KARACHI: The Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, has decided to replace all its scheduled admission tests for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programmes with alternative assessment criteria due to the spread of Covid-19.

“Admission tests scheduled for July 19 and July 26, 2020 for MBA Executive, all MS and PhD programmes, BS computer science, BS economics & mathematics and MS data science programmes will not take place. Candidates will be shortlisted for interviews based on the criteria outlined by the admissions committee,” says a press release.

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2020

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