On Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, at 03.30
p.m., Meeting Room No.10,
10th floor of the Golden Jubilee Administration and
Information Center Building, Kasetsart University Bangkhen
Campus, Associate Professor Dr. Kampanat Pensupar, Vice President for International Affairs along with administrators and lecturers, namely Assistant
Professor Dr. Wg.Cdr. Ngamlamai
Piolueang, Dean of Faculty of Social Science; Assistant
Professor Dr. Korakit Choomgrant Vice
Dean for International Affairs and Educational Quality Development, Faculty of Social Science; Assistant Professor Dr. Thanasin
Tanompongphandh, Vice Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Economics; and
representatives of the International Affairs Division, welcomed
representatives from Milton Friedman University (MFU), Hungary, namely Dr. Sandor Sipos,
Ambassador of Hungary to Thailand, and Dr. György
NESZMELYI, core member of the Milton Friedman Doctoral School of Economics and
Management Sciences (MFGSZDI) and
chairman of the University, and engaged in discussions regarding the potential
foundation for future cooperation, with a focus on international relations on
the occasion of visiting Kasetsart University.
Before the discussion, both
universities exchanged brief information about themselves. MFU was
founded in 2000 with the initial name, King Sigismund College, before it was
changed to MFU in August 2018. The university started with
three initial departments, namely International Relations, Human Resources
Management, and Cultural Organization/Communication
Management. At that time, MFU introduced multi-level training in international studies as well as advanced
vocational training. Nowadays, MFU consists of 6
departments: Economic and Management Studies,
Communication and Cultural Studies, Informatics, Finance, Accounting and
Business Mathematics, and International and Political Studies.
Later, MFU offered a general scheme of the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to KU and began discussing essential contents such as the
student exchange program, co-research program, researchers and academic staff
exchange program, seminars, etc. MFU suggested arranging an online meeting
after February 2024 to discuss further details of the MoU. Associate Professor
Dr. Kampanat Pensupar, Vice President for International Affairs, planned to
invite the Faculty of Social Science and the Faculty of Economics, KU to give a
lecture at MFU in May 2024. At the end of the discussion, Associate Professor
Dr. Kampanat Pensupar and Assistant Professor Dr. Wg.Cdr. Ngamlamai Piolueang presented
souvenirs to MFU and took a group photo.