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ABEEK Participates in COET InterCon 2026
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2026-11-05
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ABEEK Joins COET InterCon 2026, Expanding Trilateral Cooperation through Student Engagement
The Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK) joined COET International Conference 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand, on September 18, continuing its trilateral cooperation with the Council of Engineers Thailand (COET) and the Philippine Technological Council (PTC).
The conference built on the Korea–Thailand–Philippines trilateral meeting hosted by ABEEK in Busan last December. That meeting opened a channel for the three organizations to explore closer cooperation in engineering education and professional mobility. In Bangkok, that relationship moved a step further by bringing students into the collaboration for the first time.
COET InterCon 2026 opening ceremony. From left: Wooseung Kim (President of ABEEK), Kittipong Weerapoprasit (President of COET), Federico A. Monsada (President of PTC).
ABEEK President Wooseung Kim and International Affairs Committee member Professor Sojung Kim took part in the conference program. President Kim shared Korea’s experience in connecting engineering education with real-world challenges, while Professor Sojung Kim joined the trilateral panel discussion on preparing engineers for global mobility and working effectively across diverse cultures. During the panel discussion, the three selected engineering experts from Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines exchanged their perspectives on engineering education in this rapidly-changing era of AI, core graduate competencies across major industries, and what makes an engineer ready for the global market.
Panel discussion (Thailand–Korea Philippines): Engineering Education Beyond Borders. From left: Anchaleeporn Waritswat Lothongkum (Second Deputy Secretary-General of COET), Tirso Ronquillo (President of Batangas State University), Sojung Kim (Member of the International Affairs Committee of ABEEK, Professor at Dongguk University), Quanchai Leepowpanth (1st Vice President of COET).
A major highlight was the first joint international Capstone Design Project Session involving students from Korea, Thailand, and the Philippines. Selected teams presented their projects to an audience from a wide variety of backgrounds, exchanged ideas with students from other countries, and received feedback from engineering education and professional experts. Three Korean student representatives participated in the showcase, with Jina Jeong of Ewha Womans University receiving the 3rd Place Prize in the competition.
Junsang Park presenting his capstone project. From left: Kittipong Weerapoprasit (President of COET), Yodchanan Wongsawat (Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation of Thailand), Junsang Park (Chemical Engineering student at Ulsan College).
Seungjin Lee (Mechanical, Robotics and Energy Engineering student at Dongguk University) presenting his capstone project.
Jina Jeong (Architectural and Urban Systems Engineering student at Ewha Womans University) presenting her capstone project.
More than a competition, the student session marked an important new stage in the trilateral partnership. It showed how cooperation among accreditation and engineering organizations can create direct opportunities for students to communicate, present their work in front of a large audience, and experience engineering in an international context.
Building on this first initiative, ABEEK hopes to continue working with COET and PTC to make student participation a recurring part of future cooperation, alongside ongoing exchanges in engineering education and accreditation. Through these practical activities, ABEEK aims to create more opportunities for both students and institutions to connect across borders and learn from one another.
