Master of Business Administration (Overseas)

Course Overview

PIM pioneered the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme three decades ago, and has brought forward over three thousand business leaders. Today, it is the most sought-after MBA in Sri Lanka. PIM MBA is aimed at transforming practitioners into professional managers in a challenging, yet an enjoyable setting that enables a healthy work-life balance.

PIM MBA is constantly re-engineered based on evolving business needs and challenges, and is delivered through a best-in-class team of both academics and industry experts. Action-learning facilitated by assignments and project work helps students relate and apply the cutting-edge knowledge they gather to their world-of-work. Within a period of two years, the programme moves logically and sequentially from courses on management foundations to integrative studies, followed by elective courses and a research project. For those who are academically bent, the thesis option is also available. The programme is structured on robust theoretical foundations and most up to-date practical applications. Its design caters very well to the busy working managers to get a rich learning experience that will transform them into outstanding leaders and achievers.

The premier MBA from PIM is practical, flexible and focused. This highly regarded full-time course has been designed to enhance your management career, helping you to reach new heights in business. It is the core degree programme of the Institute, the duration of which is two years. Organized into eight academic terms during this two-year period, the programme offers approximately 600 classroom interaction-hours and over 60 hours of faculty consultation on research, skills development, directed study and residential workshops. Since the degree requirements for group work, practical assignments, research, and skills projects as well as examinations are comprehensive, the demand on students in terms of study hours is high.

PIM pioneered the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme three decades ago, and has brought forward over three thousand business leaders. Today, it is the most sought-after MBA in Sri Lanka. PIM MBA is aimed at transforming practitioners into professional managers in a challenging, yet an enjoyable setting that enables a healthy work-life balance.

Who Can Apply

PIM MBA is constantly re-engineered based on evolving business needs and challenges, and is delivered through a best-in-class team of both academics and industry experts. Action-learning facilitated by assignments and project work helps students relate and apply the cutting-edge knowledge they gather to their world-of-work. Within a period of two years, the programme moves logically and sequentially from courses on management foundations to integrative studies, followed by elective courses and a research project. For those who are academically bent, the thesis option is also available. The programme is structured on robust theoretical foundations and most up to-date practical applications. Its design caters very well to the busy working managers to get a rich learning experience that will transform them into outstanding leaders and achievers.

Assessment of Applicants

The premier MBA from PIM is practical, flexible and focused. This highly regarded full-time course has been designed to enhance your management career, helping you to reach new heights in business. It is the core degree programme of the Institute, the duration of which is two years. Organized into eight academic terms during this two-year period, the programme offers approximately 600 classroom interaction-hours and over 60 hours of faculty consultation on research, skills development, directed study and residential workshops. Since the degree requirements for group work, practical assignments, research and skills projects as well as examinations are comprehensive, the demand on students in terms of study hours is high.