On 13 December 2023 at 10.00 a.m. in meeting room 9, on the 2nd floor of the Golden Jubilee Administration and Information Center Building at Kasetsart University, Dr. Chongrak Wachrinrat, President of Kasetsart University along with Kasetsart University administrators from the Faculty of Engineering, Bangkhen, and Sriracha campus, led by Professor Dr. Wanchai Yodsudjai, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Sriracha campus, welcomed the official visit to Kasetsart University of the delegation from Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan, consists of Mr. Takeo Suzumi - Chairman of the Board of Directors, SIT; Mr. Yong Jin Chung - Director of the Board, SIT; Mr. Yutaka Furuya - Manager of SGU Promotion. Section, Division of Global Initiatives, SIT; Mr. Yuya Maeshima - Staff of Graduate School Section, SIT and Mr. Ekkarat Kladpan - Coordinator between KU-SIT.

On this occasion, Dr. Chongrak Wachrinrat, President of Kasetsart University welcomed the delegation and is pleased to support the opportunity for cooperation in education between the two universities. Then, the President of Kasetsart University said that it is an honor and pleasure for Kasetsart University and Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan to have such a good long-term relationship with each other. Both universities have been involved in related academic activities in the past 5 years and have recently signed a renewal of academic cooperation (MOU). Some projects have collaborated and have been very successful, such as the Global project-based learning (gPBL) project. On the occasion of this visit to Kasetsart University, SIT and KU will continue to develop the cooperation framework both regionally and globally especially the cooperation between the Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University and Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan.

Then, Mr. Takeo Suzumi - Chairman of the Board of Directors expressed his gratitude for a warm welcome and stated the objectives of his visit to Kasetsart University, which are 1. To increase the number of international students in both institutions 2. To become a Super Global University, leading to developing globalization more and looking forward to building this long-term relationship with Kasetsart University and other Thai universities. Dr. Chongrak Wachrinrat, President of Kasetsart University is willing to promote and support this cooperation, especially in the fields of engineering and agriculture, and find ways to develop various projects together, especially their mutual interest in RISE or Regular International Students Recruitment or RISE Project as part of the Global project-based learning (gPBL) program.

The meeting then discussed the possibility of projects and academic cooperation activities between the two institutions, such as the exchange of students and faculty, Dual/Double/Joint Degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels, cooperation in the field of research, internship program, job hunting program, employment program, scholarships on full and partial, etc. SIT is pleased to consider various proposals and confirmed that they are welcome and would like to support either inbound or outbound exchanges of both institutions. It may begin with a short-term student exchange soon. The related administrators of SIT and KU will have further discussions with each other more in detail. Both sides were satisfied with today's meeting and can further develop into academic cooperation between them.