Winning careers via IIHE MBA Program

“The decision to select the Wales MBA at IIHE was the best strategic move I’ve made when aspiring to elevate my career to a higher level. I am indeed proud to be an alumni of probably the most challenging, yet rewarding MBA offered in Sri Lanka,” said Acuity Partners Managing Director Ray Abeywardana. This is just one of many success stories created every day by IIHE MBA students.

Imperial Institute of Higher Education (IIHE) established in 1996, is one of the pioneers of quality tertiary education in Sri Lanka. IIHE offers undergraduate and post graduate programs that are both locally and globally recognised. IIHE, that has a proud history of providing quality British Education for 17 years in Sri Lanka, offers internal degrees from the prestigious University of Wales UK.

IIHE MBA graduates who have often been head hunted by multinationals and large corporate companies in Sri Lanka and overseas, continue to excel in the local and the global market. Ideally suited for middle level and senior level managers and entrepreneurs, the MBA program at IIHE helps dynamic and enterprising individuals who aspire to climb the corporate ladder faster and utilise their qualification as a method of reaching career objectives. A Wales MBA also makes it easier to migrate to greener pastures, facilitates foreign employment, or even to continue studies up to doctorate level in Sri Lanka or in leading universities around the world. This is the level of global recognition MBA alumni members from Wales possess.   

Global and Local Recognition

All programmes at IIHE are conformed to the stringent quality standards introduced by the University of Wales UK and the Quality Assurance Authority of Great Britain. Naturally the British QAA standards along with the well structured syllabi, that has been designed to meet both local and global challenges, provide an MBA Alumni from Wales, the required distinctive competence and global recognition.

All MBA graduates at IIHE become a member of the University of Wales’ ‘Guild of Graduates’. The ‘MBA Degree Certificate’ awarded to students at IIHE on the successful completion of the programme from the University of Wales, is identical to the certificate received by the students who are physically reading for the MBA at the University of Wales in UK.  

One such corporate leader is Dinesh Perera Chief Executive Officer at a leading pharmaceutical company had this to share about his IIHE MBA experience: “I constantly draw on the learning I attained from Wales MBA. In particular, the strategic management, and corporate finance modules along with the dissertation gave me an opportunity to become a strategic thinker as the CEO of my company. Unlike other MBA programmes in Sri Lanka, the Wales MBA provided a richer learning experience and a vibrant learning environment as most students were seasoned professionals who came from different industry sectors with a wealth of experience.” This experience Dinesh said “cannot be measured in monetary terms”.  He further stated: “the MBA has definitely increased the number of opportunities for me to move into diverse areas of business and areas that may not have been offered to me previously. Due to the MBA from Wales, a ‘State Sponsored Migration Opportunity’ was granted to my family in Australia”. Needless to say, this demonstrates the global recognition for IIHE MBA from Wales UK”.

Teaching Methodology

The MBA programme at IIHE is specially designed to convert ordinary managers into extraordinary CEO’s and General Managers with the necessary skills and knowledge to manage all functional areas and spheres across any organisation. The program is designed to achieve the above objectives through well structured syllabi with 12 taught modules and a dissertation.

The teaching methodology is both interactive and practical; arming student with the business knowledge to take on the corporate world with confidence. IIHE’s panel of lecturers who are appointed by the University of Wales include some of Sri Lanka’s best in their chosen fields. These lecturers guide and facilitate students to acquire knowledge. A combination of guided reading and independent research, well equipped library with wi-fi facilities and internet resources further facilitate the learning process. Tutorial work in the form of assignments, workshop, seminars, case studies, simulations, role play and group learning are just some of the teaching methods provided at IIHE. Knowledge is tested through examinations. The student pass rate has been over 90% as the faculty at IIHE not only perform as lecturers but also act as mentors by providing the pastoral guidance for the MBA students.

Call 077 4 778 773 for details on the next IIHE MBA intake starting in July 2013.