Institute of Management Sciences

Programs Offered

BS (BA)/BBA
The four years BBA (8 semesters) program is tailored made to serve the needs of the bright young persons who have completed twelve years of education and are looking for career-oriented education in entrepreneurship, management profession, or towards higher education in business administration. This program is open to students with diverse educational backgrounds including, humanities, science, arts, and commerce. However, being a program with challenging curricula and contents, it is accessible mainly to those students who have an excellent academic record and a high potential for success. Accordingly, candidates for this program are carefully sifted and screened through a selective admission test process.
Eligibility Criteria:
F.A/F.Sc, or an equivalent certificate/diploma from any other recognized institution, with at least ‘a second division’ or ‘its equivalent grade based on minimum 50% marks for other than annual system’.

BS (Accounting and Finance)
This is a four years BS (8 semesters) program that has been designed to full fill the constantly growing need for qualified and trained accounting and finance professionals as a result of rising economic growth rates and expansion of businesses. Efficient and effective financial management is the key to the success of the organization. However, fierce competition for financial resources, continuous shifts in economic conditions across the globe, and questionable business practices have made financial management a challenging task for financial managers. The Accounting & Finance programme at the University of Haripur has been designed to prepare students to meet these challenges. Successful completion of the course will provide a solid foundation for careers in business and management and will also be a basis from which students can continue their studies for a professional degree. The graduates from this course are prepared for a career in auditing, taxation, financial and management accounting, budgeting analysis, etc.
Eligibility Criteria:
F.A/F.Sc, or an equivalent certificate/diploma from any other recognized institution, with at least ‘a second division’ or ‘its equivalent grade based on minimum 50% marks for other than annual system’. (Authority. Semester Rule, Section 7.6).

BS (Banking and Finance)
This is a four years BS (8 semesters) program that has been designed to full fill the constantly growing need for qualified and trained accounting and finance professionals as a result of rising economic growth rates and expansion of businesses. Efficient and effective financial management is the key to the success of the organization. However, fierce competition for financial resources, continuous shifts in economic conditions across the globe, and questionable business practices have made financial management a challenging task for financial managers. The Accounting & Finance programme at the University of Haripur has been designed to prepare students to meet these challenges. Successful completion of the course will provide a solid foundation for careers in business and management and will also be a basis from which students can continue their studies for a professional degree. The graduates from this course are prepared for a career in auditing, taxation, financial and management accounting, budgeting analysis, etc.
Eligibility Criteria:
F.A/F.Sc, or an equivalent certificate/diploma from any other recognized institution, with at least ‘a second division’ or ‘its equivalent grade based on minimum 50% marks for other than annual system. 

BS (Public Administration and Governance)
BS (8 semesters) program Bachelor of Public Administration and Governance at The University of Haripur is being introduced to face the challenges of Pakistan in terms of effective governance, local institutional arrangements, and sound implementation of public policies. It is an inter-disciplinary degree encompassing several academic disciplines. The program focuses to strengthen the skills and knowledge base of students and prepare them for successful careers through rigorous academic training and real-life simulations.
This program equips our graduates to understand governance problems and various policy instruments, map out the rational implementation mechanisms through critical analysis, and actualize their full potential through effective management capabilities, strategic planning, and leadership skills.
From career prospects, after completing successfully 129 credit hours, the program opens up a wide choice of jobs in Federal, Provincial, and Local governments especially it provides strong foundations to compete in highly competitive examinations such as Central Superior Services and Provincial Management Services among others. The insertion of our graduates is not only limited to governmental organizations, but they can equally be absorbed in other areas such as education, health, culture, sports, sustainability, social entrepreneurship, consulting for public agencies, government articulation, corporate social responsibility, and utilities. There is also a wide range of options as managers and leaders of Third Sector Organizations (NGOs).
Eligibility Criteria:
F.A/F.Sc, or an equivalent certificate/diploma from any other recognized institution, with at least ‘a second division’ or ‘its equivalent grade based on minimum 50% marks for other than annual system’.

BS (Tourism and Hospitality Management)
BS (8 semesters) program Bachelors in Tourism & Hospitality offers knowledge and training for creating competitive and efficient professionals in the field. The Tourism & Hospitality program also illuminates students regarding the evolving trends in Tourism and Hospitality. For making practical learning possible and ensuring that our graduates are well-suited for their jobs, this program pays great attention to the Industry-Academia Linkages (IAL). As per the department’s belief, knowledge is valuable only when it is spread by sharing and offers to solve consistent societal needs. There are plenty of physical and human resources in the department for all operational and academic activities.
Eligibility Criteria:
F.A/F.Sc, or an equivalent certificate/diploma from any other recognized institution, with at least ‘a second division’ or ‘its equivalent grade based on minimum 50% marks for other than annual system’
Note: Foreign degree holders must provide equivalence certificate from IBCC & HEC with the application form

BS (Industrial Management)
The four years BS-IM program is tailored made to serve the needs of the bright young students who have completed twelve years of education and are looking for a career education in manufacturing industrial units. This program is open to the students with diverse educational backgrounds including, humanities, science, arts and commerce. However, being a program with challenging curricula and contents, it is accessible mainly to those students who have excellent academic record and high potential for success. Accordingly, candidates for this program are carefully sifted and screened through a selective admission test process. The four years BS-IM degree promises the graduates higher level employability at the entry level of management profession in the manufacturing industry, through helping them fulfill potential for high earnings and greater personal development. The program curricula offer to the students a rich blend of general education like English language, mathematics, Pakistan studies, Islamic studies economics; general management skills like oral and written communication, decision-making, leadership, teamwork, quantitative method; discipline based core courses including production, operations, finance, marketing, and HRM etc. and the specialization based elective courses. The program builds in the student’s potential for future and enables them to build and maintain balance between the targets of economic success and the limitations of increasing social and environmental responsibility.
Structure of BS-IM Program
a) The BS-IM program is of 4-years duration, spread over 8 regular semesters, and consisting of 135 credit hours after completing twelve years of higher secondary school certificate or equivalent.
b) The BS-IM degree would require successful completion of a minimum of 44 courses (3 or 2 cr. hr. each) picked from the following streams.
Eligibility Criteria:
At least 60% marks in SSC (Matric) or an equivalent examination AND. At least 45% marks in HSSC or an equivalent examination (Including Madressa Education). Age must be 17 – 22 years.

MBA
The MBA One and half year (3 semesters) program aims at developing a student's intellectual ability, executive personality, and managerial skills through an appropriate blending of business and general education. The MBA curriculum provides students with a comprehensive management education of globally recognized best practices with the flexibility of their adaptation to indigenous entrepreneurial and societal context. The curriculum of the program ascends from general management education to specialization in diverse business fields. General management skills like oral and written communication, decision-making, leadership, and teamwork developed among the students at the initial level of the program provides them with a solid foundation for more advanced studies at the elective level during the subsequent stage. Core courses taught integrate information and theories from various disciplines, including communication, economics, financial accounting, quantitative methods, business strategy, marketing, finance, organizational structure, and strategic management and prepare the students to think critically about business issues to enable them to develop strategic level understanding and demonstrate comprehension of complex theoretical constructs in the major business disciplines and technologies.
Eligibility Criteria:
Four Year BBA(Hons)/BBS or any Sixteen-year Business Education degree from a recognized Pakistani University, or an equivalent Business degree from any other recognized university, with at least;
a. Second division for annual system
b.50% marks (CGPA equivalent to 50% marks) shall be eligible for admission. (As per National Business Education Accreditation Council (NBEAC) Road map for Business Studies.)- Annex-A.

MS (Management Sciences)
MS Management Sciences is designed to enable students to develop specialized skills with respect to various Management related issues and suggest possible solutions through research work. The Department of Management Sciences, University of Haripur offers MS (2-year / 4-semesters) program. The MS Management is a full-time degree program spanning Twenty-four months designed to foster research skills for those who intend to pursue their professional career as a teaching faculty member in an educational institution or to serve the industry at a senior management position. The program provides opportunities to learn special business techniques required to excel in the challenging and rapidly changing world. The students will have an option to select any one of the areas of specialization offered that is Finance, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, Project Management, and Marketing.
Admission Eligibility Criteria
Candidates having 16-year of business education, MSc Economics, ACMA, ACA, and other relevant equivalent qualification with at least Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) 2.50 out of 4 or 1st division wherein GPA system is not implemented, are eligible to apply. However, the candidates will also be required to have valid NTS or University of Haripur Entry Test (with minimum 50% marks).

Ph.D. (Management Sciences)
The Ph.D. Management Sciences at UOH is a full-time degree program, the total duration of programme is a minimum of three years, dividing into six semesters. The program is a research-oriented program targeting the researchers who intend to advance their academic and professional career, as a teacher or as a researcher. The program offers unique opportunities to research scholars to explore novel research ideas in the contemporary business world. The scholars enrolled in the Ph.D. program in management sciences will have the opportunity to do the research in the area of Finance/ Human Resource Management (HRM) / Marketing / Entrepreneurship specializations.
Admissions eligibility:
The candidate seeking admission to the course for the Ph.D. program shall be evaluated by the Departmental Scrutiny Committee (DSC) and Faculty Admission Committee (FAC) on the basis of the following criteria.

1. M.Phil/ Master Degree/MS (after 18 years of education)/Equivalent degree in the relevant field with CGPA 3.00 under semester system or 1st division under annual system.
2. Have qualified Graduate Assessment Test (GAT) or GRE (as per HEC criteria) or an equivalent test as determined by the University with at least 70%.
3. Academic weightage (M.Phil or equivalent degree only)        50
4. Aptitude for Ph.D. (Interview by the FAC)                           10
5. Admission Test                                                                     40

Total:     100

Note: Minimum qualifying marks for admission in the Ph.D. program are 50 percent.