The Commonwealth of Learning

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) founded in 1987, wasinspired by the vision that the peoples of the Commonwealth must and can have access to knowledge, regardless of where they live and whether they are rich or poor.

Allama Iqbal Open University has achieved a landmark in its education by offering the Commonwealth International MBA/MPA programme for Executives (CIMBA/MPA), a new initiative in executive education for citizens of the Common wealth.This programme is the outcome of close collaboration between the Commonwealth of Learning and the national open universities of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.The CIMBA/MPA is designed to cater to the needs of the 21st century business perspective and for part-time study by busy working professionals, the programme can be completed by students at their own pace.The main idea, behind this program, is to support various functional areas of business and public sectors activities which helps professionals and busy executives to understand how business integration is achieved through managerial education and techniques.

CIMBA/MPA is committed to provide high quality professional education through the use of conventional and unconventional teaching methods. The admission to this programme will be offered on competitive merit, which will be determined on the basis of a specially designed Admissions Test. The candidates who hold a minimum second-class graduate degree and two years post qualification executive experience will be allowed to compete for admission and sit for the Admissions Test.

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) founded in 1987, was inspired by the vision that the peoples of the Commonwealth must and can have access to knowledge, regardless of where they live and whether they are rich or poor.

The leading professors and experts of Commonwealth Universities have developed the learning material for these programmes. The material provided to the students is based on the indigenous environment of South Asia. Special case studies are developed to facilitate the learning process. These programmes are being offered initially in the ten cities of Pakistan namely, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Karachi, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Quetta.