Message from Director General
Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC) has made tangible progress toward its founder’s dream to create a community of learning that crosses and indeed effaces science and technology boundaries. By mounting rigorous engineering’s programs, articulating increasing numbers of academic partnerships, and hosting national and international conferences that foreground ITC faculty scholarship and that of renowned scholars, and practitioners worldwide. The institution has taken its place as the leading engineering academic, intellectual and research center at the confluence of France, Japan, ASEAN and the world. In this unique learning environment inflected by the remarkable demographic diversity of student, faculty and staff bodies’ attention is brought to bear on the role of engineering knowledge across multi-lingual of Khmer, French and English. Our faculty accomplishes innovative multidisciplinary research in the science and technology fields. ITC also hosts annually over hundred international lectures and seminars, workshops seminars, and working papers series in sciences and engineering. The Institution has articulated partnerships with other academic institutions, such as in Europe, Japan, ASEAN, Korea, as well as a consortium of 18 other members from France, Belgium, Japan, and Thai universities. Together with the Board of Trustees (Board Council of Administration), the Director’s cabinet, the student’s alumni, industries, I take great pride in welcoming you to our academic community and in inviting you to explore the world of learning that goes on at our institution by availing yourself of the wealth of information on ITC website. I look forward to hearing from you. Welcome to the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). Since its establishment in 1964, ITC has a proud record of success and achievements contributed toward nation building through human resources development for Cambodia economic growth. ITC has, for more than four decades, established a link between the French and the English-speaking networks in the region and in the world. With its numerous collaborators, administrators, students, faculty staff and alumni, this institution offers a unique multilateral context for an exchange of views with ministries, local authorities, NGOs, the private sector and partner institutions. ITC has a mission to train students with high quality education in the fields of engineering, sciences and technologies and to equip graduates to meet the rapidly changing, economic demands and increasing innovative skills towards technology transfer to the community and entrepreneurship. Students are provided with a strong scientific base and technical know‐how and skills which allow their integration and evolution in the labor market. This is possible because of highly competitive students which are selected through entrance examination, research-oriented faculty and infrastructure that is most suited towards quality of teaching and learning. Apart from focusing on academics, ITC also lays emphasis on R&D activities toward skills for innovation by turning research output to business and technology transfer. Based on the decision of the annual board meeting, the future orientation of ITC is to expand the engineering education in response to the needs of Cambodia future economy and to develop research platforms in order to sustain the development of the country. This requires strengthening the basic scientific knowledge, developing research programs in connection with the private sector and national and international stakeholders, supporting communities, fostering economic development through entrepreneurship programs, and to help our graduate students integrating the global economy and to prepare them for the professional world. On behalf of ITC, I am thankful to government and collaborators from academia local and international and industry for their support. Best wishes!
Prof. Dr. PO Kimtho
