Postgraduate Institute of Management - PIM

The PIM offers a wide range of programs in the areas of business and public administration. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is the core degree programme that has already produced more than 300 Chief Executive Officers to the nation. It's a two year program organized into eight academic terms, offering approximately 600 classroom interaction hours and over 60 hours of faculty consultation on research, skills development, directed study and residential workshops. The Master of Public Administration (MPA) program is catered for the knowledge requirements of executive level officers of the public service. The course is offered in the blended-learning mode with the involvement of regional centers such as Jaffna and Trincomalee.

The PIM has a doctoral program which offers Ph.D. in Business Administration as well as Ph.D. in Public Administration.  It is strengthened by the presence of PIM's vibrant research center with a working relationship with the Canberra Campus of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Among the other programs on offer are MBA in Taxation, MBA in Customs and International Trade and Executive MBA (EMBA). There are study groups in Dubai (UAE), Doha (Qatar), Muscat (Oman) and Kuwait City (Kuwait) who follow the MBA program of PIM through a blended learning mode.

Sri Lankan Journal of Management (SLJM) is the PIM's flagship research publication that has been the longest serving management journal in Sri Lanka and the only local management journal included in the EBSCO international online database. The PIM also bi-annually publishes Professional Manager, a magazine targeting the practitioners. The PIM also takes pride in conducting client-focused training for employees of organizations in its efforts to be a working partner of the business community. The clients include both public and private sector institutions engaged in manufacturing and services such as banking, finance and insurance. These Executive Development Programs (EDPs) have been on the rise with regards to the demand and delivery.

The PIM is headed by a Director who is also the Chairman of the Board of Management. There are Boards of study for Business Administration as well as Public Administration, representing professors and professionals with management expertise. It is moving ahead steadily with increasing of quality, quantity and quantum of growth.