APIIT offers British degree in business

19-Mar-2008

The Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (APIIT - Sri Lanka) has announced the commencement of its part-time Business Administration Degree Programme for the next intake of students recently.

The programme has been specially designed to suit the working professionals and busy executives and the registration of new students is now in progress.

Sri Lankan corporate sector can boast of a large pool of talented and career minded employees who can benefit from formal training in business management. Even those with professional qualifications aspire to earn an academic qualification; undoubtedly, a recognised degree in business would serve as the cornerstone for long-term career advancement.

Taking these aspirations of the employed into consideration, APIIT - Sri Lanka, together with Staffordshire University in the UK, has taken steps to offer a part-time degree programme in Business Administration specially designed to suit the busy executives.

The APIIT part-time degree programme comprises an initial Diploma followed by the Degree. The Diploma, which is quality-assured by Staffordshire University, UK, is a qualification that can stand on its own and is designed to impart knowledge and skills in relation to the operation of business in an IT environment.

The Diploma leads to the second year of the Staffordshire University Degree in Business Administration.

The part-time Business Administration Degree awarded by Staffordshire University, UK is delivered through the APIIT Business School.

While the programme is designed to cover comprehensively all areas of business, the course content is advantageously integrated with the theory and practice of information technology.

This unique blend of Business with IT ensures that the graduates will be able to use the full potential of Information Technology in analysing and solving business problems giving them a cutting edge in their professional career.

The part-time degree in Business Administration is conducted in the weekends and attracts students from diverse backgrounds in Commerce and Industry. These students bring their own experiences to the classroom discussions and make the entire teaching/ learning process dynamic and closely integrated with the business practices in the real world.

Thus, students will go through a rich educational experience highlighting the fact that, in education, the journey is as important as the destination.