The faculty of Management Sciences aims to achieve its objectives in line with the vision to become a reputable university in business management education in Pakistan and build our strengths in teaching, learning and research. Our curricula does not only allow the students the opportunity to experience and develop an understanding of the latest tools and techniques, but also exposes them to applied learning through experiential learning, field visits, and workshops from the very beginning of the program. Our training aims to nurture innovative young minds through offering broad-based curriculum that provides students exposure both within their discipline and soft skills. Our approach in the development of curricula has therefore been to be creative and entrepreneurial towards introducing new ideas aimed towards the personal and intellectual development of our students. Professional learning, in terms of refining our strong associations with industry, commerce and professions in order for students to become responsible citizens and well-equipped to enter the knowledge-based workplace and society.
After the experience of lingering pandemic, learning is taking many forms, and information will be available in many formats. By helping our students today discover how they can leverage the universities’ wide-ranging resources for lifelong learning, we will position them better for effective role we continue to maximise through digital technology in the delivery of our programmes and expand our reach to attract students and faculty from all parts of the Country and abroad.
I welcome you to the faculty of Management Sciences of Salim Habib University (SHU)
Dr. Mohammad Nishat
Professor
Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences
The Salim Habib University MBA program aims to be a transformational master’s degree program where the students end up with so much more than a master’s degree. Careers often change, industries disrupt and the world changes itself; with the offerings at MBA program at SHU the students will not only keep pace with that pervasive change, in fact will drive it as wholesome individuals who know their unique place in the global community.
The MBA program at SHU has been designed to be highly competitive, versatile, and pragmatic in its orientation and pedagogical approaches. It caters to the changing dynamics of corporate world both in public and private sector organizations. The program has all the scientifically recognized scaffoldings to instill internationally recognized competencies among students of diverse backgrounds, allowing them to be successful in assorted careers of their choice.
The degree offers a range of competitive higher level curricula on top of solid core courses to give strong foundations to its students. Students will have numerous options to configure the combination of their electives to choose from multiple majors and minors. The value-added feature of the program is its methodological approach to inculcate academic knowledge through industry immersion projects; a feature derived from cutting edge American Universities’ curricula for MBA programs.
Another distinguishing feature of the MBA program at Salim Habib University is the inclusion of a course on Action Research which comprises various tools and methodologies for systematically examining industry problems, and the development of their solutions; and the capstone project which involves the application of this learning to a real industry problem, thus providing the students with experiential basis of practical implications and subtleties of a real world scenario.
Our students will inculcate following competencies by their graduation:
Degree Offered | Entry Requirements | Required Percentage |
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MBA (Duration 2 Years) (For Non-Business Graduates) (Duration 1.5 Years) (For Business Graduates) |
4 years Bachelor’s Degree or 16 years of education | 50% or 2.0 CGPA |
BBA leading to MBA (Duration 2 + 1.5 Years) | 2 years Bachelor’s degree or 14 years of education | 50% or 2.0 CGPA |
The Salim Habib University MBA Program is aimed at being more than a resume enhancement or a means to an end. It is aimed as an experience that will shape the entire career of the students, and prepare them to navigate the economic, social, and other complex changes of the future. The scope of opportunities available for MBA graduates goes beyond the needs of the business enterprises to cover governmental agencies, and non-governmental welfare enterprises which are increasingly becoming cognizant of the enhanced efficacy that a business professional brings to an organization. The following are a few of the areas that define scope of the MBA Program.
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Pre-req |
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Semester - I |
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FIN501 | Strategic Finance and Investment | 3+0 | |
MTH501 | Business Analytics (Modeling & Forecasting) | 3+0 | |
MKT511 | Strategic Marketing | 3+0 | |
MGT516 | Research Methods for Business Managers | 3+0 | |
Credit Hours | 12 | ||
Semester - II |
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MGT515 | Strategic Management | 3+0 | |
ELVXXXX | Business Elective-I | 3+0 | MKT511 or FIN501 |
ELVXXXX | Business Elective-II | 3+0 | MKT511 or FIN501 |
MBM701 | Thesis-I/Industrial Project-I | 3+0 | MGT516 |
Credit Hours | 12 | ||
Semester - III |
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ELVXXX | Business Elective-III | 3+0 | MKT511 or FIN501 |
XXXX | Thesis-II/Industrial Project-II | 3+0 | MGT516, MBM701 |
Credit Hours | 6 |
# of Courses | Semester | Credit Hours |
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4 | Semester 1 | 12 |
4 | Semester 2 | 12 |
2 | Semester 3 | 6 |
10 | Total Credit Hours | 30 |
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Pre-req |
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Semester - I |
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ACC401 | Financial Accounting and Corporate Reporting | 3+0 | |
MTH401 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3+0 | |
MGT403 | Business Management and Leadership | 3+0 | |
ENG405 | Applied Business Communication | 3+0 | |
MKT402 | Marketing (Theory & Application) | 3+0 | |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester - II |
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MGT303 | Organizational Behavior & HR Practices | 3+0 | MGT403 |
LAW301 | Legal Environment for Business in Pakistan | 3+0 | |
FIN301 | Finance for Business Managers | 3+0 | ACC401 |
ACC305 | Accounting for Management Decisions | 3+0 | ACC401 |
MGT517 | Methods for Business Research | 3+0 | MTH401 |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester - III |
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ECO302 | Business Economics | 3+0 | |
FIN501 | Strategic Finance and Investment | 3+0 | FIN301 |
MTH501 | Business Analytics (Modeling & Forecasting) | 3+0 | MTH401 |
XXXX | Business Elective–I | 3+0 | MGT403 or MKT402 |
MBM701 | Thesis-I/Industrial Project-I | 3+0 | MGT517 |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester - IV |
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MKT511 | Strategic Marketing | 3+0 | MKT402 |
MGT515 | Strategic Management | 3+0 | MKT403 |
XXXX | Business Elective-II | 3+0 | MGT403 or MKT402 |
XXXX | Business Elective-III | 3+0 | MGT403 or MKT402 |
MBM702 | Thesis-II/Industrial Project-II | 3+0 | MGT517, MBM701 |
Credit Hours | 15 |
# of Courses | Semester | Credit Hours |
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5 | Semester 1 | 15 |
5 | Semester 2 | 15 |
5 | Semester 3 | 15 |
5 | Semester 4 | 15 |
20 | Total credit Hours | 60 |
Course Code | Course Title | Credit Hours | Pre-req |
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Semester - I |
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ACC401 | Financial Accounting and Corporate Reporting | 3+0 | |
MTH401 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3+0 | |
MGT403 | Business Management and Leadership | 3+0 | |
ENG405 | Applied Business Communication | 3+0 | |
MKT402 | Marketing (Theory & Application) | 3+0 | |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester - II |
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MGT303 | Organizational Behavior & HR Practices | 3+0 | MGT403 |
LAW301 | Legal Environment for Business in Pakistan | 3+0 | |
FIN301 | Finance for Business Managers | 3+0 | ACC401 |
ACC305 | Accounting for Management Decisions | 3+0 | ACC401 |
ECO302 | Business Economics | 3+0 | |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Summmer |
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IIP401 | Industry Immersion Project (Mandatory Supervised Internship) | 3+0 | |
PST401 | Pakistan Studies | 3+0 | |
PDV403 | Arts & Literature | 3+0 | |
Credit Hours | 9 | ||
Semester - III |
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MGT503 | Application of Quantitative Techniques in Research | 3+0 | MTH401 |
ENG406 | Presentation & Communication Skills | 3+0 | ENG405 |
SCM402 | Supply Chain Management | 3+0 | MGT403 |
PHI401 | Philosophy, Logic & Critical Thinking | 3+0 | |
MIT410 | Introduction to MIS & ERP | 3+0 | |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester - IV |
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MGT513 | Entrepreneurship | 3+0 | FIN301, MGT303, ECO406 |
ENG407 | Communication Skills for Negotiations | 3+0 | ENG406 |
MKT512 | Marketing Research | 3+0 | MKT402, MGT503 |
MGT515 | Strategic Management | 3+0 | MKT402, MGT503, MGT303, LAW301, FIN301, ACC301 |
MGT514 | Business Ethics | 3+0 | PHI401, MGT303 |
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Summer |
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IST401 | Islam & World Religions | 3+0 | ACC305 |
FIN402 | Securities Trading & Applied Economics | 3+0 | FIN301 |
Credit Hours | 6 |
# of Courses | Semester | Credit Hours |
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5 | Semester 1 | 15 |
5 | Semester 2 | 15 |
3 | Summer | 9 |
5 | Semester 3 | 15 |
5 | Semester 4 | 15 |
2 | Summmer | 6 |
25 | Total Credit Hours | 75 |
Dr. Mohammad Nishat
Professor (Department of Business Administration)
mohammad.nishat@shu.edu.pk
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