One of Thailand's research universities, it offers science, technology and engineering education, as well as related management programs.

[6] During the ninth Japan-Thailand Joint Trade and Economic Committee Meeting held in Kobe, Japan in 1989, all the delegates from the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) and the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) realized that to enhance industrial development of Thailand, engineers with working knowledge of English are needed.

Therefore, it was recommended that engineering programs, where all lecture and laboratory courses would be taught in English by highly qualified faculty members with doctoral degrees, be established.

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over the cornerstone-laying ceremony of a new building at the Rangsit Center of Thammasat University using part of the initial fund.

As the institute is an autonomous (semi-private) body of Thammasat University, it gets no funding from the state and needs to find and manage its own income and spending.

On average, each year each SIIT faculty member produces twice the highest value of national range for international journal publications (0.74 vs 0–0.41).

The undergraduate recruitment situation is improving, especially for its computer, IT, and management-related majors, which now have higher average admission scores.

These programs allow faculty members to collaborate with their counterparts in research projects, and students to have an opportunity to take engineering courses at these universities.

Because of their proximity, SIIT, Thammasat University, AIT, Thailand Science Park, and research centers of NSTDA, share some of their facilities, including libraries and laboratories, with each other.

This joint graduate school will offer international postgraduate degrees, where faculty staffs will come from Tokyo Tech, NSTDA, and Thai universities.

The IISI-U integrates fundamentals for solving advanced problems in engineering, science and social issues, and then provides those solutions as services.

Nowadays, challenges are how to apply advanced technologies in the digital age to planning, design, operation, and management of infrastructures in smart ways.

This could provide in long term the economical, efficient, convenient, comfortable, and environmental friendly way of living.

Challenges of global climate change, energy insecurity and economic growth can only be solved with rapid development of low carbon technologies and management.

However, they are not being developed at the rate required due to a combination of technological, skill, financial, commercial and regulatory barriers.