On 6 November 2024, Asst. Prof. Dr. Phanompatt Smitananda, Acting President of STOU, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gan Chanyawudhiwan, Acting Vice-President for Academic Services, Cultural Preservation, and International Affairs and Mrs. Rattip Phukkeson, Acting Director of the Department of International Affairs, welcomed a delegation from Beijing Open University (BOU), China. The delegates from BOU led by Prof. Dr. Zhao Jun, Vice-President visited STOU, to exchange teaching knowledge of the two universities. Faculty Members from the School of Educational Studies and School of Management Science took the opportunity to discuss academic cooperation with BOU.
On this occasion, the BOU team also visited the King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambhai Barni Documentation Center and
the Educational Broadcasting Production Center (EBPC) to observe STOU media production in support of distance learning and exchange ideas about online teaching management. Moreover, they observed university printed media production at the Office of the University Press. The delegates concluded their visit at the STOU Thai Traditional Medicine Clinic, which is open to both STOU faculty and staff as well as the public.