World Renowned Qualifications from ICFAI
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ICFAI Education Lanka (IEL) which is Board of Investment Approved (BOI) Company was established as the Sri Lankan branch of ICFAI University in India in the year 2004. At that time no other foreign University branch was operating in Sri Lanka and IEL is in existence in Sri Lanka for the last Eight years catering to a large number of Sri Lankan and Indian students. ICFAI University is a ‘not for profit’ organization and are fully involved in all facets of education – offering degrees and other professional programmes, publishing books, case study material, magazines in management and other disciplines.
Since 2004 IEL had catered to a large student population of more than 700 offering Undergraduate Degree Programmes – Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (BBA), Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Degree (BSc IT) and at Postgraduate level in campus Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA) and Distance Learning Programmes. 
ICFAI BBA/BSC IT Degree Programmes
Discussing on their undergraduate Degree programmes Mrs Ranjani Goonetilleke the Country Head of IEL and Dean Academics said that BBA and BSc IT undergraduate level programmes are designed with the view to impart in-depth knowledge and broad understanding of the basics of Management Aspects and Information Technology. The BBA programme focuses on various areas of Management education and prepares the students for a career in Management by enabling them to progress to MBA qualification in due course. The BSc IT programme focuses on various aspects of Information Technology by enabling them to obtain a Masters Degree in the area of Information Technology.
ICFAI Degree Programmes
ICFAI MBA programme is a high quality Degree programme which prepares the students with the skills, knowledge and strategic perspectives essential to Manage activities and to be Leaders in anywhere in the world. Their MBA programmes which have been designed maintaining high Academic Standards provide the students with a portfolio of strong functional skills and the ability to apply adapt and integrate those skills in different management settings. Emphasizing on the MBA Degree programme Mrs. Goonetilleke said that there are more opportunities to MBAs than for any other functional qualification and their Programme provides a quantum jump in career progression. Many of their MBA Degree completed students in the past have got promotions in their jobs or have changed the jobs for better prospects and career advancements. Some of the students have migrated to developed countries such as UK, Canada and Australia after completing the MBA Degree. Her opinion is that the MBA programme will be the person’s key competitive advantage as he or she enters the fiercely competitive business environment. It will help him/her to move ahead of the pack and allow him/her accelerated access to senior and corporate management positions.
While discussing the Academic set-up at IEL Mrs Goonetilleke said that they have selected the best lecturers in the country for course delivery and some of their lecturers are very senior academics from the National universities. The lecturers are well experienced and the panel is a Mix of academics and experts with corporate exposure. The teaching is on a practical approach based on Theory and Case studies and all the study material, text books, work books, case studies are provided to the students.
Ms Goonetilleke said that students are getting value for their money because IEL is offering very high Academic Quality Postgraduate and Under graduate Degree programmes at an affordable total price of around Rs 400,000/. The MBA programme fees could be paid in 8 installments and Undergraduate programme fees are payable in 12 installments. These arrangements have been made to give more opportunities to students and to the parents to educate their children.
The students will be receiving certificates from the ICFAI University on completion of each stage of the Degree programmes. Mrs. Goonetilleke emphasized that students are at an advantage by receiving Certificates and Diplomas at each stage since due to some reason if a student is unable to complete the degree programme he/she is benefited by having some proof of gaining knowledge and skills by following a quality academic programme for their career progression in a very competitive environment.
She further said that Degree Courses offered at ICFAI are graded as Best Programmes offered in Sri Lanka by the lecturers teaching in the programmes and by the students who have completed the degree programmes.
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