The Associate Degree in Business Administration is a regular 2-year degree program which has been designed to equip the students with adequate knowledge and skills which would help them taking an early start of their professional career so that they can earn their livings and support their families too.

Note: Candidates holding Associate Degree can continue towards respective BS 4-year degree program. Or the student can apply for new admission towards any BS 4-Year degree program (Subject to admission eligibility with exemption/transfer of relevant qualified courses) as per policy.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact the program coordinator:
Dr. Imran Sarmad
Email: imran.sarmad@vu.edu.pk
Ph: +92-051-111-880-880 [Ext: 4946] 

Following are the objectives of this program:

1. To introduce the students with fundamentals of business.

2. To prepare students for an entry/ junior level jobs or for small businesses.

3. To enable the students in understanding the today’s business environment.

4. To give them knowledge to analyze the current business moves.

5. To equip them with latest business concepts

6. To provide them a platform where they can exercise their creative thinking and become fruitful in their early career stage.

Intermediate (equivalent to 12 years of education) with at least 45% marks.

Note:

1. Candidates having ‘A’ levels are required to provide equivalence certificate from Inter Board Committee of Chairman (IBCC), Islamabad. (http://www.ibcc.edu.pk/)

2. Candidates having 33% ~44% marks will be eligible for admission after the successful completion of “Zero  Semester”.

The students study progress evaluation mechanism is based on continuous assessment throughout the semester by giving assignments, quizzes, Graded Discussion Boards (GDBs), mid-term and final-term examinations.

To be eligible for the award of Associate Degree in Business Administration, a student is required to earn at least 68 credit hours with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 2.00 out of 4.

Students are required to complete a Project/ Internship Report in the final semester of their degree program. Students have to submit a detailed write-up of the project and will be required to give a presentation.
Student taking Internship course are required to complete 6 to 8 weeks internship in the organization and shall get internship letter from the concerned organization. The students who are already in service shall be exempted from Internship but required to submit the Project.