President’s Message

Dewey International University celebrated its 10th year anniversary. What tremendous success and growth DIU has achieved in 10 years! We have gained the trust and respect of the Battambang Community, and in fact we are recognized internationally. DIU is now the foremost University in internationalization in Western Cambodia, with various research projects, collaboration activities, student exchanges, teacher exchanges, and many memoranda of agreement (MOA) with foreign universities. Perhaps the jewel in our international crown is the European-Union- funded ERASMUS+ FRIENDS Project, a joint effort of 12 Southeast Asian Universities and 4 European support Universities, aimed at increased internationalization. Kent State University in Ohio, USA and DIU have set up an annual KSU-DIU Summer Institute to study Angkor Wat and the Cambodian environment. Rangsit University in Thailand cooperated with DIU and 8 other Universities in Asia to co-host the RSU National and International Research Conference annually with different themes year by year. Recently, DIU has begun to send TESOL students to do teaching practicum at Saimit School Group, Thailand, every semester.

DIU is developing flagship programs in TESOL, Professional Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Tourism and Hospitality, and IT programs such as Networking and Communication and Software Engineering.

• TESOL has been the main flagship at DIU for many years. TESOL is now upgrading its curriculum to be an international program with many plans for collaborations both locally and internationally. Teaching practicum at Saimit is already one example.
• Our Bachelor of Professional Accountancy (BPA) is an international qualification under the auspices of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). This program is developed based on the ACCA syllabus and ACCA Approved Employers’ inputs. Graduates will gain two degrees: a BPA from DIU and a Bachelor in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, London, UK.
• DIU has signed an MOU with the Department of Tourism to launch Tourism and Hospitality programs at various levels, which will send interns to local hotels, restaurants, and tour companies, including Dewey International’s own planned resort. Many universities in Europe and Asia are quite interested in student exchanges and teacher exchanges to this program.

All these above activities are prime examples of DIU’s motto of “Learning by Doing”.
I am excited about the future of DIU as one of the premier institutions of higher education in Cambodia, and indeed, Southeast Asia and Internationally. Come and grow with us!

                                           President

Dr. Raymond Zepp