academic rograms, including Two'stage 6asters, */ecuti%e 6aster, (rofessional
6asters! International 6asters of Ad%anced ,tudies, and .octoral rograms
(.4A),
2. ,hort'term training courses seciali2ed in many fields, including 6anagement and
4usiness, *n%ironment and .e%eloment, Eanguage and Training, Ad%anced
Technologies, etc. and,
3. <onsultancy ser%ices.
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It was in mid 200) when AIT <enter in Indonesia (AIT'<I) was established as a
collaborati%e institution for =uman -esource .e%eloment located in 4angdung,
Indonesia to facilitate and wor+ on research and de%eloment, consultancy, rofessional
trainings and higher education rogram according to Indonesian regulations.
AIT'<I was established based on collaboration between Asian Institute of Technology
(AIT) Thailand and The 9o%ernment of Indonesia (9CI) reresented by 6inistry of
(ublic @or+s (6(@) Indonesia. AIT'<I has clearly mentioned its %ision to be the best
education institution in ro%iding the best human resources in regional and international
le%el. AIT'<I has a mission which can be di%ided into the three short term obBecti%es,
namely, (") sreading out of science and technology which has been de%eloed by AIT to
suort de%eloment in Indonesia, esecially in the field of construction industries! (2)
increasing 5uality of human resources in Indonesia through rofessional trainings and
higher education rograms such as certificate and diloma rograms leading to masterAs
and doctoral rograms! and (3) Increasing regional artnershi and collaboration in the
field of science and technology, information management, research and de%eloment,
training and education. AIT'<I has already started the dual master degree rogram on
transortation engineering and management. This rogram is tailor made to meet the need
of caacity building for the .irectorate 9eneral of =ighway.
1.2 Trace Studies in AIT
The tracer study of AIT graduates has been one of the imortant research acti%ities in AIT.
The first tracer study was done in "#8". The eriodic tracing of AIT alumni focuses on
udating the alumni directory and gathering certain information re5uired for the
imro%ement of AIT curriculum, teaching, research, e/tension, and networ+ing. As of
>anuary, 200#, altogether "7 AIT Alumni tracer studies ha%e been conducted, including
this one, Tracer ,tudy of AIT 9raduates (2003 to mid 2008), which also includes Tracer
,tudy of AIT 9raduates with :orwegian ,cholarshi (200$ to mid 2008). These all are
listed hereunder in chronological order3
". *n5uiry into the @hereabouts of AIT 9raduates (unublished sur%ey, "#8").
2. Fuestionnaire to the AIT 9raduates (unublished sur%ey, "#83).
3. Alumni Tracer ,tudy and *mloyer ,ur%ey (co%ering the years of graduation from "#)"
until "#8)! ublished in "#88).
7. -e%ised Tracer ,tudy on Alumni from "#8) '"#8# and Alumni .irectory "#)" ' "#8#
(ublished in "#80).
$. Tracer ,tudy and .irectory of Alumni for the (eriod "#)" ' "#8" (ublished in "#82).
). Tracer ,tudy "#)" ' "#87 Alumni (ublished in "#8$).
8. AIT Alumni "#)" ' "#88 Tracer ,tudy (ublished in "##0).
8. "##0 Alumni Tracer ,tudy (ublished in "##")
#. AIT Alumni "#)" ' "##0 *mloyer ,tudy. Interim -eort on (reliminary &indings
(ublished in "##2).
"0. AIT @omen 9raduates Tracer ,tudy, "#)" ' "##0 (Asian Women and Technological
Careers, "##2).
"". AIT Alumni Tracer ,tudy (ublished "##3).
"2. Tracer ,tudy of AIT Alumnae and Alumni with 9erman ,cholarshi or &ellowshi, "#82 '
"### (ublished in 2002).
"3. Tracer ,tudy3 ;rban *n%ironmental 6anagement 9raduates, "##8 ' 200$ (ublished in
200)).
"7. Tracer ,tudy of AIT 9raduates, 2003 ' 6id 2008 (ublished in 200#).
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1. Tracer Study of AIT $raduates 2%%&
It has been found that alumni tracer studies are the most imortant %ehicle to build strong
bonds between the Alma Mater and the e%er'increasing graduates. This is feasible through
two ersecti%es. &rom one ersecti%e, the alumni are the rich source of feedbac+ for
imro%ements in the course curriculum, teaching, research, e/tension, and networ+ing. Cn
the other, the tracer study hels to measure the e/tent of rofessional and academic careers
ursued by the graduates after gaining +nowledge and s+ill through academic institutions
li+e Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). ,tarting from "#8" to date altogether "7 tracer
studies of AIT graduates ha%e been done in different formats and with different foci. The
latest tracer study was conducted in 200810# targeting recent ast graduates (200$ to mid
2008) with an additional searate reort for the AIT 9raduates with :orwegian
,cholarshi (200$ to mid 2008). This tracer study also emloyed both arametric and non'
arametric statistical tools in the data analysis and interretation. The total oulation for
this study was constituted by all the AIT graduates who graduated in between 2003 to mid
2008. They were 3##) including 27#" male AIT graduates and "$0$ female AIT graduates
belonging to )0 countries and territories. ,ince female AIT graduates constitute a
substantial number, the gender analyses were also made feasible in some asects of this
tracer study.
1..1 '()ectives of Tracer Study of AIT $raduates 2%%&
". To find out the effecti%eness and rele%ance of AIT degree as a resource and credential
for emloyment1Bob lacement uon graduation from AIT! emloyment oortunities
for graduates G for both men and women.
2. To find out the rele%ance of AIT courses1curricula and research to the current Bob
function and rofessional de%eloment in resecti%e fields, and furthering
academic1scientific ursuits.
3. To find out the rofessional status and ran+s of the AIT graduates in their resecti%e
emloyments.
7. To assess the le%el of networ+ing among AIT graduates and recommendations to
strengthen the e/isting networ+ among them.
$. To assess the gender awareness of AIT graduates in their resecti%e rofessions.
). To assess the contribution of AIT graduates in the de%eloment of their home
countries and of the region! including contribution to o%erty alle%iation and to fulfill
AIT0s mission.
1..2 'rgani*ational Structure of the Tracer Study of AIT $raduates 2%%&
The whole reort is di%ided into the three maBor arts3 pre+introduction (title age,
foreword, reface, ac+nowledgement, e/ecuti%e summary, table of contents, list of
abbre%iations)! appendices (aendi/ tables, coordination schema, 5uestionnaires, and list
of resondents)! and main (ody which is comrised of "2 sections, namely, ")
Introduction, 2) -esearch .esign,3) AIT 9raduates, 7) 9raduates before ,tudies at AIT,
$) ,tudies at AIT, )) &eedbac+ on Teaching, -esearch and ,er%ices, 8) <areer .ecision
and *mloyments, 8) -ele%ancies and *ffecti%eness, #) .e%elomental Acti%ities and
:etwor+ing, "0) (artnershis and ,uggestions, "") (ersecti%es of *mloyers and (eers
on AIT 9raduates, and "2) Hey &indings and -ecommendations.
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-esearch .esign
The research design co%ered two maBor asects3 concetual framewor+ and the entire
research rocess. The concetual framewor+ deicts the tyes and le%els of research,
sur%ey organi2ation, followed by data rocessing and oututs (&igure 2."). The entire
research rocess included different acti%ities erformed in terms of sur%ey organi2ation,
data collection, data analysis, and reort writing.
,ig. 2.1- #onceptual ,rame.or/ of Tracer Study of AIT $raduates 02%% 1 mid 2%%23
)
2
Approach
' <ensus sur%ey of
AIT graduates (2003
'2008)
' ,ur%ey of
*mloyers
' ,ur%ey of (eers
!ail 4uestionnaire
' 4y ost
' 4y email
' Through
website
5ersonal Intervie. (y
' -esearcher
' (roBect staff
' &ocal erson
' -esearch assistant
Data entry
' .efining %ariables
' .efining %ariable
labels
' .efining %alues
' ,(,, sread sheet
DATA 5R'#ESSI6$ A6D '7T57TS
'utputs
' Tables
' <harts and
9rahs
' .raft reort
' &inal reort
Data analysis
' .ata udating
' .ata %alidating
' (arametric and non'
arametric statistics
' <ase summaries
S7R8E9
'R$A6I:ATI'6'6
Type
*%aluatory */loratory
Aggregate Indi%idual
RESEAR#;
<evel
!ethods
&ocal (erson of <ambodia udating contact details of Target 9raduates
2.1 Survey 'rgani*ation
Crgani2ation of the sur%ey included acti%ities related to rearing coordination schema
(Aendi/ "3.2)! 5uestionnaires for the AIT graduates (Aendi/ "3.3), their emloyers
(Aendi/ "3.7) and eers (Aendi/ "3.$)! and udating the alumni addresses or the
contact details. The 5uestionnaire for the AIT graduates (2003 G mid 2008) was de%eloed
based on coordination schema, which included se%en sections, namely, idiograhic data!
earlier status (before studying at AIT)! feedbac+ on teaching, research, and ser%ices at AIT!
career decision immediately after graduation from AIT! rele%ancy 1 effecti%eness of AIT
studies in rofessional career! alumni in%ol%ed in de%elomental acti%ities and
networ+ing! and AIT alumni suggestions for artnershi with AIT. (re'testing of the
5uestionnaires was followed by a final %ersion of the 5uestionnaires.
In order to get the wor+ done in time, the researcher was fully assisted by two full time
Bunior researchers (-esearch Associate and -esearch Assistants), two ,tudent Assistants,
and some &ocal (ersons from the countries with higher number of AIT graduates (2003 G
mid 2008). The Bunior researchers mainly in%ol%ed in sur%ey organi2ation, data collection
and data entry. &ocal (ersons and ,tudent Assistants heled in udating contact details of
the target AIT graduates and also re5uesting and reminding them to return the comleted
5uestionnaires to the Alumni Tracer ,tudy office at AIT.
2.2 Data #ollection
The data collection is one of most imortant features of this tracer study. The oulation of
this tracer study constituted by the entire AIT graduates between 2003 and mid'2008,
which total 3##8 (6 3 & I 27#2 3 "$0)). =owe%er, two AIT graduates (one male from
<ambodia and one female from :eal) were found untimely assed away and therefore
the target oulation of AIT graduates became 3##) (6 3 & I 27#" 3 "$0$). These
graduates are from )0 countries and
territories. */cet in the situation where face
to face inter%iew was ossible, the target
AIT graduates (2003 G mid 2008) were sent
5uestionnaire either by ost and email or
re5uested for the online submission. A few
emloyer and eers were directly met by the
researcher and in5uired their imression on
AIT graduates and AIT itself. &ocal (ersons
were mobili2ed to ensure the receit of
5uestionnaires by each AIT graduate (2003 ' mid 2008) resently li%ing in his or her home
country. In addition, they were re5uested to send reminders for filling and sending the
comleted 5uestionnaires to AIT. The field %isits were made to si/ countries, namely,
<ambodia, Eoa (.-, Dietnam, ,ri Ean+a, :eal and 6yanmar. The intensi%e use of local
and international telehone ser%ices were made to udate contact details of the target
alumni and to re5uest them to return comleted 5uestionnaires.
2. Data Analysis and Report =riting
The commonly used ,tatistical (ac+age for ,ocial ,cience (,(,,), latest %ersion (")) used
to enter and analy2e data. 4efore %enturing into the data analysis, data udating and
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%alidating were done. As er re5uirements, some inter%ening %ariables were de%eloed for
cross'tabulations. The @orld 4an+0s classifications for region and the economic
classification for countries as shown below were also used for cross'tabulations.
#lassification of #ountries of the Target AIT $raduate (y Region and Economic #ategories
Region
#ountries of the Target AIT $raduates
Africa, 6iddle *ast and
Eatin America
6alawi, 6o2ambi5ue , :igeria, -wanda, Togo, <ameroon, *gyt, Iran,
6orocco, Dene2uela, and *thioia,
<entral Asia Hyrgy2stan, A2erbaiBan, Ha2a+hstan, Tur+menistan, and ;2be+istan
*ast Asia and (acific =ong Hong, Horea, ,ingaore, Tibet, Timor'leste, Taiwan, Indonesia,
<hina, >aan, 6ongolia, 6yanmar, 6alaysia, (hiliines, Eao (.-,
<ambodia, Dietnam, and Thailand
*uroe Austria, 4elgium, .enmar+, &inland, 9ermany, Italy, Eu/emburg, :orway,
(ortugal, ,ain, ,weden, ,wit2erland, ;nited Hingdom, 4ulgaria, -ussia,
(oland, and &rance
,outh Asia Afghanistan, (a+istan, India, 4hutan, 4angladesh, ,ri Ean+a, 6aldi%es, and
:eal
:orth America <anada and ;nited ,tates of America
Economic #lassification
Eow Income 6alawi , 6o2ambi5ue, :igeria, -wanda, Togo, <ameroon, *thioia,
Hyrgy2stan, ;2be+istan, Tibet, Timor'leste, 6ongolia, 6yanmar, Eao (.-,
<ambodia, Dietnam, Afghanistan, (a+istan, India, 4hutan, 4angladesh, and
:eal
Eower 6iddle Income *gyt, Iran, 6orocco , A2erbaiBan, Ha2a+hstan, Tur+menistan, Indonesia,
<hina, (hiliines, Thailand, 4ulgaria, -ussia, ,ri Ean+a, and 6aldi%es,
;er 6iddle Income Dene2uela, Taiwan, 6alaysia, and (oland
=igh Income =ong Hong, Horea, ,ingaore, >aan, Austria, 4elgium, .enmar+, &inland,
9ermany, Italy, Eu/emburg, :orway, (ortugal, ,ain, ,weden,
,wit2erland, ;nited Hingdom, &rance, <anada, and ;nited ,tates of
America,
,ource3 @orld .e%eloment Indicators .atabase, @orld 4an+
(htt311web.worldban+.org1@4,IT*1*JT*-:AE1.ATA,TATI,TI<,10,,content6.H3207207$8Kmenu(H3)7"33"$)Kage(H3)7"33"
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4oth arametric and non'arametric statistical tools were used for data analyses. The
arametric tools (such as 6eans, ,tandard .e%iation, ,tandard *rror, <omaring means
through t'Test and A:CDA) was used when data ha%e the characteristics of robability
and normal distribution characteristics. The non G arametric tools (such as ,earman0s
ran+ correlation coefficient, <hi's5uare test, <orresondence analysis and @ilco/on
related samle tests) were used when data ha%e ran+ing but no clear numerical
interretation. The analy2ed data were resented into tabular and grahical forms and
discussions were made in the resecti%e te/t of the reort.
2." Scope and <imitation
The study has a wider scoe since it co%ers cross sectional data of 22 countries from ,outh
Asia, ,outheast Asia and (acific, *uroe, and Africa. The substantial roortion of female
was found in both target oulation (38L) and resondent graduates (70L), which
ro%ided sufficient ground for gender analyses on %arious asects of AIT education and
graduate0s rofessional ad%ancements. A full attemt was made to get the comleted
5uestionnaire from all the target AIT graduates (3##)), howe%er, ""2" (28L) of them
could send their comleted 5uestionnaire and this rate of resonse could not be increased
due to se%eral limitations related to time, budget, contact addresses, coordination between
senior and Bunior alumni, and language.
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Table 3."3Target (oulation by .egree, Mear of 9raduation and 9ender
9raduation
Mear
Academic .egree 9raduates by gender
6aster .octor .iloma Total 6ale &emale Total
2003 )88 $$ "2 877 7#2 2$2 877
2007 78# $3 7 $3) 33# "#8 $3)
200$ 807 7) 3 8$3 7$8 2#) 8$3
200) )87 )2 7 8$0 783 28) 87#
2008 )#8 80 " 88# 782 30) 888
2008 7"# "8 " 738 2$# "8# 738
Total 3))" 3"7 2$ 7000 27#2 "$0) 3##8
A female graduated in 2003 and a male graduated in 200$ assed way, hence, the actual target oulation becomes 3##).
AIT 9raduates
.1 $raduation and Academic Degrees A.arded in AIT
AIT conducted the ""0
th


graduation ceremony on "8 .ecember 2008. ;ntil this date and
including the degrees offered in this graduation ceremony, AIT has awarded altogether "),
20" academic degrees in terms of .iloma, masters0 N64A, 64A (*), 6. *ng., 6. *ng.
((), 6. ,c., 6. ,c. (()O, and doctoral degrees (.. *ng., .. Tech. ,c. and (h. .). as
resented in &igure 3.". It is e%ident that 6. *ng. degree alone has been recei%ed by more
than $0 ercent of the total awardees. These academic degrees were recei%ed by the
students of 82 countries of Asia, *uroe, America and Africa.
,igure .1- Total AIT Academic Degrees A.arded as of Decem(er 2%%2
,ource3 AIT 9raduation 4oo+, ""0
th
9raduation, "# .ecember 2008.
The study intended to loo+ at the effect of AIT degrees in the rofessional and academic
career aths of the recent ast graduates (2003 to mid 2008). Therefore, a few details on
academic degrees by the target and resondent graduates and gender is resented
hereunder.
.2 Target
$raduates
Table 3.."
clearly
indicates that
3##8 target
graduates
recei%ed
7000 academic degrees due to the fact that two target graduates got both masters0 and
doctoral degrees from AIT. Again out of the total 3##8 target oulation, two were
#
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untimely assed way (one female from :eal and one male from <ambodia), hence the
real target oulation was 3##), which included )2 ercent males and 38 ercent females.
6ore than #" ercent of the target graduates recei%ed masters0 degree followed by
doctoral (8L) and diloma ("L). Although these graduates reresent )0 countries more
than $3L ercent belong to Thailand (28L) and Dietnam (2).$L). The other countries
with large number of target graduates
are India ()L) followed by 4angladesh
and :eal ($L each), 6yanmar, <hina,
and <ambodia (7L each), Eao (.-
(3L), ,ri Ean+a, Indonesia, (a+istan,
and &rance (2L each), and 4hutan,
(hiliines and Horea ("L). -est of the
other countries has less than " ercent
target alumni (Aendi/ Table 3."). The
highest roortion of target graduates
(87L) were found from *ast Asia and
(acific region followed by ,outh Asia
(2"L), and $ ercent from other regions
such as *uroe, Africa, 6iddle *ast and Eatin America, <entral Asia, and :orth America.
4eing located in Asia and focusing on the roduction of highly caable human resources
in this region, it
is ob%ious that
#$ ercent of the
target graduates
belong to Asia
region alone.
&ollowing the
@orld 4an+0s
classification of
the countries by
income
categories it was
found that the
highest roortion of the target graduates ($8L) from low income countries (EI<)
followed 38 ercent target graduates from lower middle income countries (E6<), 7
ercent graduates from high income countries (=I<) and remaining " ercent graduates
from uer middle income countries (;6<). This also indicates that #$ ercent of the
target graduates belong to EI<
and E6< sufficiently
indicating that AIT has been
roducing human resources for
the economic growth and the
sustainable de%eloment of
EI< and E6<.
. Respondent $raduates
Altogether ""2" submitted
their comleted 5uestionnaires and these graduates are considered resondent or
resonding graduates hereafter. &igure 3.7 re%eals that these resondent graduates were
"0
mainly from *ast Asia and (acific (83L) and ,outh Asia ("8L). Cut of the )0 target
countries resonse were recei%ed from 22 countries which consisted 388# (#8L) ercent
of the target oulation. There were 2" countries ha%ing each one target graduate, 8
countries with each 2 target graduates. Altogether there were 3# countries ha%ing less than
$ target graduates (Aendi/ Table "). The highest number of resondent (708) was from
Thailand which is 38L of the total Thai target graduates. The second highest number was
from Dietnam (38#) which is 38 ercent of the total Dietnamese target oulation.
Amongst the countries ha%ing more than $0 target AIT graduates the highest ercentage of
resonse (7"L) recei%ed from :eal. Cut of total resondent graduates, )00 ($7L) sent
the comleted 5uestionnaires by email as an attachment files, 72) resondents (38L)
submitted through online and remaining #$ resondents (8L) sent by ost or directly to
the researcher by hand deli%ery.
The large maBority ($8L) of the resondent graduates were from EI< followed by 7"
ercent from E6<. The remaining one ercent was constituted by $ and 2 resondent
graduates belong to =I< and ;6<, resecti%ely (&ig. 3.$). This is also %isible that the
focus of AIT is
more on EI< and
E6< of Asia
region. The
gender
distribution of
target graduates
and resondent
graduates was
found more or less
same. There were
38 er cent of female graduates in the target oulation and 70 ercent of the total
resondents. &igure 3.) shows the distribution of total graduates by graduation year. It
indicates that there was less number of graduates in 2007 and 2008. The number of
graduates in 2008 could be more if whole year ta+en into account. Instead, only those were
included who graduated until mid 2008.
""
The further analysis on &igure 3.) was done by %iewing gender roortion in different
graduation years. The roortion of female graduates was ranging from 38 to 73 in the
target oulation and 33 to 78 in the resondent oulation. The target and resondent
roortion of female is 38 and 33 in 2003 graduation year, 7" and 3# in the 2007
graduation year, 72 and 7" in 200$ graduation year, 70 and 38 in 200) graduation year, 77
and 70 in 2008 graduation year, and 73 and 78 in 2008 graduation year, resecti%ely
." Reason for Targeting Recent $raduates
There were two imortant reasons of targeting recent ast graduates (2003 to mid 200$)
for this tracer studies. Cne reason was to loo+ at the rele%ancy and effecti%eness of the
AIT degrees, courses, and research acti%ities to the current changing conte/t of the region.
The second reason was based on the hyothesis that the finding and contacting the recent
graduates would be easier so that resonse rate could be ma/imi2ed. &rom the analysis of
the roortion of the target as well as the resondent graduates as against to the each
graduation year under consideration also suorted this hyothesis. The relati%e
roortion of the resondent graduates is higher in the recent graduation year and found in
increasing trend. =owe%er, while conducting research, a full cooeration and hel was
re5uested from the AITAA mother chater and corresonding national chaters and from
other AIT alumni. &ollowing icture on the meeting with AITAA national chater
e/ecuti%e members including (resident and the recent AIT graduates is one of the
e/amles for this matter.
"2
Discussions .ith the representative of recent AIAT graduates and the e>ecutive
committee mem(ers of AITAA !yanmar 6ational #hapter.
9raduates
before ,tudying at AIT
<onsidering %ery few but imortant asects of the AIT graduates before their studies in
AIT! an small attemt was made to in5uire about their last or highest academic degrees,
sources of information on +nowing study rograms at AIT, Bob e/eriences, and main
reason to ursue ost graduate studies at AIT.
".1 Academic Degrees (efore Studying at AIT
The analyses of the highest or last academic
degrees of the resondent AIT graduates were
made. Cut of ""2" resondents "0)7 (#$L)
mentioned their academic degrees which they
had obtained before studying in AIT. 4ased on
actual resonses it was found that 8) ercent of
them had bachelor degrees followed by masters0
degrees ("7L). @hen the academic bac+ground
before AIT was in5uired, )7 ercent of the total
resondent reorted their academic bac+grounds. 6aBority of the actual resondent
graduates (72L) had the engineering bac+ground followed by science (38L) and of
humanities and social sciences (20L). The humanities and social science co%ers se%eral
subBects such as arts, economics,
law, commerce and accountancy.
The target AIT graduates were
in5uired about the country of the
last degree obtained before
Boining AIT for which "0#0 (#8L)
ro%ided their resonses. Cut of
"3
4
the actual resondents, "000 (#2L) had got the highest or last academic degrees from their
own countries. The remaining #0 (8L) resondents had recei%ed their last degrees before
studying at AIT from other than their own countries. The foreign countries gone for
studies for the last degree before AIT were >aan for a 4angladeshi, India for $ out of 8
4hutanese, Thailand and -ussia for " and 2 <ambodian, resecti%ely, ;,A for a (a+istani,
Ireland for an *thioian, 4yelorussia for a (iliino, &rance for an Indian, 9ermany,
Australia and =ungary for each one Eaotian, and *ngland for a graduate from 6yanmar.
There were "8 :eali recei%ing degrees from India (8), Thailand (7) 4angladesh (3), and
each one from the :etherlands, (a+istan, (hiliines and ;,A. Ei+ewise, 28 Thai
recei%ed degrees from %arious countries such as Australia, <anada, ;H, >aan, the
:etherlands, ;,A, and (hiliines. ,imilarly, ") resondent graduates from Dietnam
recei%ed their last degree before AIT from se%eral countries such as 4yelorussia, ;+raine,
-omania, -ussia, &rance, ;H, ,wit2erland and Thailand.
The target AIT graduates were in5uired about their institute or uni%ersity from where the
highest degrees were obtained. The uni%ersity with more fre5uencies based on the
information ro%ided by resondent graduates are Hasetsart ;ni%ersity, <hulalong+orn
;ni%ersity, Thamasart ;ni%ersity, 6ahidol ;ni%ersity, Hing 6ong+utAs Institute of
Technology Ead+rabang, Hhon Haen ;ni%ersity, <hiangmai ;ni%ersity, and Assumtion
;ni%ersity in Thailand! I*T'Hanur, .elhi ;ni%ersity, and 9o%ernment <ollege of
Architecture, Ea+hnau in India, (eshawar ;ni%ersity in (a+istan, (etra <hristian
;ni%ersity in Indonesia, Mangon Institute of Technology in 6yanmar, the Hhulna
;ni%ersity, 4angladesh Agriculture ;ni%ersity, .ha+a ;ni%ersity, 4angladesh ;ni%ersity
of *ngineering and Technology, ;ni%ersity of <hittagong, and ;ni%ersity of -aBshahi in
4angladesh! the -oyal ;ni%ersity of 4hutan in 4hutan! :ational ;ni%ersity of
6anagement and -oyal ;ni%ersity of <ambodia in <ambodia! :ational ;ni%ersity of
Eaos and -attana 4usiness Administration <ollege in Eao (.-! 6yanmar Institute of
Theology in 6yanmar! Tribhu%an ;ni%ersity and Hathmandu ;ni%ersity in :eal!
;ni%ersity of -uhuna, ;ni%ersity of >affna, ;ni%ersity of (eradeniya, and ;ni%ersity of
6oratuwa in ,ri Ean+a! =o <hi 6inh <ity ;ni%ersity of Technology, =ue ;ni%ersity of
Agriculture and &orestry, =ue ;ni%ersity of ,ciences! .anag ;ni%ersity, =anoi ;ni%ersity
of ,ciences, =anoi :ational ;ni%ersity, =anoi ;ni%ersity of Technology, =anoi 6edical
;ni%ersity, =anoi ;ni%ersity of &oreign ,tudies, =anoi ;ni%ersity of &oreign languages,
:ha Trang ;ni%ersity of &isheries, <an Tho ;ni%ersity, Transort .e%eloment ,trategy
Institute, and @ater -esources ;ni%ersity in Dietnam.
".2 $raduation 9ear and ,ield of Speciali*ation
The graduation year for the last degree before studying at AIT of the target graduates were
also in5uired and found a huge range from "#8) to 2008. =owe%er, the larger number of
resondents indicated that they were graduated mostly during the fi%e years eriod of 200"
to 200$ (&igure 7.3).
"7
The seciali2ation of the earlier studies before enrolling in AIT co%ered %arious fields such
as agriculture, animal science, %eterinary science, a5uaculture, fisheries, botany,
biotechnology, chemistry, geology, geograhy, en%ironmental science, economics,
business administration, finance and ban+ing, transortation, ci%il engineering, electrical
engineering, en%ironmental engineering, mechanical engineering, natural resources,
forestry, geograhy, ublic administration, ublic health, leather technology, land
management, architecture, limnology, welfare studies, sociology, rural de%eloment,
international relations, and *nglish language.
". ?no.ing a(out Studies at AIT
The %arious sources of information for +nowing about studies at AIT were in5uired. In
resonse, $2) resonded their multile resonses as resented in &igure 7.7. Cut of the
$2) actual resondent graduates, 2)8 ($"L) reorted that they +new about studies in AIT
through AIT alumni. Then arents1relati%es1friends were the second most imortant
sources of information as reorted by 230 (77L) resondent graduates followed by former
uni%ersity rofessors (3$L), ad%ertisement in TD (3"L), former classmates (28L),
emloyer and co'wor+er (2)L), AIT faculty and AIT =omeage (22L each),
ad%ertisement through radio and &6 ("8L), uni%ersity lacement office ("7L), and
ad%ertisement in :ewsaer ("3L).
"$
Thirty'se%en resondent graduates secified other sources of information among them 33
indicated the collaborati%e rograms with AIT informed them to study in AIT, 2 got the
information from education fair, and one from social gatherings and the last one got the
information after %isiting AIT.
"." =or/ E>periences (efore Enrolling in AIT
The target AIT graduates were in5uired about their wor+ e/eriences if they had any
before studying at AIT. :inety'eight ercent ("0#7) of the ""2" resondent graduates
resonded on their Bob e/eriences before AIT and
amongst them, 8)0 (8#L) said that they had wor+
e/eriences (&igure 7.$). Their wor+ e/eriences
were ranging from 2 months to 2$ years and #
months. This means a large maBority of the target
alumni had wor+ e/eriences before coming to AIT
for ostgraduate studies. A large maBority (3#L) had
wor+ duration in between 2 to less than $ years
before studying AIT followed by $ to "0 years of
duration (27L), " to less than two years (")L) and
e%en more than "0 years ("$L). A small roortion
of them ()L) indicated that they had wor+
e/erience of than one year (&igure 7.)). Cut of 8)0
")
Table 7."3 Tye of 6ain &unction at @or+ before AIT
Main Function (Multiple Response) Frequency Percent
Project Implementation 334 40.9
Management 22 2!."
#eac$ing %!9 2%.9
Researc$ &nalysis ' Policy Inputs %"! 20.
(no)le*ge an* In+ormation
,issemination
%" %9.%
Table 7.23 >ob (osition before AIT by 9ender
-o. position Male / Female / #otal /
-unior Pro+essional 222 43.4 %3 40.9 3! 42.4
-unior Management "% %%.9 !3 22.% %34 %.9
Mi**le Management %20 23. "4 %9.4 %04 2%.9
Mi**le Pro+essional 90 %9.2 4 %".4 %2 %0.%
1enior Pro+essional 3 0." 3 0.9 " 0.!
1enior Management ! %.4 % 0.3 0 %.0
#otal %% %00.0 330 %00.0 04% %00.0
resondents graduates who had Bob before AIT 83$ graduates (#8L) reorted their main
emloyer tyes.
".@ Type of Employer (efore AIT
&igure 7.8 clearly re%eals that the academic and research institutions and central
go%ernment were main emloyers for the maBority of the resondent graduates as
indicated by 23 ercent of the 83$
resondent graduates for both tye of
emloyers. The second imortant emloyers
was reorted as the ri%ate sector (22L)
followed by international 1 regional
organi2ation (#L), non'go%ernmental
organi2ation and ublic ser%ice utility
ro%iders ()L each), and financial
institution (3L).
".A Type of Individual !ain ,unction at =or/ (efore AIT
Altogether 8") resondent graduates indicated the tye of main function at wor+ before
AIT. &orty'one ercent of them reorted roBect imlementation as indi%idual main
function at wor+
followed by
management (28L),
teaching (22L),
research analysis 1
olicy inuts (2"L)
and +nowledge and
information
dissemination
("#L).
".B Co( 5osition (efore AIT (y $ender
All the target graduates were re5uested to ro%ide the Bob osition and out of the 8)0
graduates who had Bob before AIT 87" reorted their Bob ositions. All the Bobs were
classified into 8 categories and no one was found for the e/ecuti%e le%el of Bob osition
before studying AIT. 6ore than 70 ercent of the resonding graduates from both genders
ha%e >unior (rofessional le%el of Bobs followed by 6iddle 6anagement (27L) in male
graduates and >unior 6anagement among the female graduates before AIT (Table 7.2).
@hen Bob
osition across
the economic
classification of
the countries
were analy2ed it
was found that
maBority of the
AIT graduates
"8
Table 7.33 >ob (osition before AIT by *conomic <ategories of <ountries
>ob osition *conomic <lassification of <ountries Total
L EI< L E6< L ;6< L =I< L
,enior 6anagement 8 ".7 " 0.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 ".0
6iddle 6anagement "2# 2$.7 $7 ").$ 0 0.0 " 2$.0 "87 2".#
>unior 6anagement #" "8.# 72 "2.8 0 0.0 " 2$.0 "37 "$.#
,enior (rofessional 2 0.7 7 ".2 0 0.0 0 0.0 ) 0.8
6iddle (rofessional 80 "$.8 8" 2".) 0 0.0 " 2$.0 "$2 "8."
>unior (rofessional "## 3#.2 "$) 78.) " "00.0 " 2$.0 3$8 72.7
Total $08 "00.0 328 "00.0 " "00.0 7 "00.0 87" "00.0
Table 7.73 ,alary before AIT by 9ender
,alary (;,P16onth) 6ale L &emale L Total L
Q "00 $) ""." 72 "3.$ #8 "2.0
"00 to 200 "08 2".2 )" "#.) ")8 20.)
2%1 to @%% 1&2 2.1 12B "%.2 1& &.1
$0" to "000 "08 2".7 )2 "#.# "80 20.#
"00" to 2000 28 $.7 "$ 7.8 72 $.2
200" to 3000 8 ".7 7 ".3 "" ".3
R 3000 8 ".7 0 0.0 8 0.#
Total $07 "00.0 3"" "00.0 8"$ "00.0
Table 7.$3 ,alary before AIT by 9ender, *conomic
<ategories, and -egion (;,P16onth)
Asects 6ean ,alary
9ender 6ale 7#$
&emale 770
*conomic
<lassification
EI< B2
E6< )0#
;6< 8$0
=I< 2%%%
-egion ,outheast Asia and (acific 788
,outh Asia 38$
*uroe and <entral Asia 22$0
,ub ,aharan Africa 1@%
Total (a%erage) 787
before AIT had >unior (rofessional le%el of Bob in all economies ranging from low income
countries (EI<) to high income countries (=I<) which is e%ident from Table 7.3.
".2 Co( Satisfaction and Salary <evel (efore AIT
-egarding Bob satisfaction, 82" resonding graduates sulied information and based on
which it was found that se%enty'four
ercent of the resondent AIT graduates
were satisfied with the Bob they had before
studying at AIT. Interestingly, both male
and female graduates were found e/actly
the same le%el of dissatisfaction (2)L)
with the Bobs they had before AIT (&igure
7.8). Cut of the total resondent AIT
graduates, 8"$ ro%ided the information on
salary le%el of their Bobs before AIT. They
were re5uested to select the gi%en range of
salary starting from less than "00 ;, P er
month to more than 3000 ;,P er month.
6aBority of female resondent (7"L) and
male resondent (38L) were found recei%ing in the range of 20" to $00 ;,P er month
followed by almost e5ual two categories of income "00 to 200 and $0" to "000 ;,P er
month by both gender (Table 7.7).
4y considering the mid %alue of range
for each resonding graduate the
mean salary was calculated in terms
of gender, economic categories, and
"8
0
0
%00
%0
200
20
300
30
2003 2004 200 200" 200! 2000
2ra*uation 3ear
4
u
m
.
e
r
15R, 16M 1&# 15# 175
,igure @.1- Target $raduates (y Schools and $raduation 9ear
broad regions. Table 7.$ clearly re%eals that, on an a%erage, female graduates were
recei%ing less salary than males. A wide range of %ariation was found from 388 ;,P er
month in EI< to 2000 ;,P er month in =I<. The regional %ariation was also found to
wide from "$0 ;,P er month in ,ub ,aharan Africa to 22$0 ;,P er month in *uroe
and <entral Asia. The mean salary of female resondent graduates, and resondent from
EI< and ,ub ,aharan Africa had salary e%en below the total a%erage (787 ;,P1month).
".& Driving ,actor to Study in AIT
Cut of #82 resonding 6aBority (77L) resondent graduates indicated that main dri%ing
factor to study in AIT was rofessional ad%ancement followed by academic career
ad%ancement (70L) and to enter into a new field (")L).
,tudies at AIT
@.1 Target $raduates (y School
&rom the incetion, AIT has been laying a leading role in Asia by offering lot of
oortunities for ostgraduate studies in se%eral fields of studies. AIT has a %ision to
become a leading and uni5ue regional multicultural institution of higher learning, offering
state'of'the'art education, research and training in technology, management and societal
de%eloment. =owe%er, as mentioned earlier, the ,*T had synergistic integration in
:o%ember 200$ of the two former ,chools, namely, the ,chool of <i%il *ngineering
(,<*) and the ,chool of
Ad%anced Technologies
(,AT). Therefore, some
graduates under ,AT
and ,<* were +et on
recei%ing degrees until
200) then after ,*T
started to ta+e the full
resonsibility of the then
,AT and ,<* as well.
&igure $." clearly sows
"#
5
Ta(le @.1- Respondent AIT $raduates (y Degree and $ender
.egree Total (:)
6ale &emale
nm L (nm 1 :) nf L (nf 1 :)
6 *ng 7)7 3$2 B@.& ""2 27."
6 ,c 3"7 "7" 77.# "83 @@.1
64A 278 "22 7#.7 "2$ @%.A
. *ng 7$ 38 2"." 8 "$.)
. Tech
,c
22
8 3).7 "7 )3.)
(h . 3" "8 $7.8 "7 7$.2
Total ""23 )88 )0.7 77$ 3#.)
that there were largest graduates from ,*-. in 2003, 2008 and 2008. ,imilarly, ,C6
roduced largest number in 2007 and 200$. Ei+ewise, ,*T roduced the largest number in
200). AT resent there are three schools, namely, ,*-., ,*T, and ,C6 which ha%e been
laying a leading role to meet the o%erall mission of AIT. Therefore, these three schools
will be considered for the analysis hereafter.
@.2 Respondent $raduates (y School
The resondent graduates (""2")
had got different academic
degrees through different
schools. &igure $.2 shows that
the largest roortion of the
resondent graduates (70L) was
from ,*T (summation of ,AT
and ,<* until 200) and alone
thereafter) followed by ,*-.
(38L) and ,C6 (22L). The
%arious academic degrees
recei%ed by the resondent graduates with their filed of studies during their studies in AIT
are resented hereunder. The long lasting imression of AIT was also in5uired with the
AIT graduates during the meetings conducted by the researcher in different countries and
therefore mentioned at the end of this section.
@. Academic Degrees Received (y Respondent $raduates
As of 6ay 2008, the total resondent graduates (""2") had recei%ed ""23 academic
degrees. The two resonding graduates had recei%ed both masters0 and doctoral degrees
from AIT. Among these ""23 academic degrees, the largest roortion was found for
6asters0 of *ngineering (6
*ng) degree (7"L) followed by
6asters0 of ,cience (6 ,c)
degree (28L), 6asters0 of
4usiness Administration (64A
including e/ecuti%e 64A)
degree (22L). &igure $.3 also
re%eals about the doctoral
degrees recei%ed by the
resondent AIT graduates as
well. .octor of *ngineering (.
*ng) degree was recei%ed by
the higher roortion of
resondent graduates (7L)
followed by .octor of (hilosohy ((h .) degree (3L) and .octor of Technical ,cience (.
Tech ,c) degree (2L).
@hen these degrees were
loo+ed from the gender
ersecti%e it was found
that females recei%ed
higher number of degrees
20
in science and management studies and %ery low in engineering fields. Table $." indicates
that maBority ($$L) of the total degrees in 6 ,c was recei%ed by women and they were
also recei%ing slightly more than $0 ercent of 64A degrees. In case of doctoral degrees,
female resonding graduates had higher .. Tech ,c degrees ()3L) comared to male
resonding graduates. In totality, about 70 ercent of the degrees were found recei%ed by
the resonding female graduates.
@." ,ield of Study of the Respondent $raduates
The field of studies of both masters0 and doctoral resondent graduates was re%iewed. Cut
of the ""2" total resondent graduates, "023 had recei%ed masters0 degrees alone and #) of
them had recei%ed doctoral degrees alone. =owe%er, 2 resondent graduates had studied
both masters0 and doctoral degree rograms and recei%ed both degrees from AIT.
Therefore in master rogram there are "02$ ersons indicating studying in 38 different
filed of studies. The Aendi/ Tables $.2 and $.3 re%eal the %arious field of study from
which the resondent AIT graduates had studied for 6asters0 and .octoral (rogram,
resecti%ely. @hile study masters0 degree, about "8 ercent of the resondent graduates
studied in international business and management related field of studies in both AIT and
Dietnam under ,C6 followed by en%ironmental engineering and man agent (#L), energy
()L), comuter science, telecommunication, information and communication
technologies, and urban en%ironmental management (each 7L). Incase of the doctoral
rogram the higher roortion of the resondent graduates were from the energy related
field of studies (#L) followed by international business and management related and
en%ironmental engineering and management (each 8L), and transortation engineering
and industrial engineering (each )L).
@.@ <asting Impression
,e%eral meetings were conducted in different countries of the target and resondent
graduates during the time of field %isits by the researcher. They were in5uired about the
lasting imression on AIT. Their most imortant imression was that their study at AIT
trained them to wor+ efficiently and long hours. This has been helful to them for their
rofessional career ad%ancements and achie%ements. The learning en%ironment also
reorted as one of the unforgettable asects of AIT which heled to build their self'
confidence. The sort facilities and location as well as landscaing of AIT are other long
lasting memories of the AIT graduates.
2"
Ta(le A.1- Rating Teaching 4uality (y $ender, Economic #ategories and Region
2en*er8 5conomic
categories8 an* Region
59cellent :ery 2oo* 2oo* Poor :ery Poor
#otal + / + / + / + / + /
Male %%2 %0.0 342 4.9 %0 2.4 0 %.3 3 0. "23
Female 42 %0. 2%2 3.0 %42 3. 4 %.0 0 0.0 400
#otal %4 %.% 4 4.2 300 29.3 %2 %.2 3 0.3 %023
;I7 0 9.9 339 0.% %03 3%.4 2 0.3 % 0.2 03
;M7 9 2%.9 2%4 49.3 %%3 2".0 %0 2.3 2 0. 434
<M7 % %00.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 %
=I7 0 0.0 % 20.0 4 00.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
#otal %4 %.% 4 4.2 300 29.3 %2 %.2 3 0.3 %023
5ast &sia an* Paci+ic %2" %4.! 4"2 3.9 24 29." %2 %.4 3 0.4 0!
1out$ &sia 20 %!.4 09
.3
44 2!.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 %"%
5urope an* 7entral &sia 0 0.0 2
0.0
2 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4
&+rica 0 0.0 % %00.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 %
#otal %4 %.% 4 4.2 300 29.3 %2 %.2 3 0.3 %023
&eedbac+s on Teaching,
-esearch and ,er%ices
This section is all about the feedbac+ of the resondent AIT graduates on the 5uality of
teaching, suer%ision and guidance on masters0 thesis and doctoral dissertation research,
and o%erall administrati%e management and ser%ice deli%ery of AIT. The %alue and the
5uality of the academic, administrati%e and other suorti%e units had tremendous role in
the academic standing of AIT itself. The eriodic feedbac+ from the AIT graduates hels
in further enhancing the teaching, research, and administrati%e standards of AIT.
A.1 ,eed(ac/s on Teaching in AIT
The target AIT graduates were in5uired on
how they would rate the teaching standard
of study at AIT by gi%ing them fi%e scale
ratings such as e/cellent, %ery good, good,
oor, and %ery oor. Cut of the "023
resonding graduates, maBority ($$L) had
an imression that the teaching 5uality in
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AIT is %ery good followed by good (2#L). &ew resondents ("$L) had an imression that
the teaching 5uality in AIT is e%en e/cellent one. The teaching standard as ercei%ed by
the resondent AIT graduates was also analy2ed by gender, economic categories of the
countries and region which is resented in the following Table ).".
Cn an a%erage, maBority in all the three categories (gender, economic classification, and
region) indicated the teaching 5uality of AIT as %ery good. A negligible number of the
resondents in all categories indicated as oor and %ery oor. The main reasons of the oor
and %ery oor rating as reorted by them can be listed as wea+ ractical asects,
inade5uate facilities, less cooerating and heling less in thesis suer%ision, high course
fee but oor learning materials, high olitics among instructors, and heterogeneity in the
bac+ground of the students and di%ersity in teaching that had to be comromised.
A.2 ,eed(ac/s on Thesis Research in AIT
An attemt was made to gather information on the le%el of satisfaction of the target AIT
graduates on the their thesis research wor+s in terms of research suer%isor0s contribution,
committee members0 contribution, fle/ibility of choice in toic selection, research fund
a%ailability, and hel recei%ed from seniors and own batch mates. The %arious resonses
for the satisfaction le%el of AIT graduates for their masters0 thesis wor+s were found
ranging from %ery low to %ery high. &orty ercent of the #03 resonding AIT graduates
considered the contribution of thesis suer%isor as high followed by %ery high (38L)
followed by medium ("8 L) and low and %ery low (7L). In case of committee members0
contribution, maBority considered as high (77L) followed by medium (30L), %ery high
("8L), low and %ery low (8L). The fle/ibility of choice in masters0 research toic for the
students in AIT is found high enough since 73 ercent reorted as %ery high followed by
high (28L), medium (23L) and low and %ery low ()L). 6aBority (37L) indicated that
fund a%ailability for research was medium followed by high (30L), low and %ery low
(2"L) and %ery high ("3L). &ifty'four ercent of the resondent graduates reorted that
they recei%ed %ery high to high le%el of hel from their seniors. ,imilarly, $8 ercent of
them reorted that they recei%ed high to %ery high le%el of hel from their batch mates
(&igure ).2).
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A. ,eed(ac/s on Dissertation Research in AIT
Ei+e in thesis research, all the target AIT graduates who had recei%ed doctoral degree were
also in5uired to ro%ide feedbac+ on %arious asects on the dissertation research in AIT.
6aBority (78L) reorted as %ery high le%el of inuts from the main suer%isor of the
dissertation research followed by high (32L), medium ("8L) and only 7 ercent reorted
as low le%el of hel. ,i/ty'two ercent of them reorted as %ery high and high le%el of
hel recei%ed from the c ommittee members and remaining others indicated as medium by
30 ercent and low to %ery low by 8 ercent. The fle/ibility of choice in dissertation
research toic for the students in AIT is found high enough since 82 ercent of the
resonded graduates indicated as %ery high and high le%els followed medium (22L), and
low and %ery low ()L).
Thirty ercent of the
resondent graduates
indicated that fund
a%ailability was high,
howe%er, close to this
ercentage! another 28
ercent also reorted low
and %ery low le%el of fund
a%ailability. &orty'nine
ercent of the resondent
graduates reorted that they
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recei%ed %ery high to high le%el of hel from their seniors. ,imilarly, $# ercent of them
reorted that they recei%ed high to %ery high le%el of hel from their batch mates (&igure
).2).
4oth tye of resondent graduates (masters0 and doctoral degree recei%ers) had similar
tye of reasons for rating the low or %ery low on %arious asects of thesis and dissertation
research in AIT. Their oints ha%e been summari2ed and resented in the following Table
).2 on comments made for rating low and %ery low by research asects.
Ta(le A.2- Reason for rating Dlo. and very lo.E (y research aspects
Research
aspects
#omments
&unding on
research
:ot enough fund to conduct research, little otions to ac5uire research fund, no
ro%ision of getting fund for attending conference or wor+shos to enhance the career,
most of the research fund was enough for tra%eling what was left was not enough to do
e/tensi%e research, no any ad%ice about funding source for students, flat rate is not
suitable for all tye of research, both scholarshis and research funds are %ery low
comare with the other countries, and gi%en budget is too low comare to the time and
wor+ load of the research.
,uer%ision on
research
.ue to a huge of number of students, ad%isor does not ha%e enough time to contribute,
read and comment on thesis and dissertation research and committee members didnAt
ay full attention.
=el from
seniors and
batch mates on
research
If not at all but %ery oor connection between senior and Bunior, sometimes seniors are
not a%ailable or reluctant to hel at the time of need, sometime the time of research did
not match with the timing of senior0s resence. .ue to the feeling of cometition own
batch mates do not want to hel each other.
A." Rating on AIT Services
The entire target AIT graduates were in5uired about their ratings on the 5uality of
information, ad%ice, and ser%ices they recei%ed from different ser%ice units of AIT. A
significantly higher roortion of resondent AIT graduates ($7L) consider as %ery good
followed by e%en e/cellent (2"L), good (20L) and oor and %ery oor ($L) for the
ser%ices recei%ed from the field of study administration and management. ,imilarly, a
large maBority of them ($3L) reorted as %ery good followed by good (2)L), e/cellent
("8L) and oor and %ery oor (7L) for the ser%ice recei%ed from school administration
and management. @hen an in5uiry was made on the 5uality of the ser%ice rendered by the
registry of AIT, it was reorted as %ery good by 77 ercent resondents followed by good
(38L), e/cellent ("2L), and oor and %ery oor by 8 ercent. Dast maBority (8"L) of the
resondents indicated e/cellent and %ery good ser%ice in AIT library. The 5uality of the
ser%ice ro%ided by language center is rated as e/cellent by "# ercent, %ery good by 7)
ercent, good by 3" ercent and oor by 7 ercent. <omuting facilities of AIT were rated
as %ery good by 73 ercent of the resondent graduates followed by good (32L), e/cellent
(")L), and oor with %ery oor (#L). Ei+ewise e/erimental lab facilities considered
good by 7" ercent, %ery good by 38 ercent, e/cellent by "2 ercent and oor and %ery
oor by # ercent of the resondent graduates. The classroom facilities were rated as %ery
good by 78 ercent, good by 28 ercent, e/cellent by 2" ercent and oor and %ery oor
by 7 ercent. *ach 38 ercent of the resondent graduates rated as %ery good and good
followed by oor ("$L) and %ery oor (""L) for the ser%ice of student accommodation
(&igure ).7).
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&igure 7.) further re%eals that the ser%ice of the 9o%ernment relation office is rated as
%ery good by 73 ercent followed by good (70L), e/cellent ("3L) and oor and %ery oor
($L). The 5uality of the ser%ice of the alumni relations office rated as good (73L), %ery
good (3#L), e/cellent (#L) and oor and %ery oor (#L). &orty'four ercent of the
resondent graduates rated student affairs as %ery good followed by good (7"L), e/cellent
(8L) and oor and %ery oor (8L). *ach 7" ercent for %ery good and good was found
rating the ser%ice of the student union followed by e/cellent ("0L) and oor and %ery oor
(8L). 6aBority (78L) indicated as the %ery good followed by good (28L, e/cellent (20L)
and oor and %ery oor by the remaining $ ercent for the 5uality rating of sort facilities.
The assessment on the 5uality of o%erall management of AIT by the resondent graduates
made as %ery good ($7L), good (33L), e/cellent (#L) and oor and %ery oor by 7
ercent.
As re5uested to offer the comments on oor and %ery oor ratings for the 5uality of
ser%ices rendered different ser%ice units of AIT, some of the resondent graduates had
done it and their resonses are summari2ed as below in Table ).3.

Ta(le A.- Reason for rating as Dlo. and very lo.E on AIT services
Service 7nit #omments
<omuting facilities Dery slow internet connection with low bandwidth a%ailability really hamers the
research study and day to day communication wor+s, not sufficient number and
5uality of comuters, difficult to access in Alumni @eb, hard to udate
information, and :etwor+ is %ery slow.
,tudent
accommodation 1
housing
,taffs at student accommodation are not really helful though they sea+ %ery
friendly, more biased to some countries and students, oor facilities in standard
dorm, things esecially the wras for beds and illows which are too old and not
in white color anymore (no relacement), student accommodations need maBor
reno%ation
<lassroom facilities
and en%ironment
,ometimes air condition does not wor+ and %ery small enclosure.
Eibrary 6ost of the boo+s are out dated, almost damaged and %ery old and less forefront
Bournals
2)
Eanguage center :ot enough 5ualified *nglish instructors
*/erimental lab
facilities
:o enough lab facility for all subBects1items and whate%er a%ailable are mostly
outdated e/erimental lab &acilities
Administration Administration and management are in need of imro%ement, do not care much
for the students, lot of mista+es in documentation, esecially in finance and
housing section
Alumni -elation ,low in resonse and rocedures related to AITAA matters.
-egistry ,er%ice is oor.
A.@ Suggestions for Strengthening AIT Targeting its ,uture $raduates
All the target AIT graduates were re5uested to ro%ide their %iews on what must be
strengthened at AIT targeting its future graduates in terms of teaching 5uality, ractical
alication for
roblem sol%ing
s+ills, content and
co%erage of courses,
and additional new
courses if any. The
highest roortion
(78L) of the
resondent AIT
graduates indicated
their %iews for
targeting ractical
alication for
roblem sol%ing s+ills followed by teaching and research 5uality (3)L), adding new
courses ($L) and 7 ercent suggested to re%ise content and co%erage of courses (&igure
).7). ,i/ty'si/ (8L) resonding AIT graduates ro%ided se%eral other suggestions amongst
them most imortant ones are3 more emhasis on to ran+ed Bournal ublication!
collaboration with to ran+ed uni%ersities! imro%ing comuting and lab facilities!
credible admission rocess and a realistic camus Bob lacement! networ+ing! e5ui more
s+ills needed while articiating in the meetings! organi2ing international seminar and
wor+shos! concentrating on ublic sea+ing and resentation s+ills! increasing field
e/osures and ractical e/eriences! enhancing international studying en%ironment! and
refreshing and udating with new1ad%anced technology and new1alied concets
(Aendi/ Table ).").
-egarding the content and co%erage of courses, further elaborations are done emhasi2ing
mainly on emerging issues li+e mitigation and adatation to climate change, I(6,
migration, re%ising curriculum loo+ing at the local needs not Bust coying curriculum from
western uni%ersities, introduction of debit and credit in details in finance, free choice to
select subBect matters across AIT school, and ro%ision of electi%e courses and internshi
(Aendi/ Table ).2).
The new courses to be added were suggested as the A5uaculture 4usiness 6anagement!
.omestic Diolence, =uman -ights and Traffic+ing! ,ocial *ntrereneurshi! 4usiness
Eaw! <ommunication and (ublic ,ea+ing ,+ills! &orest 6anagement! 4an+ing 1
&inancing and 6ar+eting! 6acroeconomics! ,trategy 6anagement! 6olecular 4iology!
Ad%anced 6ath! Alied 6athematics and <omuting! 9eotechnical <onstituti%e
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6odeling! -adar -emote ,ensing! and =igh Doltage *ngineering S (ower ,ystem
(rotection (Aendi/ Table ).3).
>I )oul* not li?e to encourage any o+ my +rien*s an* relati@es to stu*y at
&I# unless your teac$ing an* supporting ser@ices $a@e .een impro@e*. #$ey
coul* spen* t$e same amount pai* to &I# in stu*ying in t$e <1 +or a more
quali+ie* uni@ersity. &s +or t$ose intereste* in *e@elopment stu*ies8 many
#$an?sA.
B &n &I# 2ra*uate +rom #$ailan*
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Ta(le B.1- #hoosing o.n #ountry after $raduation (y $ender, Economy and Region
9ender, *conomy, and
-egion
Mes :o Total
f % f % f L
6ale $"8 79.3 "3$ 20.7 )$3 100
&emale 338 76.8 "02 23.2 73# 100
Total 8$$ 78.3 238 21.7 "0#2 100
EI< $"2 80.5 "27 19.5 )3) 100
E6< 338 75.1 ""2 2.9 7$0 100
;6< " 50.0 " 50.0 2 100
=I< 7 100.0 0 0.0 7 100
Total 8$$ 78.3 238 21.7 "0#2 100
*ast Asia and (acific 8"8 79.3 "88 20.6 #07 100
,outh Asia
"37 72.8 $0
27.
2
"87 100
*uroe and <entral Asia 3 100.0 0 0.0 3 100
Africa " 100.0 0 0.0 " 100
Total 8$$ 78.3 238 21.7 "0#2 100
<areer .ecision and
*mloyments
<areer decision and emloyments section includes whereabouts of AIT graduates,
reBoining the re%ious Bob or emloyer, duration of getting the first Bob after graduation
from AIT, current Bob osition and emloyment history, age and current Bob osition,
duration of current Bob, main emloyer tyes, indi%idual main function at wor+ and Bob
satisfaction, salary le%el, salary by age grou of AIT graduates, current salary le%el by
graduation year, and Bob osition and salary income by gender.
B.1 =herea(outs of AIT $raduate
The main emhasis of AIT has been
constantly remained the same from its
incetion till now is on roducing caable
human resource needed for the sustainable
de%eloment of the countries in Asia, in
articular, and global conte/t, in general.
All the graduates are encouraged as well
as insisted to return to their home
countries and aly whate%er +nowledge
and s+ills learned from AIT to their own
countries. The resondent AIT graduates
in5uired about their career decision
immediately after graduation from AIT. ,earate 5uestion was designed for Thai and :on'
Thai in order to +now whether AIT graduates remained in Thailand for the former and
returned to their home
countries for the latter.
&igure 8." re%eals that
#$ ercent of Thai and
8$ ercent of :on'
Thai resondent
graduates chose their
home country after
graduation from AIT.
Table 8." indicates that
on an a%erage of the
total resondent
graduates 88 ercent
returned1remained to
their resecti%e
countries. -emaining
22 ercent chose other
than own county due to %arious reasons such as continuing study for (h., continuing
research at AIT, ha%ing got better aid Bobs comared to the Bobs in own country, and also
2#
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Ta(le B.2- Response Rate on Coining 5revious Co(
-esonse &re5uency (ercent Dalid (ercent
Mes 778 70.0 77.$
:o 387 37.3 38."
:ot alicable "8$ "$.8 "8.7
!"#total 1007 89.8 100.0
:o answer ""7 "0.2
Total ""2" "00.0
Ta(le B.- Duration Ta/en for the ,irst Co( after $raduation from AIT
Duration !ale ,emale Total
,reFuency G ,reFuency G ,reFuency G
<onfirmed before
9raduation
88 37." $# 2#.# "38 32.2
Q "6onth $".0 22.3 38.0 "8.8 88.0 20.8
R " to Q 36onths )8.0 2#.3 $8.0 2#.7 "2$.0 2#.3
R 3 to Q )6onths 23.0 "0.0 28.0 "3.8 $0.0 "".8
R )6onths to
"Mear
).0 2.) 8.0 7." "7.0 3.3
R "Mear 7.0 ".8 8.0 7." "2.0 2.8
Total 22& 1%%.% 1&B 1%%.% "2A 1%%.%
to suort souse who Boined AIT for studies. In terms of gender, 8# ercent of males and
88 ercent of females returned1remained their home countries. 4ased on the analysis by
economic classifications of the countries, it was found 8" ercent of the resondents
returning in case of EI< comared to 8$ in E6<. All 7 resondent graduates ("00L)
returned to their own countries from =I<. @hile regional comarison was made, less
roortion from ,outh Asia (83L) returned to home countries comared with *ast Asia
and (acific region (8#L) and others.
B.2 Re)oining the 5revious Co( or Employer

Cut of ""2" resondent AIT graduates, "008 reorted on the in5uiry whether they Boined
the re%ious Bob after graduation from AIT. &orty'fi%e ercent of the actual resondents
indicated that they Boined their
re%ious Bobs and 38 ercent did
not Boin. ,lightly more than "8
ercent resondents reorted as
Tnot alicableU since they did not
ha%e Bob before coming AIT. Cut
of the total resondent graduates
(""2"), slightly more than "0
ercent did not ro%ide any
resonse. An in5uiry was made with those who did not reBoin the re%ious Bobs by
re5uesting them to ro%ide reasons why they did not Boin. ,ome of the imortant reasons
gi%en are3 Bob was temorary as contract basis, immediately gone for further study, the
re%ious Bob was not satisfactory, office closed, new and better aid Bob offered, and the
office rules were so strict for granting the study lea%e so had to sacrifice Bob.
B. Duration of $etting the ,irst Co( after $raduation from AIT
An attemt was made to +now the duration of getting the first Bob after graduation from
AIT to those who did not Boin the re%ious Bobs and also did not go for further study for
their further academic career ad%ancements. Therefore, such information was e/ected
from at lest $$# resondents (Table 8.2) who had not Boined the re%ious Bob and also who
had no Bob before coming AIT. =owe%er, 72) (8)L) comrised by 22# males and "#8
females reorted on the duration of getting the first Bob after graduation from AIT.
Interestingly,
maBority in both
genders, their
Bobs were
confirmed e%en
before graduation
from AIT. Table
8.3 re%eals that
37 ercent of
males and 30
ercent of
females got confirmed their Bobs before graduation. ,lightly more than 2# ercent of both
gender reorted that it too+ more than " month and less than three months of duration to
get Bob after graduation from AIT. About 2 ercent of males and 7 ercent of females
reorted that they had to wait e%en more than one year to get Bob.
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,igure B.2- Relation (et.een Age and #urrent Co( 5osition
Ta(le B."- #urrent Involvement of AIT $raduates
Involvement ,reFuency 5ercent 8alid 5ercent
>ob #0" 80.7 8$.7
,tudy 88 8.8 8.2
4usiness $3 7.8 $.0
Cther "7 ".2 ".3
!"#total 1055 9.1 100.0
:o Answer )) $.#
Total 1121 1%%.%
Ta(le B.@- Co( 5osition (y $ender and (efore and after Studying in AIT
>ob -an+ East >ob (osition before AIT <urrent >ob (osition
9ender 6ale &emale Total 6ale &emale Total
,enior &re5uency 8 " 8 82 3# "2"
$ercent ".7 0.3 1.0 "7.$ "0.2 12.7
6iddle &re5uency "20 )7 "87 7"7 287 )88
$ercent 23.$ "#.7 21.9 B.% B1." 72.3
>unior &re5uency 387 2)$ )7# 8" 8" "72
$ercent B@.1 2%. 77.2 "2.$ "8.$ 1.9
Total &re5uency $"" 330 87" $)8 387 #$"
$ercent "00.0 "00.0 100.0 "00.0 "00.0 100
B." #urrent Involvement of AIT $raduates
A %ast maBority (8$L) of the actual resonding graduates reorted that they are wor+ing at
resent. About 8 ercent were found in%ol%ed in study rograms for their further academic
career ad%ancements. &i%e
ercent of the AIT graduates
reorted their in%ol%ement
as TbusinessU. Eess than 2
ercent secified their other
in%ol%ements such as
housewife, free lancer, Bob
terminated and searching
for a new Bob and few
indicated that they disli+e
the current Bob and Bust resigned. About si/ ercent of the resondent graduates did not
mention anything about their current in%ol%ements.
B.@ #urrent Co( 5ositions of AIT $raduates
An analysis was made on Bob ositions by ran+ order and gender considering two
situations, the last Bob osition before AIT and the current Bob osition after AIT. The
Bunior le%el of
osition was
found
redominant
for the last Bob
before AIT as
8$ ercent
males and 80
ercent females
indicated for
the same.
=owe%er, the middle le%el was found in largest roortion for the current Bob osition,
after AIT. Table 8.$ clearly indicates that a significantly large number of AIT graduates got
romotion after their studies from AIT. The uward mo%ement of Bob osition is seen in
both genders when a comarison of Bob osition made considering their last Bob osition
before AIT and current Bob osition after AIT.
B.A Age and #urrent Co( 5osition
9enerally, there is a ositi%e correlation between
higher Bob osition and age. @hen an attemt is
made to see the relationshi between age and the Bob
osition of the resonding AIT graduates by doing
corresondence analysis, it was found that higher
aged graduates had e/ecuti%e or senior rofessional 1
management le%el of Bob ositions. 6ostly middle
age grou had middle or Bunior le%el of Bob ositions.
In a %ery few instances the AIT graduates with higher age ha%e also Bunior le%el of Bob
ositions and %ise'%ersa.
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Ta(le B.A- Type of Individual !ain ,unction at =or/
Main Function (Multiple Response) Frequency Percent
Project Implementation 3!9 39.0
Management 34! 3".4
Researc$ &nalysis ' Policy Inputs 2" 2".9
#eac$ing 2%3 22.4
(no)le*ge ' In+ormation ,issemination 200 2%.0
B.B !ain Employer Type
Altogether "0"7 (#0L) of the resondent graduates with wor+ e/eriences reorted their
main emloyer tyes. The academic and research institutions found as the main emloyers
for the higher roortion (23L) of the target AIT graduates for their current Bob ositions.
,imilarly, "# ercent of them were emloyed by their resecti%e ri%ate sector followed
by central go%ernment
(")L), international 1
regional organi2ation
(")L), non'go%ernmental
organi2ations (8L), ublic
sector 1 utility ro%ider
($L) and financial
institutions (7L) as
resented in the &igure
8.3. Thus, academic 1
research institutions,
ri%ate sector, central
go%ernment, and
international 1 regional
organi2ations are the maBor emloyers for nearly 80 ercent of the resondent AIT
graduates.
B.2 Individual !ain ,unction at =or/ and Co( Satisfaction
Altogether #$3 resondent AIT graduates reorted their indi%idual main Bob function as
resented in Table 8.). :early 70 ercent of them reorted roBect imlementation as
indi%idual main
function at wor+
followed by
management as
indicated by the 3)
ercent of the
actual resonding
AIT graduates.
Twenty'se%en
ercent of them reorted research analysis 1 olicy inuts tye of wor+s. ,imilarly, each 22
ercent said teaching and +nowledge 1 information dissemination. @hen the indi%idual
main function at wor+ of the current Bob osition is comared with the last Bob before AIT,
an uward shift was found for management (28 to 3) ercent) and for research analysis 1
olicy inuts (2" ercent to 28 ercent). @ithout Bob satisfaction of the emloyees, the
emloyers may not be able to meet their
obBecti%es or roduction targets to a greater
e/tent. Cut of the total #2$ resonding AIT
graduates, 88 ercent reorted that they were
satisfied with their current Bobs. This is a good
indication but at the same time one has to gi%e
roer attention on the reaming "2 ercent of the
resonding AIT graduates who are not satisfied
with their current Bobs.
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Table 8.83 9ross ,alary Ee%el of <urrent >ob and East >ob before AIT
Salary Range
07SHI!onth3
#urrent 5osition <ast Co( (efore AIT
,reFuency 5ercent ,reFuency 5ercent
Q "00 33 3.$ #8 "2.0
"00 to 200 88 8.3 ")8 20.)
20" to $00
")8 "8." 3"#
&.1
$0" to "000
3"0
.
"80 20.#
"00" to 2000 223 27.0 72 $.2
200" to 3000 $7 $.8 "" ".3
R 3000 )$ 8.0 8 0.#
Total #30 "00.0 8"$ "00.0
B.& Salary <evel
Altogether #30 resonding AIT graduates ro%ided information on their salary (a range
was gi%en to them). There were se%en categories of salary range starting from less than
"00 ;, P er month to
more than 3000 ;,P er
month. Thirty'three
ercent of them were
recei%ing $0" to "000
;,P er month followed
by 27 ercent
resondents with ;,P
"00" to 2000. ,imilarly
"8 ercent resondents
reorted that they were
recei%ing ;,P 20" to $00
er month followed by 8
ercent resondents with ;,P "00 to 200 monthly salaries. &our ercent were recei%ing
less than "00 ;,P er month. =owe%er, ) ercent and 8
ercent of the resonding AIT graduates were e%en
recei%ing 200" to 3000 and more than 3000 ;,P1month,
resecti%ely. Table 8.8 also re%eals that the AIT studies
ha%e contributed a lot in recei%ing higher salaries.
@hich is e%ident from the fact that the largest roortion
of the AIT graduates (3#L) was drawing salary in the
range of ;,P 20" to $00 er month for the last Bob
before AIT. @hereas, the largest roortion of AIT
graduates (33L) were getting salary in the range of $0"
to "000 from their current Bob after graduation from AIT.
Incase of before AIT, there were only $ ercent to get
salary in the range of ;,P "00" to 2000, howe%er, there
are 27 ercent AIT graduates who are getting same le%el
of salary from their current Bobs. The corresondence analysis is done to see the relation
between current Bob ositions and gross salary (in terms of mid %alue of the sally ranges in
;,P er month basis). &igure 8.$ clearly re%eals there is a close relation between Bob
osition and salary le%els. The higher Bob ositions such as */ecuti%e and ,enior
6anagement or ,enior (rofessional recei%ing higher le%els of salary. In contrast the
resonding AIT graduates with >unior (rofessional or >unior 6anagement ositions were
found recei%ing low le%els of salary. ,imilarly, 6iddle (rofessionals and 6iddle
6anagement ositions closely related with fairly middle le%els of salaries.
B.1% Salary (y Age $roup of AIT $raduates
4ased on their age, the resondent AIT graduates were categori2ed into three age grous,
namely, less than 30 Mears, 30 to 3$ Mears and 6ore than 3$ Mears. Cut of the ""2"
resondent AIT graduates, 7" ercent were belonging to the first category (Q30 years),
followed by 3# ercent in the second category (30 to 3$ Mears) and the rest 20 ercent in
the third category (R3$ years). 6any eole consider that the salary income as one of the
most imortant measuring instruments to Budge whether gi%en acti%ities had any imacts
or not. In general, the salary income increases with age. A comarati%e analysis of means
33
Ta(le B.2- A6'8A (ased on Age categories 0 #ategories3 and Salaries
>ob Test
df 6ean ,5uare & ,ig.
<urrent >ob
(After AIT)
4etween 9rous 2 78)8$7."02 .873 .78)
@ithin 9rous #28 )$$"88.)37
Total #30
East >ob
(4efore AIT)
4etween 9rous 2 3027$7$.$"# "3.8
$8
.00"
@ithin 9rous 8"2 2"8287.7))
Total 8"7
by considering salary income before AIT and After AIT against between and within the
age grous was done through one way analysis of %ariance (A:CDA). The significance
test indicated that there is significant difference in salary income by age grous in case of
the last Bob before AIT. =owe%er there is no significance difference in salary income by
age grous after
graduation from
AIT. The (aired
,amles t'Test was
done for the mean
salary incomes of
the last Bob before
AIT and the current
Bob after. The test
result
indicated that there
is a significance
difference in the mean salaries of these two means as shown below.
The standard de%iation is 5uite higher than the mean salary which indicates the wide range
of %ariations in salary in two situations, before AIT and after AIT.
B.11 #urrent Salary <evel (y $raduation 9ear
There were si/ graduations years (2003 to 2008) in which ""2" resondent AIT graduates
recei%ed different masters0 and doctoral degrees. Therefore, each graduation year
considered as one category which means altogether si/ categories of graduation year were
considered for the statistical analysis, A:CDA. The salary income of the AIT graduates for
the last Bob before enrolling AIT as well as the salary of the current Bob of the AIT
graduates were analy2ed against graduation year categories. The result of the analyses
indicated that there was no significant difference in the salary le%el of AIT graduates
before AIT. In contrast, there was a significance difference in the salary by graduation
categories after the studies in AIT. It can be concluded that the year of graduation has
significant imact in the salary incomes of the AIT graduates (Table 8.#).
Ta(le B.&- A6'8A Results for the AIT $raduation 9ear 0A #ategories3 and Salaries
(aired .ifferences t df ,ig. (2'
tailed)
6ean salary ,td. .e%iation ,td. *rror 6ean #$L <onfidence Inter%al of
the .ifference
Eower ;er
$3$.008 830.)28 28.)87 780.)82 $8#.373 "#.3 )#) 0.00"
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%aria#les !"m o& !'"ares d& Mean
!'"are
( !ig.
9raduation Mear and
,alary of current >ob
after AIT
Cet)een
2roups
%402""!.2 29"%33.4 4." 0.0004
Dit$in 2roups 94%"2093. 92 "42330.3
#otal "00900"0.! 930
9raduation Mear and
,alary before AIT
Cet)een
2roups
%293!0. 2%0!4.% %.% 0.3402
Dit$in 2roups %0%9"!33.0 009 224920.!
#otal %0322"!0. 0%4
B.12 Co( 5osition and Salary Income (y $ender
The imlication of AIT studies loo+ed from the ersecti%e of changes in Bob ositions
comared to their ositions before AIT with the current osition which is meant as after
AIT studies. The @ilco/on ,igned -an+s Test and (earson <hi',5uare Test were used to
see any significant differences. 4oth tests indicated that there is a significant difference in
Bob osition by gender in both cases, before and after studies in AIT (Table 8."0).
Ta(le B.1%- =ilco>on Signed Ran/s and 5earson #hi+SFuare Tests for Co( Ran/s and $ender
)an* +e&ore A,T A&ter A,T
6ale &emale Total 6ale &emale Total
*/ecuti%e 1 ,enior
! % 0 02 39 %2%
6iddle
%20 "4 %04 4% 2!3 "00
>unior
304 2" "49 !% !% %42
Total
%% 330 04% "0 303 9%
@ilco/on ,igned -an+s Test V I '27.8#3 V I '20.$$0
Asym. ,ig. (2'tailed) I 0.00" Asym. ,ig. (2'tailed) I 0.00"
(earson <hi',5uare Test Asym. ,ig. (2'sided) I 0.0## Asym. ,ig. (2'sided)I 0.0""
The indeendent t'Test was done to analy2e the salary of the AIT graduates by gender and
it was found nearly significantly different in both situations, before and after studies in
AIT. The mean salaries of males are higher in both situations comared to the mean
salaries of females (Table 8."").
Table 8.""3 ,alary Ee%el by 9ender and 4efore and After AIT
!tatistics +e&ore A,T A&ter A,T
6ale &emale 6ale &emale
6ean ,alary (;,P16onth)
494.4 439.0! %002.3 902.43
,tandard .e%iation
%2.%0 404.0%2 044.0"0 !49.030
,tandard *rrors
22.0%% 22.9 3."!0 30.940
t' Dalue (equal @ariances assume*)
%.99 %.049
,ignificance (equal @ariances assume*)
0.%%0 0.0"
t' Dalue (equal @ariances not assume*)
%."09 %.09"
,ignificance (equal @ariances not assume*)
0.092 0.00
3$
-ele%ancies and
*ffecti%eness
Cne of the most imortant obBecti%es of doing tracer study is to assess the rele%ancy and
effecti%eness of AIT studies in the rofessional career ad%ancement, usefulness and le%el
of benefits gained, and imact of AIT studies in educational and scientific ursuits.
2.1 Co( Relevancy of AIT Studies in #urrent Involvement
All the target AIT graduates were re5uested to ro%ide whate%er number of Bobs they
Boined after their graduation from AIT with the additional information on the rele%ancy of
AIT studies. Altogether #0" (8$L) getting in%ol%ed in Bobs and $3 ($L) in%ol%ed in
business reorted the rele%ancy of AIT studies in their current Bob and business. As shown
in Table 8.", AIT studies ha%e been e/actly related for a large maBority of them ($8L)
followed by artly related for 3# ercent and not related for 7 ercent for their current Bobs
and businesses.
Ta(le 2.1- Employment ;istory and Co( Relevancy of AIT Studies
In%ol%ement and *mloyment
(rofile
-ele%ancy
*/actly related (artially related :ot related
&re5uency % &re5uency % &re5uency %
<urrent Bob and business (nI#$7) $70 56.6 382 39.0 72 .
,econd last Bob (nI2)2) "3" 50.0 "03 39.3 28 10.7
Third last Bob (nI#") 7$ 9.5 33 36.3 "3 1.3
&ourth last Bob (nI32) "7 3.8 "2 37.5 ) 18.8
&ifth last Bob (nI#) $ 55.6 3 33.3 " 11.1
A total of 2)2 resonding AIT graduates indicated the rele%ancy of AIT studies in their 2
nd
last Bobs as e/actly related by "3" ($0L), artly related for "03 (3#L) and not related for
28 (""L). ,imilarly, #" resondents reorted about their 3
rd
Bob and the rele%ancy of AIT
studies as e/actly related ($0L), artially related (3)L) and not related ("7L). There were
32 resondents reorting about the indicated about their 7
th
Bobs with the rele%ancy of AIT
studies as e/actly related (77L), artly related (38L) and not related ("8L). Cnly #
resondent AIT graduates reorted that they had e%en $
th
last Bob after graduation from
AIT with the rele%ancy of AIT studies as e/actly related ($)L), artly related (33L) and
not related (""L).
2.2 7sefulness of AIT Studies in #urrent Involvement
The usefulness of the of the AIT studies on the current in%ol%ements of AIT graduates was
%iewed from the ersecti%e of the e/tent of +nowledge1s+ills gained from AIT while
doing course wor+s! research! wor+shos1field %isits! staying at multicultural 1
international en%ironment! networ+ing with eers, rofessors, and staff! and by o%erall
rogram. Cut of the #)3 resonding AIT graduates, 82 ercent indicated that +nowledge
and s+ills gained from the course wor+s ha%e been highly and %ery highly useful followed
by medium (23L) low (7L) and %ery low ("L). ,imilarly, the +nowledge and s+ills
gained from the AIT research, wor+shos1field %isits! staying at multicultural 1
international en%ironment! networ+ing with eers, rofessors, and staff! and by o%erall
3)
8
rogram has been reorted as highly and %ery highly useful by 8" ercent, )" ercent, 80
ercent, )3 ercent, and 83 ercent, resecti%ely.
2. 'verall Jenefit $ained from AIT Studies
The o%erall benefits gained by the target AIT graduates from the AIT studies were
measured in terms of technical 1 ractical s+ills, theoretical +nowledge, gaining higher
status 1 recognition, gaining self'confidence, gaining higher income, higher rogression 1
romotion in the same Bob, and higher mobility across the Bob. ,e%enty'fi%e ercent of the
resondent AIT graduates reorted that whate%er technical 1 ractical s+ills they had learnt
from AIT has high or %ery high le%els of benefits followed by and 22 ercent of them said
as medium and reaming 3 ercent indicated as low and %ery low le%els. =owe%er, 83
ercent of them reorted that they ha%e been benefited highly and %ery highly from the
theoretical +nowledge they gained from AIT. Ei+ewise, 88 ercent for gaining higher
status 1 recognition, 88 ercent for gaining self'confidence, )2 ercent for gaining higher
income and higher rogression 1 romotion in the same Bob, and )) for higher mobility
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across the Bob were reorted under high and %ery high le%els of benefits gained after AIT
studies. &rom these resonses one can easily conclude that the AIT studies ha%e significant
contributions in terms of benefits enBoying by AIT graduates.
2." Impact of AIT Studies in Scientific and Educational ,ields
All the target AIT graduates were in5uired whether they went for further studies after
graduation from AIT. Amongst them, 888 resonded and 222 (2#L) confirmed their
further studies. ,ome of them had already comleted and some are continuing their studies
and e/ected to graduate in 200# by "3 resondents, in 20"0 by 2) resondents, 20"" by
2" resondents, 20"2 by 27 resondents, and each $ resondents in 20"3 and 20"$. They
ha%e studied or been studying %arious academic degree rograms such as certificate,
diloma, master, doctoral and ost'doctoral degrees from %arious uni%ersities in *uroe,
;,A, Australia, and Asia. Among these further studied or studying resondents, 80
ercent said that their further study degrees were1are related to their degrees or study
rograms in AIT. &igure 8.3 shows the o%erall scenario of the contribution of the AIT
graduates in the scientific, educational and rofessional fields is encouraging articularly
in research and ublication, membershi in the rofessional organi2ations, consulting
wor+s, articiation and aer resentations in the international conferences and seminars
in three time eriods as before studying in AIT, during study in AIT, and after AIT studies.
The remar+able contributions are %isible in all the listed scientific and educational fields.
2.@ Relevancy and Effectiveness (y $ender
The rele%ancy and effecti%eness of different +nowledge and s+ills learnt through courses,
research, wor+sho1field %isits, multicultural en%ironment, networ+s, and o%erall AIT
rograms were analy2ed by gender of the resonding AIT graduates. 4oth genders were
more or less e5ually resonding the effecti%eness and rele%ancy of AIT courses,
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wor+shos1field %isits, multicultural learning1internationality, and o%erall rograms for
their current acti%ates. =owe%er, the significant difference between male and female was
found the effecti%eness and rele%ancy of research and networ+s (eers, rofessors and
staff) of AIT in their current wor+ing fields (Table 8.2).
Ta(le 2.2- Significance Test Results for 8arious Sources of ?no.ledge and S/ills (y $ender
Sources of ?no.ledge I S/ill 5earson #hi+SFuare
Dalue df Asym. ,ig. (2'sided)
#ourses
4.% 4 .34%
Research
%9.0%2 4 .00%
=or/shopIfield visits
4.30 4 .330
!ulticultural learning I internationality
!.239 4 .%24
6et.or/s 0peers, professors, staff3
%0.!" 4 .029
'verall 5rogram
.%0! 4 .2!"
The le%el of benefits gained from the AIT studies were analy2ed by gender considering
different asects of benefits such as technical1ractical s+ills, theoretical +nowledge,
gaining higher status1recognition, gaining self confidence, gaining higher income, higher
rogression 1romotion in the same Bob, and higher mobility across the Bobs. A significant
difference in enBoying the benefits by gender was found only in gaining higher status 1
recognitions (Table 8.3).
Ta(le 2.- Significance Test Results for 8arious Aspects of Jenefits (y $ender
Asects of 4enefits 5earson #hi+SFuare
Dalue df Asym. ,ig. (2'sided)
Technical 1ractical s+ills
2."87 7 .802
Theoretical +nowledge
8.0$3 7 .0#0
9aining higher status 1 recognition
#.8"0 7 .077
9aining self'confidence
3."70 $ .)88
9aining higher income
7.37$ $ .$0"
=igher rogression 1romotion in the same Bob
8.30" $ ."70
=igher mobility across the Bob
3."8$ $ .)8"

3#
.e%elomental Acti%ities and
:etwor+ing
<onsidering the mission of AIT, an attemt was made to assess the in%ol%ement of the
target AIT graduates in %arious de%elomental acti%ates and research studies and also their
in%ol%ement in %arious rofessional and social networ+s.
&.1 Involvement of AIT $raduates in Developmental Activities
An in5uiry was made on the e/tent of in%ol%ement of AIT graduates in de%elomental
acti%ities such as o%erty alle%iation, renewable and sustainable energy, en%ironment,
natural resource management, raising gender awareness and alication, =ID1AI.,,
human rights and eace building, agriculture de%eloment, information technology,
infrastructure de%eloment, and business management 1 entrereneurshi. &igure #."
re%eals that the highest roortion (33L) of the AIT graduates reorted their high and %ery
high in%ol%ement followed by medium (32L), %ery low (2"L) and low ("$L) in o%erty
alle%iation rograms and acti%ities. Their contribution in the renewable and sustainable
energy related acti%ities was found as %ery high (8L), high (22L), medium (30L), low
("8L) and %ery low (23L). In case of en%ironment and de%eloment their contribution
was said to be %ery high ("8L), high (32L), medium (2)L), low ("0L) and %ery low
("$L). Their le%el of contribution for natural resource management was indicated as %ery
high ("2L), high (30L), medium (2$L), low ("$L) and %ery low ("8L). ,imilarly the
e/tent of contribution on gender awareness and alication was reorted as %ery high
(8L), high (22L), medium (2#L), low ("8L) and %ery low (2$L). The contribution in
wor+ing against =ID 1 AI., was found relati%ely lower as stated by only 7 ercent as
%ery high in%ol%ement, "2 ercent for high, 28 ercent for medium, "# ercent for low,
and 3) ercent for %ery low. This le%el of contribution in rotecting =ID1AI., is also
remar+able one since this issue is not the maBor academic and research acti%ity of AIT.
,ame is true in case of human rights and eace building acti%ities, for which, ) ercent of
the resondent graduates indicated their %ery high le%el of in%ol%ement, high le%el by "8
ercent, medium by 28 ercent, low by "# ercent, and %ery low by 3" ercent. Thirty'
one ercent of the resondent AIT graduates indicated their %ery high and high le%el of
contributions followed by medium (28L), %ery low (28L) and low ("$L) in agriculture
de%eloment. &orty ercent of the resondents indicated %ery high and high le%els
followed by medium (28L), %ery low ("#L), and low ("3L) le%el of contributions in the
field of information and technology. Thirty'se%en ercent of them indicated as %ery high
and high le%els followed by medium (2)L), %ery low (22L), and low ("$L) le%el of
contributions in infrastructure de%eloment. Ei+ewise, 3# ercent indicated as %ery high
and high le%els followed by medium (30L), low ("0L) and %ery low (2"L) le%el of
contribution in business management and entrereneurshi.
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9
Ta(le &.1- !a)or ,ocus of the Significantly #ontri(uted 5ro)ects
5ro)ect ,ocus 0nK22&3 ,reFuency
0f3
5ercent
0fIn3
*n%ironment "#0
)$.8
Infrastructure1transort1communication "80
$8.8
:atural resource management """
38.7
(olicy analysis "0)
3).8
*conomics 1mar+eting1management ##
37.3
(o%erty alle%iation #8
33.)
*nergy #"
3".$
<aacity de%eloment 83
2$.3
Agriculture 1 rural de%eloment $2
"8.0
9ender awareness and alication 78
").3
=uman rights 1 =ID 1 AI., #
3."
&.2 #ontri(uted Development 5ro)ects I Research Studies
Altogether 28# resondent
AIT graduates ro%ided
the list of 8$8
de%eloment roBects 1
research studies in which
they had significantly
contributed after
graduation from AIT. Cut
of these 28# resonding
graduates 232 had
in%ol%ed in two roBects,
"33 had contributed for 3
roBects, )" had wor+ed
for 7 roBects and 72 had
e%en contributed significantly for $ roBects after graduation from AIT. @hen the
fre5uencies of maBor foci of the contributed roBects or research studies were analy2ed
(Table #."), a %ast maBority ())L) indicated en%ironment as maBor focus followed by
infrastructure 1 transort 1 communication ($#L), natural resource management (38L),
olicy analysis (38L), economics 1 mar+eting 1 management (37L), o%erty alle%iation
(37L), energy (32L), caacity de%eloment (2$L), agriculture 1 rural de%eloment ("8L),
gender awareness and alication (")L), and human rights 1 eace building and health
including =ID1AI., (3L). The resondent AIT graduates were also in5uired for their
tyes of contribution to roBects or research studies in terms of design, imlementation,
suer%ision, and monitoring and e%aluation. 6ultile resonses were recei%ed since same
7"
Ta(le &.2- Type of #ontri(ution in the Development 5ro)ects I Research Studies
#ontri(ution Type ,reFuency 0nK22&3 5ercent 0fIn3
Imlementation 2$$ 88.2
.esign 222 8).8
,uer%ision ")3 $).7
6onitoring and e%aluation "$) $7.0
erson could contribute in only one tye or more than one tyes. The highest roortion of
them (88L) was found for roBect imlementation followed by roBect design (88L), and
$) and $7 ercent for roBect suer%ision and monitoring and e%aluation, resecti%ely
(Table #.2).
&. Involvement of AIT $raduates in 5rofessional and Social 6et.or/s
The target AIT graduates were re5uested to list rofessional and social networ+s including
AITAA to which they ha%e been in%ol%ed after graduation from AIT. The tye of networ+
was secified as national, regional and global. ,imilarly, the membershi also re5uested to
secify as general or e/ecuti%e tyes.
Alongside additional information was
re5uested on the degree of in%ol%ement in
terms of %ery high, high, medium, low and
%ery low for the in%ol%ed rofessional and
social networ+s. Altogether 273 resondent
AIT graduates reorted rofessional and
social networ+s in which they were in%ol%ed
or affiliated. The highest roortion (7$L) of
them indicated as the member of AITAA
national chaters and related organi2ations, 33 ercent reorted to be the member of local
or national rofessional organi2ations, ") ercent indicated to be affiliated with the
international1regional organi2ations, and 8 ercent indicated to be affiliated with local non'
go%ernmental organi2ations
(Aendi/ Table #."). A large
maBority of the resondent AIT
graduates ($7L) has networ+s in the
national le%el followed by global
le%el (28L) and regional le%el
("#L). :inety'one ercent indicated
that their membershi tye in the
rofessional or social networ+s is
TgeneralU and # ercent reorted as
Te/ecuti%eU tyes (&igure #.2). The
degree of in%ol%ement %aries among
different members of the social and
rofessional networ+s. As resented
in &igure #.3, the largest roortion
of the resondent AIT graduates (3)L) indicated as medium le%el of in%ol%ement
followed by high le%el (27L), low le%el (20L), %ery high le%el ("3L) and %ery low le%el
by 8 ercent of the resonding AIT graduates.
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#.7 ,ulfillment of the !ission of AIT
The main thrust of AIT education and research is to roduce highly 5ualified human
resource in order to meet de%eloment needs of Asia and beyond. As mentioned earlier, #$
ercent of Thai and 8$ ercent of non'Thai AIT graduates had remained1returned to their
home countries and they ha%e been scholarly alying newly ac5uired +nowledge and
s+ills from AIT in their resecti%e Bobs and countries. They ha%e been contributing through
their go%ernments, academic and research institutions, international and regional
organi2ations, ri%ate and ublic organi2ations, and non'go%ernmental organi2ations. They
ha%e been co%ering wide areas of de%eloment such as resources lanning and
management, infrastructure de%eloment, information0s and communications,
en%ironmental rotection and climate change, human rights and gender, and o%erty
alle%iation. They ha%e been in%ol%ed in %arious de%eloment roBects and research studies
and also getting in%ol%ed in %arious rofessional and social networ+s.
The o%erall findings based on the emirical e%idences of this trace study ro%ide a %alid
and solid ground that AIT has been roducing highly 5ualified and committed
rofessionals re5uired to lay leading roles in the regionAs sustainable de%eloment and its
integration into the global economy. In other words, it was found %ery high to high le%el of
rele%ancy and effecti%eness of AIT course1curricula, research, and academic degrees to
fulfill the AIT mission at large. The %ery high and high le%els of wor+ efficiency and
cometency of the AIT graduates as indicated by their emloyers as immediate
suer%isors and eers also ro%ide an additional %alidation on this matter.
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(artnershi and
,uggestions
There always remains tremendous scoe of alumni in strengthening any academic
institutions for which they belong. They always lo%e their institutions! thin+ about the
rogress and ossibilities of their contributions for the further enhancement of academic
and research acti%ities. &or this section, the target AIT graduates were re5uested to ro%ide
information on their influential osition to de%elo artnershi with AIT or to suort AIT
as well as to get their %iews on how AIT can generate more resources for its financial
%iability, how AIT should mo%e forward to meet the regional education and de%eloment
needs, and to get their suggestions on what AIT should do to strengthen
relations1artnershis with its alumni.
1%.1 5artnership to Support AIT
An attemt was made to get the information from the target AIT graduates on ossible
artnershi or their current ositions to suort AIT through ro%iding scholarshis,
research funds, training articiants and funds, student internshi1e/change rogram, Bob
lacement for AIT graduates, and collaborati%e research and academic rograms with AIT.
As shown in Table "0.", se%en ercent of the target AIT graduates reorted that they are in
a osition to ro%ide scholarshis to AIT. Ei+ewise, eight ercent of them reorted that
they can ro%ide research funds to AIT and ten ercent indicated that they are in a osition
to send training articiants with funding to AIT. ,lightly more than eighteen ercent of
them reorted that they are interested on student internshi or e/change rogram. About
twenty'one ercent indicated that they are in a osition for facilitating Bob lacement for
AIT graduates. Twenty'three ercent of them were found interested on initiating
collaborati%e research and academic rograms with AIT.
Ta(le 1%.1- AIT $raduatesL 5osition of Influence for 5ossi(le 5artnership I Support to AIT
$osition o& ,n&l"ence -es .o Missing
&re5uency L &re5uency L &re5uency L
$ro/iding scholarshi0s 83 7. )08 5.2 730 38.
$ro/iding research &"nds 8$ 7.6 )00 53.5 73) 38.9
$ro/iding training
0artici0ants and &"nds
"08 9.6 $8$ 51.3 738 39.1
(acilitating st"dent internshi0
1e2change 0rogram
207 18.2 7#" 3.8 72) 38
(acilitating 3o# 0lacement &or
A,T grad"ates
23" 20.6 7)$ 1.5 72$ 37.9
,nitiating colla#orati/e
research and academic
0rograms 4ith A,T
2$2 22.5 7"0 36.6 7$# 0.9
1%.2 Suggestions for Strengthening AIT
All the target AIT graduates were re5uested to ro%ide suggestions on financial %iability
and sustainability of AIT and its future mo%e to meet the regional educational and
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de%elomental needs and strengthening relationshis with AIT alumni. ,e%eral
suggestions were recei%ed and summari2ed as here under.
1%.2.1 Suggestions for $enerating !ore Resources and ,inancial 8ia(ility
The target AIT graduates were re5uested to suggest on how AIT can generate more
resources for its financial %iability. Altogether 3"0 resondent AIT graduates ro%ided 303
different suggestions and these suggestions were summari2ed and resented in Table "0.2).
These suggestions were mainly focused to artnershi, management, teaching and
research, alumni networ+ing, wor+shos, training and new rograms and consulting.
Table "0.2 shows that 7) ercent of the actual resondent suggested to wor+ for
artnershi for the collaborati%e acti%ities with industrial, business, and academic
organi2ations and institutions. Thirty'se%en ercent of them suggested for the better
management of AIT through imro%ement in financial, administrati%e and academic
asects. ,imilarly, 2) ercent of them emhasi2ed for the teaching and research 5uality
imro%ements. Ei+ewise, 2" ercent of them suggested strengthening relation with the
AIT alumni through networ+ing. 6ore than 20 ercent of them suggested for the
wor+sho, training and other new rogram which attract fund for AIT. *%en 8 ercent of
them suggested to AIT to in%ol%e its faculty members in consulting wor+s.
1%.2.2 Suggestions for the ,uture Direction of AIT
4eing a leading regional academic institution, AIT has been always focusing on the
regional education and de%eloment needs. Therefore, all the target AIT graduates were
re5uested to ro%ide feedbac+s on how AIT should mo%e forward to meet the regional
education and de%eloment needs. In resonse, 337 resondent AIT graduates ro%ided
778 suggestions, which were summari2ed and resented in Table "0.3.
As re%eled through Table "0.3, the highest roortion of the resondent AIT graduates
(3"L) had suggested strengthening artnershi 1e/change rograms with regional
uni%ersities, artner institutions, go%ernmental and nongo%ernmental organi2ations,
7$
Ta(le 1%.2- Suggestion for ,inancial 8ia(ility of AIT 0!ultiple Responses3
Suggestions 06K1%3 ,reFuency 5ercent
(artnershi "73 7)."
6anagement ""7 3).8
Teaching and -esearch Fuality Imro%ement 80 2$.8
Alumni :etwor+ing )$ 2".0
@or+shos1Training1:ew (rograms )3 20.3
<onsulting 23 8.7
Ta(le 1%.- Suggestion for the ,uture !ove of AIT 0!ultiple Responses3
Suggestions 06K"3 ,reFuency 5ercent
(artnershi 1 */change (rogram "0$ 3".7
Fuality Teaching and -esearch 80 27.0
Imro%ement in 6anagement 8" 2".3
Targeting (ractical (roblems 80 2".0
(romotional Acti%ities1<onferences 78 "7.7
:ew (rograms 1<enters 1<ourses 72 "2.)
,trengthening Alumni -elationshis 2) 8.8
<onsulting ,er%ices ) ".8
ri%ate industries and comanies. Fuality teaching and research was the second imortant
suggestion for the future mo%e of AIT to meet the education and de%eloment need as
reorted by 27 ercent of the resondent AIT graduates. *ach twenty'one ercent of the
resondent AIT graduates had suggested for the imro%ement in the AIT management
system and targeting ractical roblems of the region. &ourteen ercent of them had
suggested in considering romotional acti%ities 1 conferences 1 meetings. About 8 ercent
of them suggested for strengthening alumni relationshis. About 2 ercent of them
suggested rendering consulting ser%ices by the AIT faculty members.
1%.2. Suggestions for Strengthening Relation I 5artnerships .ith Alumni
In the subsection "0." of this section, some of the resondent AIT graduates ha%e gi%en
their influential osition to de%elo artnershi with AIT. &urther in5uiry was made with
them on what AIT should do on strengthening relations1artnershis with its alumni.
Altogether 3") resondent AIT graduates ro%ided their 78$ suggestions which are
summari2ed and resented in Table "0.7.
The highest roortion of the resondent AIT graduates (73L) made their suggestion on
udating contact details and informing AIT acti%ities as well as e%ents would further
strengthen the relationshi between AIT and its alumni. Thirty'eight ercent of the
resondent AIT graduates suggested organi2ing alumni meetings 1 wor+shos 1e%ents or
creating forum for discussions that would hel in strengthening relationshis. Thirty'fi%e
ercent of them also suggested initiating new way of strengthening relationshi such as
regular contact between ad%isor and ad%isees, web board to share the oinion, and
nominating at least one reresentati%e from each country of AIT alumni. Another most
imortant suggestion as suggested by 37 ercent of the resondent AIT graduates was to
foster coordination and networ+ing through alumni and AITAA.
7)
Ta(le 1%."- Suggestion for Strengthening Relation I 5artnerships .ith Alumni
0!ultiple Responses3
Suggestions 06K1A3 ,reFuency 5ercent
;dating <ontact .etails and Informing AIT Acti%ities 1 *%ents "38 73.7
Crgani2e Alumni 6eeting 1 @or+shos 1 &orum 1*%ents "2" 38.3
Initiate :ew @ay of ,trengthening -elationshis "0# 37.$
<oordination and :etwor+ing through Alumni and AITAA "08 37.2
(ersecti%e of *mloyers
and (eers on AIT 9raduates
The information on how the emloyers (immediate suer%isors) and eers of AIT
graduates ha%e been mar+ing them is %ery imortant from the ersecti%e of +nowing the
imact of +nowledge and s+ills learned from AIT and their erformances in the real
rofessional and academic fields. In order to get the unbiased information from the
emloyers and eers, efforts were made to get resonses from those who had not getting
any AIT degrees or who had not e%en Boined the training rograms. The searate two sets
of 5uestionnaires were designed e/clusi%ely for them. Altogether "00 emloyers as
immediate suer%isors and "0) eers submitted their comleted 5uestionnaires.
11.1 5erspective of Employers
4efore getting into the emloyer ersecti%e on AIT graduates, the bac+ground
information of their own has been gi%en in terms of their age, gender, nationality, current
Bob title or osition and since how long they ha%e been suer%ising the AIT graduates as
their subordinates. Then, other discussions are made based on their ersecti%e on AIT
graduates in terms of riority in recruiting AIT graduates, rating on Bob erformance of
AIT graduates, strength and wea+ness of AIT graduates, rosects of AIT graduates in Bob
mar+ets, and their osition to suort AIT and also their suggestion to AIT for its future
growth.
11.1.1 Jac/ground Information of Employers
The largest roortion of the resondent emloyers
(7)L) was found belonging to the age grou of 3"
to 70 followed by 2# ercent to the 7" to $0 age
grou. -emaining "$ ercent, # ercent, and 3
ercent indicated their age in $" to )0 years, less
than 30 years, and more than )0 years, resecti%ely
(&igure "".") Cut of "00 emloyers, one did not
mention about his age and. In terms of gender, 88
ercent of male emloyers filled their 5uestionnaires
comared to 23 ercent female emloyers! this seems
ob%ious since one can not rule out the ossibilities of
larger oulation of male emloyers in reality. These
resondent emloyers were from 22 countries of Asia,
*uroe and America. The largest number (3") was
constituted by Thai nationals followed by <ambodian
(""), Dietnamese ("0), :eali (8) and 7 each from Eao
(.-, ,ri Ean+a, and ;,A (Aendi/ Table ""."). @hen
the Bob osition of emloyers were analy2ed, the largest
number (32) of the resonding emloyers ha%e been wor+ing as 6anager followed by
.irector (23), (rofessional ("8), =ead of the units ("0), .euty .irector (8), .ean (7),
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Table 11.1: Duration of Supervision
.uration &re5uency
Q3 6onths ""
R3 to Q) 6onths "3
R) to Q"2 6onths ""
R" to Q2 Mears 30
R2 to Q$ Mears 2$
R$ Mears )
:o answer 7
Total "00
(resident (2) and each " for -ector, Dice (resident, Dice .ean, .euty =ead and <atain
(Aendi/ Table "".2).
11.1.2 Duration of Supervision
The largest number (30) of the emloyers as the
immediate suer%isor found suer%ising AIT
graduates for the eriod of more than " to less than 2
years followed by 2$ emloyers for more than 2 to
less than $ years, "3 emloyers greater than 3 to less
than ) months, "" emloyers were suer%ising e%en
for less than 3 months. There were ) emloyers
suer%ising for more than $ years (Table "".").
11.1. 5riority in Recruiting AIT $raduates
Cne of the most imortant information re5uested to ro%ide was on the riority in
recruiting AIT graduates in the future Bob %acancies in their resecti%e organi2ations. The
largest ercentage of emloyers ()"L) indicated as high riority followed by medium
(22L), %ery high by # ercent. &i%e ercent
of the resondents e%en indicated low and
%ery low and 3 ercent did not ro%ide any
resonse (&igure "".3). The reason for the
low and %ery low riorities were gi%en as
some of them lac+s with field based
e/eriences, they ha%e to go through ilot
e/am, and needs much more hard wor+ing
eole.
11.1." Rating on Co( 5erformance of AIT $raduates
Another e5ually imortant
information recei%ed from
them was on their rating of
AIT graduates0 Bob
erformance in terms of
+nowledge and technical
s+ills on gi%en tas+, ositi%e
attitude towards sustainable
de%eloment, *nglish
roficiency, team wor+,
ability to interact with
e/atriate 1 international
team,
commitments1dedication to
the wor+, wor+ efficiency,
wor+ cometency, and
gender awareness and
alications. The rating scales were ranging from %ery high to %ery low but none of the
emloyers were found rating as %ery low le%el of erformance of the AIT graduates. Cut
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of "00 emloyers, 87 rated as %ery high and high le%els of Bob erformance of the AIT
graduates on +nowledge and technical s+ills on gi%en tas+. ,ame le%els of erformances
were indicated by #2 ercent of the emloyers on ositi%e attitude of AIT graduates
towards sustainable de%eloment. &ifty'fi%e ercent considered as high, 28 ercent for
medium, ") ercent for %ery high and " ercent for low on *nglish roficiency of the AIT
graduates. *ighty'eight ercent of the resondent emloyers considered %ery high and
high le%els of Bob erformance on team wor+. :inety'two ercent of the resondent
emloyers found Bob erformance as %ery high and high on ability to interact with
e/atriate. The %ery high and high le%els of ratings was done by #) ercent of resonding
emloyers on commitment1dedication to the wor+, #2 ercent indicated on wor+
efficiency, #0 ercent for wor+ cometency, and 8# ercent on gender awareness and
alication (&igure "".7).
11.1.@ Strength and =ea/ness of AIT $raduates
The immediate suer%isors as emloyers were re5uested to ro%ide their oinion on the
strength and wea+ness of AIT graduates. The main strong oints reorted were the ability
to wor+ under ressure, to wor+ in a multicultural en%ironment, caacity to gras new
issues 5uic+ly, curiousness and creati%e, trustworthy, good command in *nglish language,
good attitude, and confidence in assigned resonsibility, ha%ing good +nowledge and
s+ills, self'moti%ated, ha%ing related wor+ e/erience, research ability, and ability to wor+
in a team. They ha%e ointed out some wea+nesses as well which can be listed as low
le%el of leadershi 5uality, lac+ of attention to details, lac+ of management s+ills, o%er
smart, o%er confidence, domineering3 too focused doing it my way, and too fast in
resonding to unhay things.
11.1.A 5rospects of AIT $raduate in Co( !ar/ets as 5erceived (y Employers
The emloyers0 ersecti%e on the rosects
of AIT graduates in the Bob mar+ets is felt
one of the most imortant information for
AIT and its graduates and therefore they
were re5uested to gi%e their oinion
considering the 5uality standards of AIT
graduates and a%ailability of Bobs in the Bob
mar+ets. They were gi%en fi%e scales of the
rosects to be rated such as %ery high, high,
medium, low, and %ery low. ,i/ty'four
ercent of the resonding emloyers considered that there is a high rosects followed by
%ery high ("8L), and medium ("$L). &our ercent of the emloyers did not resonse on
this matter (&igure "".$).
11.1.B 5rospects of Supporting AIT and Suggestions
The immediate suer%isors or emloyers were in5uired about the ossibility of their
organi2ation to send or lanning to send their staff to study or training rogram in AIT.
Twenty'two ercent of the resonding emloyers indicated that they could send their staff
in AIT for graduate study and 32 ercent indicated their interest to send for training
rograms in AIT (&igure "".)). Their oinion were re5uested on what should AIT target in
its teaching and research for its study rograms to be more rele%ant in rofessional wor+s.
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Table "".23 :ationality of (eers
,r.
:o.
:ationality &re5uency (ercent
" Thai 3$ 33.0
2 <ambodian "# "8.#
3 Dietnamese "2 "".3
7 :eali 8 8.$
$ Indonesian $ 7.8
) 4hutanese 7 3.8
8 &iliino 3 2.8
8 Indian 3 2.8
# Eaotian 3 2.8
"0 6yanmar 3 2.8
"" ,ri Ean+an 3 2.8
"2 4angladeshi 2 ".#
"3 American " 0.#
"7 Australian " 0.#
"$ 4ritish " 0.#
") <hinese " 0.#
"8 6alaysian " 0.#
"8 ;2be+istani " 0.#
Total "0) "00
They had gi%en lot of suggestions such as dealing with the wea+ oints of students,
focusing on management of s+ills, identification of the current de%eloment needs at
regional le%el, imro%ement in
teaching 5uality, lacement or
internshi in rele%ant
organi2ation, focusing on
technical e/ertise and
sustainable de%eloment,
more and team wor+ or
wor+shos, recruitment of
outstanding students, in'house
management in AIT,
de%eloing common research
rograms with comanies, imro%ing industrial collaboration, focusing on research s+ill
de%eloment e/ercise, and setting u more rofessional en%ironment for trainees.
11.2 5erspective of 5eers
The closest ersons to +now e%ery asects of strength and wea+ness of the AIT graduates
are their eers. Therefore their rating on the AIT graduates felt necessary. Altogether "0)
eers of the full time Bob holding AIT graduates submitted their comleted 5uestionnaires.
The 5uestionnaire was designed to get some ersonal information of eer and their
ercetion on AIT and its graduates.
11.2.1 Jac/ground Information of 5eers
$0
The ersonal information re5uested were on their
age, gender, nationality, current Bob osition,
duration of wor+ing together with AIT graduates,
academic 5ualification and their interest on
studying in AIT. The age of the eer ranges from
23 to )" years with a mean of 33 and 8 standard
de%iation. A %ast maBority (8)L) was found 3$ or
below 3$ years of age (&igure "".8). The gender
comosition of eers indicated that more male eers ($)L) and less female eers (77L) as
shown in &igure "".8. These eers of the AIT graduates hailed from "8 countries of Asia,
*uroe, America, and Australia. Table "".2 shows
that the highest roortion of eers (33L) were
constituted by Thai followed by <ambodian ("8L),
Dietnamese (""L), :eali (8L), and Indonesian
($L). They ha%e different tyes of Bob ositions
ranging from Teaching Assistant to =ead of the
.eartment in the academic institutions and officer
le%el to 6anager or .irector Ee%els including (ilot
and :urse. =owe%er, "# ercent of the resonding
eers indicated their osition as Cfficer followed by *ngineer ("7L), 6anager ("3L), and
more than $ ercent for Eecturer and Ad%isor ositions (Aendi/ Table "".3). -egarding
their academic 5ualification, "0) resondent eers ro%ided their last academic degrees. It
was found that maBority ($8) had got masters0 degrees followed by bachelor degrees (38),
diloma and certificate (3) and (h . (2) as resented in &igure "".#. Cne of the
information in5uired with the eers was whether they ha%e alied or intended to aly to
study at AIT. &orty'two ercent indicated their interest to study in AITA for which either
they had alied or they are lanning to aly. &igure ""."0 shows that the maBority ($8L)
of eers was not interested to study in AIT with some reasons. The imortant reasons
gi%en by those eers who did not show their interest to study in AIT were related to their
age factor, ha%ing different academic bac+ground, and already done masters0 degree from
elsewhere. =owe%er, 72 ercent had indicated their interest to study in AIT.
11.2.2 Duration of =or/ing Together
A large roortion (2)L) of the eers
indicated that they ha%e been wor+ing with
the AIT graduates for more than " to less
than 2 years. &igure ""."" re%eals that "8
ercent of the eers are wor+ing together for
more than 2 and less than $ years. ,i/teen
ercent of them indicated that they are
wor+ing together with AIT graduates for more than 3 to less than si/ months. Also there
were "7 ercent of the resonding eers who indicated that they are wor+ing together for
e%en more than $ years. ,imilarly, "0 ercent of them reorted that they are wor+ing
together for only less than 3 months.
11.2. Rating on Co( 5erformance of AIT $raduates (y 5eers
In order to get the information about the Budgment of eers on the Bob erformance of AIT
graduates in terms of +nowledge and technical s+ills on gi%en tas+, ositi%e attitude
$"
towards sustainable de%eloment, *nglish roficiency, team wor+, ability to interact with
e/atriate 1 international team, commitments1dedication to the wor+, wor+ efficiency,
wor+ cometency, and gender awareness and alications. The rating scales were ranging
from %ery high to %ery low but none of the eers rated as %ery low le%el of erformance.
6ore than #0 ercent of the eers considered as %ery high and high le%els of Bob
erformances in all other asects e/cet in the Bob erformance related to gender
awareness and alication (&igure ""."2).
11.2." Strength and =ea/ness of AIT $raduates as 5erceived (y 5eers
,e%eral oints indicating the strength of the AIT graduates were made such as, good
command in *nglish language, good in comuting, commitments 1 dedication to the
community transformation, comrehensi%e +nowledge, ositi%e thin+ing, reliable and
sincere, higher research ability, self'confidence, seriousness in wor+, ability to teamwor+,
communication s+ills and interacti%e, eager to learn more, straight forward, with ositi%e
attitudes, and high le%el of roblem sol%ing s+ills. The wea+nesses of the AIT graduates
were also ointed out by the resondent eers such as low *nglish roficiency, gi%ing little
time to family and family matters, ut high ressure on wor+s and colleagues, more
sensiti%e, tal+ati%e, 5uic+ decision ta+er, too emotional, sometimes stubborn, aggressi%e,
easy to lose temer, lac+s in critical thin+ing, inade5uate +nowledge on social research,
lac+s in ractical e/eriences, and wea+ in olicy analysis.
11.2.@ Suggestion to AIT (y 5eers
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The oinion of the eers was in5uired on what AIT should target in its teaching and
research for its study rograms to be more rele%ant in rofessional wor+s. They had gi%en
some %alid suggestions such as course should be interdiscilinary, direct collaboration
with regional 9Cs, and :9Cs should be established, enroll students gi%ing riority to
needy countries, de%eloing ractical field based curriculum, run such rograms that
romote technical asects as well as attitude and beha%ior changes, international e/change
of academic ideas, start internshi rograms, follow strict rules for selection rocedure
while allocating full scholarshis, and research focus on ractical need or issues of the
country. In addition, they ha%e gi%en on strengthening research s+ills articularly in social
field focusing on sustainable community de%eloment.
Hey &indings
and -ecommendations
12.1MTrace Studies in AIT
The tracer study of AIT graduates has been one of the imortant research acti%ities in AIT.
The first tracer study was done in "#8". The eriodic tracing of AIT alumni focuses on
udating the alumni directory and gathering certain information re5uired for the
imro%ement of AIT curriculum, teaching, research, e/tension, and networ+ing. As of
>anuary, 200#, altogether "7 AIT Alumni tracer studies ha%e been conducted, including
this one, Tracer ,tudy of AIT 9raduates (2003 to mid 2008). This latest tracer study
includes one more searate reort for the Tracer ,tudy of AIT graduates with :orwegian
,cholarshi (200$ to mid 2008).
12.2 Tracer Study of AIT $raduates 02%% to mid 2%%23
The target oulation was 3##) constituted by )2 ercent males and 38 ercent females.
6ore than #" ercent of the target graduates had recei%ed master degree followed by
doctoral (8L) and diloma ("L) from AIT. Although these graduates reresented )0
countries more than $3L ercent belong to Thailand. The other countries with large
number of target graduates are India, 4angladesh, :eal, 6yanmar, <hina, <ambodia,
Eao (.-, ,ri Ean+a, Indonesia, (a+istan, &rance, 4hutan, (hiliines and Horea. The
highest roortion of target graduates was from *ast Asia and (acific region followed by
,outh Asia, *uroe, Africa 16iddle *ast1Eatin America, <entral Asia, and :orth America.
4ased on the @orld 4an+0s classification of the countries by income categories, the
highest roortion of the target graduates was from EI< followed by E6<, =I<, and
$3
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-*<C66*:.ATIC:
o -egularly in an annual basis indi%idual tracer study by each field of study and a comrehensi%e
tracer study by AIT in e%ery fi%e year is recommended.
o A artial tracer study of all AIT graduates in %iew of the otential senior graduates0 influential
osition to assist to their Alma Mater. A two ste sur%ey will be more aroriate. In the first
ste a census sur%ey based on one age 5uestionnaire for the current contact details and current
Bob rofile and based on this the second ste a samle sur%ey of the most reresentati%e and
otential for the artnershis with AIT is recommended.
;6<. Altogether ""2" submitted the comleted 5uestionnaires among them 77$ (70L)
were female resondents. The gender distribution of target graduates and resondent
graduates was found more or less same. The resondent graduates were from 22 countries
and mainly from *ast Asia and (acific and ,outh Asia regions. 6aBority ($#L) of the
resondent graduates was from EI< followed by 7" ercent from E6<. Cnly $ and 2
resondent graduates were from =I< and ;6<, resecti%ely.
12. Research !ethodology
The research method followed a +ind of census sur%ey targeting all the 3##) AIT
graduates (2003 to mid 2008) and hea%ily deendent on mailing 5uestionnaire sur%ey
through email and ostal ser%ices and online submissions. Cut of total resondent
graduates, )00 ($7L) sent the comleted 5uestionnaires by email as an attachment files,
72) resondents (38L) submitted through online, and remaining #$ resondents (8L) sent
by ost or in erson to the researcher during ersonal inter%iew. The 5uality of resonse is
better in the 5uestionnaires recei%ed from the ersonal inter%iew. The researcher tried to
reach target alumni through the resecti%e AITAA :ational <haters. The target grou
was recent ast fi%e years0 one (2003 to mid 2008), howe%er, the resecti%e AIT Alumni
:ational <haters were mainly constituted by the most senior ones and there was a ga
between seniors and Buniors which osed some difficulties in aroaching recent ones
through seniors.

12." Relevancies and Effectiveness of AIT Degree
The effecti%eness and rele%ance of AIT degree was %iewed as a resource and credential for
emloyment1Bob lacement uon graduation from AIT for both male and female graduates.
Immediately after graduation from AIT, #$ ercent of Thai and 8$ ercent of :on'Thai
resondent graduates chose to remain in or return to own countries, resecti%ely. Cn as
a%erage, 88 ercent went bac+ to their own countries to contribute new +nowledge and
s+ills learnt in AIT. -emaining 22 ercent chose other than own county due to %arious
$7
-*<C66*:.ATIC:
AIT graduates in EI< and in Asia ha%e ositi%e imacts in natural resource management, o%erty
alle%iation, gender emowerment, energy, en%ironment, infrastructure and communication sector and in
turn sustainable de%eloment. Therefore, AIT should further intensify its roles mainly targeting to roduce
more caable human resources for EI< and Asia to meet their educational and de%eloment needs.
-*<C66*:.ATIC:
o The 5uality of resonse found better in ersonal inter%iew methods and therefore at least 2$
ercent of the resonse should be constituted by the ersonal inter%iew in futures while doing
similar research. The resonse rate also higher in countries where %isits were made by the
researcher. Therefore more number of %isits with more time in the fields will increase resonse
rate and 5uality of the resonses.
o The recent contact details should be readily a%ailable to the researcher which would hel to get
better rate of resonse and also sa%e the time as well cost of the research. Therefore, AIT should
udate contact details before in%iting researcher to submit roosal for the tracer study in
futures.
o A substantial roortion (38L) of the resondents AIT graduates submitted 5uestionnaires
through online. 6ost of them suggested for the easy access to the AIT @ebsite. Therefore, AIT
should consider this issue so that this aroach can be used more effecti%ely in futures.
o AIT database system has to be imro%ed so that some of the +ey information such as scholarshi
tyes, number of head counts and degrees (some has got more than two degrees), and current
contact details of alumni should be readily a%ailable. Therefore the roosed field of study le%el
tracer study will be helful in many ways.
reasons such as continuing study for (h., continuing research at AIT and ha%ing got
better aid Bobs comared to the Bobs in own country. In terms of gender, 8# ercent of
males and 88 ercent of females returned1remained their home countries. A %ast maBority
(8$L) of the actual resonding graduates reorted that they are emloyed in %arious Bobs
at resent and 8 ercent were found in%ol%ed in study rograms for their further academic
career ad%ancements. &i%e ercent of the AIT graduates reorted their in%ol%ement as
business. Eess than 2 ercent secified their other in%ol%ements. A large maBority in both
gender (37 ercent of males and 30 ercent of females) indicated that their Bobs were
confirmed e%en before graduation from AIT. As indicated, AIT studies ha%e been e/actly
related for a large maBority of them ($8L) followed by artly related for 3# ercent and
not related for 7 ercent for their current Bobs and businesses.
12.@ 5rofessional Status and Ran/s of the AIT $raduates
The comarison of rofessional status and ran+s of the AIT graduates was made
considering the last Bob before AIT and the current Bob after graduation from AIT. The
Bunior le%el of osition was found redominant for the last Bob before AIT as 8$ ercent
males and 80 ercent females indicated for the same. =owe%er, the middle le%el was found
in largest roortion for the current Bob ositions of both gender (83 ercent males and 8"
ercent females). This clearly indicated that AIT studies ha%e significantly contributed in
Bob status1ran+s. A large maBority (3#L) of the AIT graduates was recei%ing salaries in the
range of 20" to $00 ;,P1month for the last Bob before AIT. In contrast, for the current Bob,
maBority (33L) resondents indicated salaries in the range of $0" to "000 ;,P1month.
This means the AIT degrees ha%e enormous contribution in both Bob ran+s as well salary
le%els.
12.A Relevancy of AIT #oursesI#urricula and Research to #urrent 5rofession
The effecti%eness and rele%ance of AIT <ourses1<urricula and -esearch were %iewed from
the ersecti%e of current Bob function and rofessional de%eloment in resecti%e fields
and furthering academic1scientific ursuits. The Academic and -esearch Institutions were
found ro%iding emloyment for the higher roortion (27L) of the target AIT graduates
for the current Bob ositions. ,imilarly, 20 ercent of them were emloyed by their
resecti%e (ri%ate ,ector followed by <entral 9o%ernments ("#L), International 1
-egional Crgani2ation (")L), :on'go%ernmental Crgani2ations (8L), (ublic ,ector 1
;tility (ro%ider ($L) and &inancial Institutions (7L). :early )0 ercent of the resondent
AIT graduates reorted (roBect Imlementation as indi%idual main function at wor+
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The AIT degree ha%e contributed significantly in getting new Bobs e%en confirmed before graduation for a
substantial roortion of the resondent AIT graduates. This seems that AIT degree has been %ery
effecti%e for emloyment and Bob lacement! howe%er, from the rele%ancy oint of %iew AIT should
consider to increase the roortion for Te/actly relatedU as 3# ercent of the wor+ing AIT graduates had
indicated that the AIT degree is Tsomewhat1artiallyU related.
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The AIT studies ha%e contributed significantly in getting new Bobs with higher ran+s and higher salaries
for both male and female AIT graduates. AIT should de%elo a networ+ with the better ran+ed and high
salary recei%ing graduates soon so that the scoe of Bob mar+et of the AIT graduates could be further
widened. The roosed artial tracer study to all AIT graduates will be helful for this matter.
followed by 6anagement as indicated by the $7 ercent of the actual resonding AIT
graduates. ,lightly more than 77 ercent of them found mainly contributing for -esearch
Analysis 1 (olicy Inuts tye of wor+s. ,imilarly, 38 ercent mainly in%ol%ed in Teaching
followed by 3) ercent in Hnowledge 1 Information .issemination.
Cut of the #)3 resonding AIT graduates, 82 ercent indicated that +nowledge and s+ills
gained from the course wor+s ha%e been highly and %ery highly useful. ,imilarly, the
+nowledge and s+ills gained from the AIT research, wor+shos1field %isits! staying at
multicultural 1 international en%ironment! networ+ing with eers, rofessors, and staff! and
by o%erall rogram has been reorted as highly and %ery highly useful by 8" ercent, )"
ercent, 80 ercent, )3 ercent, and 83 ercent, resecti%ely. Amongst 888 resonded AIT
graduates, 222 (2#L) reorted about their further studies after graduation from AIT. The
o%erall scenario of the contribution of the AIT graduates in the scientific, educational and
rofessional fields is encouraging, articularly in research and ublication, membershi in
the rofessional organi2ations, consulting wor+s, articiation and aer resentations in
the international conferences and seminars. The remar+able contributions are %isible from
the list of their contributions in %arious scientific and educational fields.
12.B 6et.or/ing
The target AIT graduates were re5uested to list rofessional and social networ+s including
AITAA. Altogether 273 resondent AIT graduates reorted rofessional and social
networ+s in which they were in%ol%ed or affiliated. Cnly ""0 (7$L) indicated their
affiliation with AITAA and related organi2ations. 6aBority of the resondent AIT
graduates ($7L) has networ+s in the national le%el followed by global le%el (28L) and
regional le%el ("#L). :inety'one ercent indicated that their membershi tye in the
rofessional or social networ+s is general and # ercent reorted as e/ecuti%e tyes. The
degree of in%ol%ement %aries among different members of the social and rofessional
networ+s. The higher roortion (3)L) indicated as medium le%el of in%ol%ement
followed by high le%el (27L), low le%el (20L), %ery high le%el ("3L) and %ery low le%el
by 8 ercent of the resonding AIT graduates.
12.2 $ender A.areness and Application
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AIT should ta+e an initiati%e to strengthen the AITAA :ational <haters so that all the AIT graduates
could get membershi and articiate in any acti%ities related to AIT and AITAA. Cnly 7$ ercent
indicated their affiliation with AITA which indicate that the networ+ of AITAA is not strong. The
Association needs to do more in strengthening relationshi among members so that they can ercei%e
its %alue.
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o ,ince maBority of the AIT graduates are in%ol%ed in academic institutions and contributing a lot
in %arious scientific, educational, and rofessional field! AIT should de%elo a mechanism to get
their coies of ublications for AIT Eibrary and loo+ at the different ossibilities of research
collaboration with them
o <omaring the influential osition of Bobs before AIT and after AIT, a substantial roortion has
mo%ed to the international 1 regional organi2ations which ha%e enormous contribution to AIT0s
mission. AIT should ta+e initiati%e to foster artnershis with such graduates.
@hen the fre5uencies of maBor foci of the contributed roBects or research studies were
analy2ed, ") ercent of the resondent AIT graduates reorted their contribution in gender
awareness and alication. Thus the in%ol%ement of AIT graduates in gender and
de%eloment roBects and research studies seems %ery low which is ob%ious due to the fact
that a %ast maBority of them had AIT degrees from other than related field of study. The
emloyers and eers of the AIT graduates were re5uested to Budge the le%el of gender
awareness and alication of the AIT graduates including their other asects of the wor+s.
The %ery high and high le%els of ratings was done by the 8# ercent of emloyers and 87
ercent of the eers. It indicates that e%en if their academic degree is not from the related
field of study, AIT graduates are aware and contributing for gender and de%eloment.

12.& Relevancy and ,le>i(ility of AIT #oursesIResearch
In order to fulfill AIT0s mission to de%elo highly 5ualified and committed rofessionals
who lay leading roles in the regionAs sustainable de%eloment an attemt was made to
find out the rele%ance and fle/ibility of AIT courses1curricula, research and outreach
acti%ities and its integration into the global economy. 6aBority ($$L) of the AIT graduates
had an imression that the teaching 5uality in AIT is %ery good followed by good (2#L)
and e/cellent ("$L). Cn an a%erage, maBority in all the three categories (gender, economic
classification, and region) indicated the teaching 5uality of AIT as %ery good. A large
maBority (88L) considered the contribution of thesis 1dissertation suer%isor as high and
%ery high. In case of committee members0 contribution, maBority ()2L) considered as high
and %ery high. ,e%enty'ercent and 82 ercent indicated as high and %ery high le%el of
fle/ibility in choice in masters0 research toic and doctoral dissertation toic, resecti%ely.
*ighty'four ercent of emloyers rated as %ery high and high le%els of erformance on
+nowledge and technical s+ills on gi%en tas+. ,ame le%els of erformances were indicated
by #2 ercent of the emloyers on ositi%e attitude of AIT graduates towards sustainable
de%eloment. &ifty'fi%e ercent considered as high, 28 ercent for medium, ") ercent for
%ery high and " ercent for low on *nglish roficiency of the AIT graduates. *ighty'eight
ercent of the resondent emloyers considered %ery high and high le%els of Bob
erformance on team wor+. :inety'two ercent of the resondent emloyers found Bob
erformance as %ery high and high on ability to interact with e/atriate. The %ery high
and high le%els of ratings was done by #) ercent of resonding emloyers on
commitment1dedication to the wor+, #2 ercent indicated on wor+ efficiency, #0 ercent
for wor+ cometency, and 8# ercent on gender awareness and alication. -egarding the
rosects of AIT graduates in the Bob mar+ets, 8" ercent of the resonding emloyers
considered that there is a high and %ery high rosect.
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<ertainly the gender awareness and alication is necessary for the sustainable and e5uitable
de%eloment, it is recommended that student undergoes some sort of training, either a course or short
training or inclusi%e of thesis1dissertation research so that future AIT graduates can ma+e more
contribution on gender and de%eloment matters.
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The AIT graduates ha%e shown their concern with the 5uality of teaching and research at AIT and
ro%ided %aluable suggestions for strengthening AIT targeting its future graduates. Their suggestions are
related to teaching, course, research, management and consulting wor+s which ha%e to be well considered
by AIT.
12.1% Development #ontri(ution
Altogether 28# resondent AIT graduates ro%ided the list of 8$8 de%eloment roBects 1
research studies in which they had significantly contributed after graduation from AIT. Cut
of these 28# resonding graduates 232 had in%ol%ed in two roBects, "33 had contributed
for 3 roBects, )" had wor+ed for 7 roBects and 72 had e%en contributed significantly for $
roBects after graduation from AIT. The maBor foci of the contributed roBects or research
studies were found to en%ironment as indicated by )) ercent of the resondent graduates
followed by infrastructure 1 transort 1 communication ($#L), natural resource
management (38L), olicy analysis (38L), economics 1 mar+eting 1 management (37L),
o%erty alle%iation (37L), energy (32L), caacity de%eloment (2$L), agriculture 1 rural
de%eloment ("8L), gender awareness and alication (")L), and human rights 1 eace
building and health including =ID1AI., (3L). The resondent AIT graduates were also
in5uired for their tyes of contribution to roBects or research studies in terms of design,
imlementation, suer%ision, and monitoring and e%aluation. 6ultile resonses were
recei%ed since same erson could contribute in only one tye or more than one tyes. The
highest roortion of them (88L) was found for roBect imlementation followed by
roBect design (88L), and $) and $7 ercent for roBect suer%ision and monitoring and
e%aluation, resecti%ely.
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o Although one can not deny the high demand and imortance of en%ironment, information
technology, infrastructure de%eloment, and business management! at the same time, more focus
on o%erty alle%iation, agricultural1rural de%eloment, gender awareness and alication is to be
gi%en.
o To fulfill this ga, it is recommended to lunch a strong integrated and interdiscilinary rogram
by AIT.