IBA upholds top spot in management and business administration schooling.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

International studies revealed that the internationalization is the integration of intercultural and global dimensions into education. The internationalization of teaching and research is one of the chief strategies adopted through many higher education institutes. The experts mentioned that this is attributed to the need to attract the best students and staff, to raise the quality standards of education and to generate additional revenues. Also, the rise in tertiary enrollments internationally has led to an increase in the need of internationalization.

In Pakistan, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi is proud to have academic linkages with international-renowned institutions of higher education as part of its overall objective to offer a worldwide perspective to its students. No doubt, IBA is an intellectual hub, comprising a team of industrious academicians and researchers. The management's objective is to become the backbone of Pakistan's policy makers through offering sound academic expertise in the decision-making process. The management also wants to set a standard of excellence and outline new frontiers in research and development as well. The management also works hard to provide a culture, infrastructure and environment that encourages and supports people.

The official website of IBA shows that historically, IBA is the oldest business school outside North America. It was organized during 1955 with initial technical support offered by the world famous Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania; later, the University of Southern California set up many facilities at the Institute and various prominent American professors were assigned to the IBA.

The course contents, the curriculum, the pedagogical tools and the assessment and testing methods were developed under the guidance of reputed scholars from these two institutions. IBA-management has zealously guarded the high standards and academic traditions it had inherited from Wharton and USC while adapting and adjusting them with the passage of time.

Till 1994, the official also showed that the University of Karachi (UoK) awarded degrees to the graduates. In that year, the Sindh Assembly elevated the institute's status to that of a degree-awarding institution.

Despite a rapid increase in the number of business schools, the IBA has maintained its position as the premier institute of higher learning in the field of Management and...