BCAT IBA/CBM/SZABIST/IQRA/KU/2020 Admission Preparatory Programme
About IBA
The Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, is one of Pakistan’s leading business schools. It was established in April 1955 in collaboration with the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania. Later, it was associated with the University of Southern California. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) set up various facilities at the Institute.
The IBA has two campuses – one at the Karachi University (commonly known as the IBA University Campus) and one at Garden Road (known as the IBA City Campus).
Programs Offered
Undergraduate Programs
BBA
BBA Entrepreneurship
BS Economics
BS Computer Science
BS Economics & Mathematics
BS Accounting & Finance
BS Social Sciences
Undergraduate Programs
Applicants to the BBA Program must have completed their:
Higher Secondary School Certificate with a minimum of 65% marks;
A’ Levels with a minimum of 2 ‘B’s and 1 ‘C’ in three principal subjects such that there should be no grade less than a ‘C’ across the three principal subjects. No credit is applicable for any subsidiary, general, or advanced supplementary paper;
OR
American / Canadian High School Diploma with a minimum of 80% or an International Baccalaureate with at least 25 points out of 45. All other degree holders must provide an equivalency certificate from IBCC.
Applicants to the BS Programs (CS, Economics & Mathematics) must have completed their:
Higher Secondary School Certificate (Pre-Engineering) with a minimum of 60% marks
OR
Higher Secondary School Certificate (General Group with Mathematics) with a minimum of 60% marks
OR
A’ Levels with a minimum of 1 ‘B’ and 2 ‘C’s in three principal subjects (including Mathematics) such that there should be no grade less than a ‘C’ across the three principal subjects. No credit is applicable for any subsidiary, general, or advanced supplementary paper
OR
American / Canadian High School Diploma with a minimum of 80% or an International Baccalaureate with at least 24 points out of 45. All other degree holders must provide an equivalency certificate from IBCC.
Applicants to the BS Programs (Accounting & Finance, Social Sciences & Liberal Arts) must have completed their:
Higher Secondary School Certificate with a minimum of 60% marks
OR
A’ Levels with a minimum of 1 ‘B’ and 2 ‘C’s in three principal subjects such that there should be no grade less than a ‘C’ across the three principal subjects. No credit is applicable for any subsidiary, general, or advanced supplementary paper
OR
American / Canadian High School Diploma with a minimum of 80% or an International Baccalaureate with at least 24 points out of 45. All other degree holders must provide an equivalency certificate from IBCC.
Admissions to IBA
The admission process is composed of three main steps:
1. Aptitude Test
- Interview
- Group Discussion
About CBM
The College of Business Management is the business school of IoBM (Institute of Business Management). It is the only Pakistani business school with a full-fledged research program.
IoBM is the parent body of CBM, CESD and CCSIS, with CBM as its first constituent College. CBM has produced more than 500 graduates and has strong links with Pakistan’s main multinational and national business organizations.
The College of Economics and Social Development (CESD) is CBM’s sister enterprise. It maintains the same high standards of academic excellence, discipline and personality development. Students qualifying from CESD will have preferential admission access to BBA (Hons) program at CBM and the BCS program at College of Computer Science and Information Systems (CCSIS). They may also pursue for their BA (Hons) degree courses in other liberal arts disciplines at CESD.
About the Test
CBM’s entrance test is somewhat similar to IBA’s old test format. The test is strictly timed and contains the following sections:
English
1. Vocabulary
2. Structure and written Expression
3. Reading Comprehension
4. Writing Ability
Mathematics
1. Problem solving
2. Series
General Knowledge
About SZABIST
The Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) is a non-profit, publicly and privately funded, independently chartered graduate school of science and technology. It has been established as a Center of Excellence through a legislative act of the Sindh Assembly (Sindh Act No. XI of 1995) and is approved and recognized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, as a degree granting institution.
SZABIST is a registered member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), Asia University Federation (AUF), and the Association of SAARC Universities (ASU).
About the Test
Unlike most local universities’ aptitude tests, SZABIST’s admission test is a computer based test. It is divided in to three different sections, namely Math, English and Basic Computer Knowledge. Even though it is not a computer adaptive test like the GMAT or the GRE, no two people taking the test at the same time get the same test. When a student logs in for a test, the program retrieves a number of questions for each section of the test, from a pool of thousands of questions stored in the universities database; therefore the probability of the same question appearing on two tests is quite low.
About KUBS
The Karachi University Business School was setup in 1999 as the Department of Business Administration. The school offers a full-time BBA (Hons) / MBA program (3 + 1 years), a full time MBA General program (2 years) and an MBA Evening program (3 years). Admissions to degree program take place only once in a calendar year.
BBA (Honors) and MBA (General) students are admitted in Spring Semester that starts from January. Admissions and testing process for these programs typically starts around the first week of November with advertisements coming out in mid or late October. Precise dates of the start of the process may vary from year to year but are advertised well in advance.
About the Test
Written aptitude tests are administrated on Sundays. Results are announced within a couple of days and successful candidates are called for interviews. Usually the interviews are conducted within one week of the results announcement.
Applicants for admissions to BBA programs must have completed Intermediate (or equivalent High School Certificate) at the time of interview. Applicants whose final results have not been announced at the time of interview (if otherwise eligible) should not have any deficiency in their previous intermediate exam results. “A” level students must have their results at the time of interview.
Morning Admissions are expected in October/November.
Evening Admissions are expected in November/December.
About IQRA
Admissions at IQRA University are based 100% on merit. Students applying for different disciplines must clear the admission test and the interview. Admission test is split into four sections:
Quantitative Analysis, English Language, General Knowledge, IQ, Drawing Test (Only for Media Science Students) ORTOEFL IBT with 90 or TOEFL CBT with 570 or IELTS with Band 6 and SAT-1 with 1200, Drawing Test (Only for Media Science Students)
Qualifications required for Bachelor’s Programme:
- Applicants should have minimum higher 45%(2nd division) in Higher Secondary School Certificate or equivalent from a recognized Institute/Board.
- Applicants having “A” levels or other foreign qualifications must provide an equivalence certificate issued by Intermediate Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC).
- For admission in BS(CS)/BS(SE)/BS(IT), an applicant must have:
- At least 50% marks in Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Pre-Engineering Examination. An applicant having a combination of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences is also eligible.
- Or, GCE (A levels) in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Applicants having A levels or other foreign qualifications must provide an equivalence certificate with at least 50% marks, issued by Intermediate Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC).
- Or, At least 50% marks in Diploma of Associate Engineering Examination, for admission.
- For admission in B.E. an applicant must have:
- At least 60% marks in Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Pre-Engineering Examination. An applicant having a combination of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Sciences is also eligible.
- Or, GCE (A levels) in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Applicants having A levels or other foreign qualifications must provide an equivalence certificate with at least 60% marks, issued by Intermediate Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC).
Or, At least 60% marks in Diploma of Associate Engineering Examination, for admission against reserved seats in the same discipline of Engineering in which he or she has passed the Diploma Examination.
