To be among the best learning institutions in Pakistan – recognized for developing potential leaders, nurturing a vibrant community of scholars and practitioners, generating innovative ideas, and promoting creative solutions that address the needs of Pakistan and the global community.
To impart quality education in business and allied fields to students selected on merit irrespective of ethnicity, gender, religion, or financial means;
To provide a teaching and learning environment that encourages critical thinking, ethical conduct, and effective decision making;
To undertake original research that enriches teaching, and benefits business, government, and civil society.
Being truthful involves speaking and acting consistently in accordance with the highest ethical values. When working in a team, truth requires you to be reliable.
You should have the will to work according to rules, with precision and honesty. Discipline involves self-control and self-regulation that builds character and should be an integral core value of an IBA student.
The ability to be innovative is an asset for any individual. As a student of the IBA, you are at par with others having skills either equal to you or better than yours. Therefore, you need to enable the generation of new thoughts, ideas and means of attaining your goals.
The capacity to acknowledge, understand and tolerate ideas and opinions different from your own, means that you should be able to treat people from different backgrounds and schools of thought equitably.
Possessing integrity goes hand in hand with being reliable. Integrity is crucial to the reputation of any institution. Students are required to maintain honesty in the acquisition and sharing of knowledge throughout their academic life at the IBA.
Students are admitted to the IBA strictly on the basis of merit. Success will be yours as you surpass yourself time and again by working in accordance with this principle.
Being courteous, respectful of others and recognizing that no matter how good you are, there is always someone out there who is better than you.
Acknowledging the competencies of co-workers and harmonizing their individual strengths to the achieve a common goal.