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The Institute of Business Administration Karachi (IBA) is the oldest business school in Pakistan. It was founded in 1955 with administrative and faculty support during the first five years from the University of Pennsylvania and the next five from the University of Southern California. Since its founding, the Institute has consistently maintained a reputation as a leading business school in Pakistan while also diversifying into areas beyond business administration.
The school currently offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs in business administration, accounting and finance, banking, computer science, math, journalism, economics and social sciences and liberal arts. Professional development centers provide supplementary educational opportunities in a more flexible manner than is possible in formal degree programs. The Centre for Executive Education provides both general and customized short‐term courses for corporate clients and the public at large. The Centre for Excellence in Islamic Finance offers short term training on subjects relating to Islamic Finance. The Centre for Entrepreneurial Development focuses on practical training for potential entrepreneurs, including the provision of incubator facilities and mentoring.
The Centre for Business and Economic Research is dedicated to stimulate research by IBA community. The Centre for Excellence in Journalism is an initiative for the professional development, training and networking of Pakistani journalists and media professionals. The Center for Information & Communication Technology (CICT) provides short courses, workshops, diploma programs, conferences, cloud services and computing facilities and other IT enabled services to private & public organizations.
Students have opportunities to undertake some part of their education overseas if they so choose. IBA maintains formal understandings with selected foreign universities. These links allow for the transfer of academic credits between the signatories. Students also participate in a variety of sports and social activities. The Institute maintains excellent sports facilities and supports clubs through which students can participate in extracurricular activities including photography, drama, travel, social work, environmental work, and public speaking.
Distinguishing features of an IBA education include a merit‐based and highly selective admission process, rigorous curricula in all departments, the use of diverse teaching tools and methods suited to the needs of individual courses, and testing and examination processes characterized by high standards of integrity.
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