Institute of Business Management, Karachi

Institute of Business Management
TypePrivate sector institute
Established1995[1]
FounderShahjehan Syed Karim
ChancellorMuhammad Bashir Jan Muhammad
PresidentTalib Syed Karim
Academic staff
Visiting: 192 Full time: 162
Students6000+ (2023)
Undergraduates3000+ (2017)
Postgraduates2146 (2017)
53 (2017)
Location
Karachi
,
Sindh
,
Pakistan

24°48′46″N 67°07′04″E / 24.8127°N 67.1178°E / 24.8127; 67.1178
CampusMain Campus: 11 acres (0.045 km2)
NicknameIoBM, Karachi
AffiliationsHigher Education Commission of Pakistan
Pakistan Engineering Council
Website[1]

The Institute of Business Management (IoBM) is a private university and business school in Karachi, Pakistan. IoBM is composed of four colleges, the College of Business Management (CBM), the College of Economics and Social Development (CESD), the College of Computer Science and Information Systems (CCSIS) and the College of Engineering Sciences (CES).[1][2]

In January 1998, a bill was unanimously approved by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh for establishing a university known as the Institute of Business Management in the private sector.

In 2022, Kamran Tessori, Governor of Sindh, speaking at this institute's annual convocation, described it as Pakistan's key educational institutions. He is also quoted as stating, "In the form of IoBM, late Shahjahan S. Karim has given the country an institution that now has become a pride for Pakistan. Today, as you graduate from this auspicious university, it is crucial to embrace and portray the positive side of Pakistan as you step into the corporate world".[3]

Recognized institute

Institute of Business Management, Karachi is a recognized institute by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.[4][5][2]

Overview

IoBM started in 1995 as a College of Business Management offering BBA, MBA and Phd degrees.[1][2]

IoBM is built on a 9 acres (36,000 m2) site.

IoBM is the only university in Pakistan, where undergraduate programs BBA, BCS and all BS Joint (Honors) have a compulsory foreign language course, which makes IoBM programs distinguished.

List of foreign language include:

  1. Arabic
  2. Chinese
  3. French
  4. German
  5. Italian
  6. Japanese
  7. Turkish

Mostly, these languages are taught by persons belonging to their respective embassies.[citation needed]

Academic programs

College of Business Management

  • BBA (Honors)
  • BS (Honors) Economics and Finance
  • BS (Honors) Accounting and Finance[2]
  • BS Entrepreneurship
  • BS Social Entrepreneurship and Social Leadership
  • BS Industrial Management
  • BS Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • MBA (Regular)
  • MBA (Executive)
  • MBA Health and Hospital Management
  • MBA Advertising and Media Management
  • MBA Finance and Risk Management
  • MBA Environment and Energy Management
  • MBA Educational Management
  • MBA Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • MS in Business Management
  • MS in English Applied Linguistics
  • MPhil in Business Management
  • PhD in Business Management
  • PhD in Environmental and Energy Management

College of Computer Science and Information Systems

  • BS Computer Science
  • BS Actuarial Science and Risk Management
  • BS Mathematics and Economics
  • BS Data Science
  • BS Mathematics and Computational Finance
  • BS Software Engineering
  • BS Statistics and Business Analytics
  • MS Mathematics and Scientific Computing
  • MS Statistics and Scientific Computing
  • MS Computer Science
  • PhD Computer Science
  • PhD Statistics and Scientific Computing

College of Engineering and Sciences

  • BE Electrical Engineering in Electronic and Telecommunication
  • MS Engineering Management
  • MS in Electrical Engineering[2]

College of Economics and Social Development

  • BS (Honors) Accountancy, Management & Law
  • BS (Honors) Media Studies
  • BS Economics, Law and International Relations (ELI)
  • BS Economics, Media and International Relations (EMI)
  • BS (Honors) in Business and Psychology
  • BS Psychology
  • BS Education
  • MBA Educational Management
  • MSc Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management
  • MSc Energy Economics, Environment and Policy
  • MPhil in Organizational Psychology
  • MS Economics
  • MPhil Education
  • PhD Education
  • PhD Economics[2]

Admissions

IoBM admissions are held twice in a year (March and August) for all programs and thrice ( March, June & Dec) for Executive MBA Students

Student life

IoBM has a unique type of Event Organization system as compared to other institutes in Karachi. Here, students of different societies arrange all the events themselves with no professional or financial help from IoBM as IoBM's management believes that its students should be self-dependent & take up tasks themselves which will have a positive impact on their personality development. All the recent events in IoBM such as Fun Week (the last week of a graduating batch), CBMUN (Model United Nation) Jashan e Baharan, the Public talk by Imran Khan had been arranged by the society members themselves.[6]

  • Entertainment Plus Society (EPS) - Organised all the events related to entertainment such as concerts, functions etc.
  • Digicon Informatics Society (DIS)
  • Social Welfare And Trust (SWAT) - Responsible for social work
  • Alumni Development Program (ADP)
  • Mathematics society
  • Dialogue Society
  • Egalitarians Society[7] - Responsible for raising awareness on Socio-Economic, Political and Philosophical issues such as Economic Justice, Gender Equity, Climate Change, Social Welfare etc. They organize events such as Conferences where Activists , Journalists and Intellectuals are given a platform to educate the youth.
  • Strategic Human Resource Society (SHRS)
  • The Literary and Public Speaking Society - Responsible for organizing debates, and a literature festival.
  • CBM Society of Health Managers (CSHM)
  • The Management Society
  • The Marketing Society
  • Vanquishers - Organizing the sports events in IoBM.
  • Canva society
  • IoBM Club For Entrepreneurs.
  • Actuarial Science & Risk Management Society (ARMS)

Membership in professional bodies

IoBM is an active member of the following international and national professional bodies.

References

  1. ^ a b c Overview of Institute of Business Management QS TOPUNIVERSITIES website, Retrieved 1 April 2023
  2. ^ a b c d e f University Overview of Institute of Business Management University Ranking (uniRank, Australia) website, Retrieved 1 April 2023
  3. ^ Faiza Ilyas (11 December 2022). "Degrees awarded to over 1,370 students at IoBM convocation". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Recognized Universities and Degree Awarding Institutions (Institute of Business Management, Karachi is on the list under Private Sector Universities/Institutes chartered by the Government of Sindh)". Higher Education Commission of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Pakistani Universities ranking by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) (listed under the title Business/I.T.)". Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Imran Khan visits IoBM". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 22 February 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Home | the Egalitarians Times".
  8. ^ Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA, United States) - Membership List (IoBM Pakistan is on the List)