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Thammasat University, Thailand - Southeast Asia Region
Thammasat University was founded in 1934 specifically with the goal of making education available to all Thais. Since its founding, Thammasat has graduated over 200,000 alumni, many of whom have played key roles in shaping modern Thailand, including prime ministers, Supreme Court judges, lawyers, members of Parliament, senators, successful businessmen, and prominent social thinkers.
After seven decades, the University’s founding principles continue to be carried on its social mission, academic programs, and outstanding alumni.
International MBA Program (IMBA) is one of the newest and most innovative programs in the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, or as it is known internationally, The Thammasat Business School. As one of the oldest faculties at Thammasat, the Thammasat Business School is celebrating its 70th Anniversary in 2008. The Business School offers programs from undergraduate through to PhD, and a number of specialized Masters Degree programs in accounting, real estate, international marketing, and finance.
IMBA was created in 2004 to address Thailand’s needs for internationally savvy business professionals who want to compete in the emerging Global Economy. The original focus of the program was not merely to study global issues, but to get out and be involved with them. The first two tracks of IMBA—China and Japan—require students to travel to those countries, meet business issues head-on, learn language and culture, and develop business plans that can be launched. Global Entrepreneurship was added in 2006 in a similar way: to get students out and immersed in innovative entrepreneurial hotspots like Silicon Valley, and also in developing countries, where the spirit of entrepreneurship allows people to overcome difficulties in their basic lives.
IMBA, Thammasat Business School organized the first GSVC in Southeast Asia in Thailand in 2007 and seeks to build the GSVC-SEA into regional community of thought-leaders, educators, students, investors and entrepreneurs to overcome challenges faced by social entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and the Oceania.
For more information about the GSVC-SE Asia Round, please visit their website: GSVC Southeast Asia