Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
IBA Karachi
Motto Leadership and Ideas for Tomorrow
Type Public sector institute
Established 1955
Director S. Akbar Zaidi
Academic staff
 130 Full Time Faculty, 200 Visiting Faculty
Students 4,034 (Spring 2020). Undergraduate programs: 3,044 (Spring 2020); Graduate programs: 990 (Spring 2020)
Location
Karachi
,
Sindh
,
Pakistan
Colours Tyrian purple, White
   
Affiliations Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
The Association of Commonwealth Universities
CFA Institute, United States
South Asian Quality Assurance System (SAQS)
Website www.iba.edu.pk

The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi; (انسٹيٹيوٹ آف بزنس ايڈمنسٹريشن) is a public university in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Academics

Admission

Admission to IBA Karachi is based on the Entry Test, SAT/ACT test score and Interview.

Programs Offered

At undergraduate level, IBA offers degrees in Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, Computer Science, Economics, Economics and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Liberal Arts.

The graduate programs offered by the IBA include degrees in Business Administration, MBA Executive, Computer Science, Economics, Islamic Banking and Finance, Journalism, Management, Data Sciences, Finance and Mathematics.

The doctoral programs offered at the Institute include degrees in Computer Science, Economics and Mathematics.

Affiliation

Controversies/Harassment Cases

In 2018, Dr Tiago Ferreira Lopes who is a Portuguese national was accused of seeking sexual favors from the male students, following which a case was prepared against him. It was then reported that Dr Lopes was quietly asked by the administration of IBA to leave the country after it was verified that he was continuously abusing his position to demand sexual favors from male students.

In October 2020, a female faculty member of IBA reported a non-teaching employee of the campus of harassment which was then investigated by the IBA's Anti-Harassment Committee. The accused employee was barred from entering IBA premises until the completion of the inquiry.

On 25 August 2021, a student named Mohammad Gibrail witnessed an incident where a female employee of the finance department was allegedly harassed by a male employee Tanveer Ahmed in a supervisory position. On September 17, a large number of IBA students protested with the chants of “We Want Justice!”, “IBA Stands Against Harassment”, “Stop Sheltering Harassment.” On 29 September 2021, the Institute expelled Mohammad Gibrail for exposing alleged harassment on campus with the reason stating that IBA appreciates the student for pointing out issues which are of concern to them and our community but the institute took the decision to expel the complainant for not using the right channel to report the sexual harassment.

Notable alumni