Bangkok U. Bridging Gap with Berkeley SkyDeck Hackathon

“Education is the wellspring of creating value for human capital and driving business. Curriculum design and teaching methods must allow students with passion to experience magic moments of learning.”

Bangkok University fosters creative thinking, focusing on developing graduates who can think outside the box, keep pace with global changes, and meet workforce demands. They can create value in the workplace immediately by producing the DNA of a creative university through students in all fields.

Curriculum development and teaching methods follow the Bridging the Gap concept, linking industry with academics by integrating academic learning with experience and partner. The students who are under Bangkok University’s training will gain professional skills from the university’s global partnership network.

Last year, Bangkok University partnered with the Berkeley SkyDeck Fund, a renowned American accelerator fund that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars. 

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The Hackathon event opened for students from universities in Thailand and aboard both undergraduates and graduates to form a team to participate in the said event. They created business proposals to pitch to world-leading entrepreneurs and obtained guidance from Silicon Valley’s mentors together with partners such as 9Basil and SkillLane as panelists. This activity gave students pre-service training experience, helped them understand the learning process, simulated real-life processes in the business world, and pictured the intensity of competition in today’s business world. This process created knowledge and magic moments for students rapidly—

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We wish Bangkok University‘s graduates and students to discover themselves, build passion, and have moments and opportunities to immerse themselves in the intense business world through our learning approach under the learning management of Bangkok University.

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Moreover, the Bridging the Gap concept recognizes that degrees may no longer match job requirements. Bangkok University has to look back and edit its curriculum design to provide skill sets that keep pace with global trends. As an academic partner between entrepreneurs and the university, we will create the essential degrees needed for work. Bangkok University envisions becoming a leading ASEAN educational institution, building confidence in the new Thai generation to pursue their passions, and elevating the university to a regional leader soon.