[The Tokyo & The Chunichi Shimbun] 名大バンコク事務所 10周年の節目祝い式典

【バンコク＝藤川大樹】

名古屋大がタイの首都バンコクに海外事務所を設けてから10周年を迎え、25日、記念式典を開いた。杉山直学長は取材に「タイの大学の研究レベルは上がっており、がっぷり四つに組んでやっていけるという印象を持った」と語った。

名大は2014年、タイや周辺国で共同研究や産学連携活動を促進するため、1992年から学術交流協定を結ぶチュラロンコン大学内にバンコク事務所を設置。

ノーベル物理学賞を受賞した天野浩・名大教授と故益川敏英・名大特別教授を受賞した天野浩・名大教授との講演会を開催するなど、諸活動を通じてタイでの知名度を積み上げてきた。

英語で学位を取得できる「グローバル30国際プログラム」もあり、名大は人気の留学先になっているという。

杉山氏は「コロナ禍の事務所設置後、学生や教職員の交流は倍増近いレベルで伸びている」と胸を張る。

チュラロンコン大とは材料工学分野、カセサート大とは生命農学分野で、共同の教育プログラムを編成して、共同で単一の学位を授与する「ジョイント・ディグリー・プログラム」も始まった。

杉山氏は「両大に『戦略的パートナーシップ大学」と位置付けるシンガポール国立大を加え、この地域で強力に連携する絵を描きたい」と意気込んだ。

Ceremony Marks the 10th Anniversary of the Opening of the Bangkok Office / Nagoya University President Visits Chulalongkorn University

Nagoya University celebrated the 10th anniversary of the establishment of its overseas office in Bangkok by holding an anniversary ceremony on October 25th. President Naoshi Sugiyama, who visited Thailand for the first time and toured partner universities, said, “The research level of Thai universities is increasing, and I hope we can continue to cooperate with them on an equal footing.”

In 2014, Nagoya University established its Bangkok office at Chulalongkorn University, with which it has maintained an academic exchange agreement since 1992, to promote joint research and industry-academia collaboration activities in Thailand and neighboring countries. The Bangkok office has raised its profile in Thailand through various activities, including hosting lectures by Hiroshi Amano, a Nagoya University professor and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, and the late Toshihide Maskawa, a professor emeritus of the university.

The university also offers a “Global 30 International Program” that allows students to earn a degree in English, making Nagoya University a popular destination for international study. President Sugiyama noted, “If you exclude the period of the coronavirus pandemic, the exchange of students and faculty members has nearly doubled since the Bangkok office was established.”

A Joint Degree Program has also been launched with Kasetsart University in the field of life and agricultural sciences, and with Chulalongkorn University in the field of materials engineering. In this program, a single degree is awarded upon completing a joint educational curriculum.

Mr. Sugiyama expressed enthusiasm for further collaboration, saying, “We aim to develop a strong network of cooperation in the region by adding the National University of Singapore, which we regard as a ‘strategic partner university,’ to our collaborations with Chulalongkorn University and Kasetsart University.”

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