Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
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| Motto | Leadership and Ideas for Tomorrow |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| Dean | Farrukh Iqbal |
| Director | Farrukh Iqbal |
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Academic staff
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112 |
| Students | 3377 |
| Undergraduates | 2751 |
| Postgraduates | 626 |
| Location | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Campus | karachi |
| Colours | Maroon, white |
| Affiliations | CFA, SAQS,[1] |
| Website | www |
The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) is an independent university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Founded in 1955, it is the oldest business school outside of North America.
IBA was established as the business school in 1955 in collaboration between Pakistani government and USAID with the technical support from the Wharton School and the University of Southern California. Several prominent American professors were assigned to the IBA to develop curriculum. In 1982, it became the first Pakistani institute to offer a four-year liberal arts undergraduate degree. It remained a constituent school within the University of Karachi until, in 1994, when its status was elevated to an independent chartered university by the Sindh Government. Since 2003, IBA has expanded from a purely graduate business school to an interdisciplinary university with undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs.
IBA, today, is one of Pakistan's selective and highest-ranked institutes particularly known for its business program. It is one of the two Pakistani business schools to be awarded the coveted certification by the South Asian Quality System. IBA today has a campus with a covered area of 750,000 sq.ft mark and a student body of over 6,000 student's. IBA has collaborations' with 15 institutions worldwide, which include Babson College, Indian School of Business, S. P. Jain Institute and the Northwestern University. It count's several prominent public figure's and business leader's among its alumni, staff and students including the incumbent Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain, former Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, renowned economist Mohammad Uzair and business leaders Asad Umer and Quentin D’Silva
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