The faculty and student community at International Buddhist College is a culturally and traditionally diverse group with faculty members and students coming form various parts of the world - Bangladesh, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Malaysia, Nepal, Irenland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United States of America.

ACADEMIC FACULTY:

• Ven.Prof. Dr. Dhammajoti (Malaysia)
• Ven.Dr. Yuan Liu (China)
• Ven. Dr. Dhammanandi (South Korea)
• Prof. Dr. Charles Willemen (Belgium)
• Prof. Dr. Kapila Abhayawansa (Sri Lanka)
• Dr. Fa Qing (China)
• Dr. Bong C L (Malaysia)
• Dr. Suwida Sangsehanat (Thailand)
• Ven W Piyarathana (Sri Lanka);
• Ven. Zhangern (Malaysia)
• Ven. Miaosan (South Africa)
• Mr Zhu Xiaoning (China)

Guest Lecturers:

• Assistant Prof Dr Pornthipha (Thailand);
• Dr Andrey Terentyev (Russia);
• Dr Chu S F (Hongkong/China);
• Ven K.G. Ananda (South Korea);
• Ven Dhammapala (Malaysia);
• Ven Tian Wen (Malaysia);
• Ven Zhenman (Malaysia);
• Mr.Yee Thiam Choy (Malaysia);
• Mr.Yong Song Kong (Malaysia)
• Mr Wong W H (Malaysia);
• Mr Ong K L (Malaysia);
• Ven. D Seevali (Sri Lanka);
• Ven P Chandaratana (Sri Lanka);
• Ven Zhenjue (Singapore);
• Mr Weng M F (Singapore);
• Ajahn Supak I (Thailand);
• Ajahn Charoen I (Thailand);
• Dr Seni (Thailand);
• Ms Laiad N (Thailand);
• Mr Ananda L (Sri Lanka).

In Memory of Dr Peter Della Santina

Dr Peter Della Santina will always be dearly remembered by his students and friends at IBC. .....He was 'one in a million' kind of instructor, warm, compassionate, understanding. His students love and miss him dearly. We were fortunate to have him with us for a while, and the opportunity to know and learn from him. see http://ibc.ac.th/en/Peter-Della-Santina

Defining the success of the community living at IBC:

• Balanced development in intellectual, spiritual and personal growth.
• The peace and harmony, a sense of sisterhood and brotherhood that prevails in the culturally diverse student community in close quarter living.
• Lending my fellow brother and sister a helping hand in learning and living
• An international home away from home for the international community of students.

Despite and because of the diversity in cultures and backgrounds, the mature multinational student community turns learning and understanding of cross-cultural differences into rich living experiences

Major contributing factors to the success of community living and learning

• essentially Sangha-based, Buddhist values prevail in daily living
• spiritual maturity and the can-do spirit of the students in their application of Dharma in daily life
• a lot of positive humour, willingness to learn, understand and accept differences