National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) Sri Lanka
National Institute of Business Management commonly known as NIBM is a leading education institute in Sri Lanka in the fields of Management and IT. It’s a statutory body under the Ministry of Vocational & Technical Training. NIBM has established in 1968 and has captured a considerable market share in past 40 years. Being a government institute NIBM offers a competitive service to students facilitating them to obtain recognized professional qualifications at a reasonable price. 
NIBM offers number of courses of their own and collaborating with foreign universities. Most of their degree programmes are approved by UGC of Sri Lanka. These courses can be basically categorized as
• Degree programmes
• Diploma programmes
• Certificate courses
• Foundation courses
• Workshops and seminars
Courses offered in IT
In the discipline IT NIBM offers different courses of its own and in collaboration with the University of Ireland. Degree and Diploma courses are to cater different needs as well as Certificate courses to ensure students with lesser entry qualifications to National Universities. After completing basic courses students are able to work towards a well recognized degree in IT from Europe.
• B.Sc in Management Information Systems (conducted in collaboration with University College, Dublin)
• B.Sc in Management Information Systems – Special Degree (UGC Approved)
• Diploma in Computer System Design ( English )
• Higher Diploma in Computer Based Information Systems ( English )
• Certificate Course in 2D and 3D Animation
• Certificate Course in Computer Networking & Administration ( English )
• Certificate Course in Computer Hardware
• Certificate Course in Personal Computer Based Application Packages (English)
• Certificate Course in VB.NET Programming for Database Applications ( English )
The cost of these courses varies between an affordable range. For example cost of Certificate course in 2D & 3D Animation is Rs 30500/- whereas cost of B.Sc in MIS is Rs 480500/-. The tuition classes are conducted in weekends and weekday evenings. Therefore students who are employed can easily follow these courses.
Courses in management and related fields
In the field of management and productivity the NIBM offers the mature and employed student the opportunity to obtain well recognized qualifications in diverse fields through twelve diploma programs conducted in the English and Sinhala media as well as the numerous Certificate and short term courses. The institute also caters to specific needs of the industry through customized training programs and through consultancy assignments.
• B.Sc in Business Management Special Degree – (UGC Approved)
• B.Sc (Hons) in Management (conducted in collaboration with University College, Dublin)
• B.Sc (Hons) in Human Resources Management (conducted in collaboration with University College, Dublin)
• B.Sc (Hons) in Facilities Management
• Advanced Diploma in Business Management / Part Time ( English )
• Higher National Diploma in Insurance (HNDI)
• Advanced Diploma in Marketing Management ( English )
• Advanced Diploma in Project Management
• Advanced Diploma in Financial & Management Accounting ( Sinhala )
There are number of courses conducted by NIBM other than listed here. You can contact NIBM on Tel Nos: 011-2692165, 011-2693404, Hotline: 5321000, Email: nibmpro@sltnet.lk.
You can download the Registration form. This form can be used to register for any program conducted by NIBM. Completed form should be sent to the NIBM. Application can be Faxed or Posted
Registration Form
NIBM’s main campus at Colombo and other regional centers in Kandy and Kurunagala ensure that quality education and training is available throughout the country. NIBM intends to establish Regional Centres in other key districts to meet the needs of the youth and those of the industry, for qualified and trained personnel.
Colombo Center -120/5, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7. Hot Line: 5321000 – 30
Kurunegala Center -47, Bauddaloka Mawatha, Kurunegala. 037-5620298, 037-2222778
Kandy Center-30, Colombo Street, Kandy. 081-2236651 077-7791667
NIBM is awarding Gold Medals, full scholerships and half scholerships for each batch per each Diploma programme and Higher Diploma programmes. Students will be selected for these based on a selection criteria by NIBM’s governing council.
The NIBM Library & Documentation Centre is a good source of information for students. This is available for course participants for reference purposes. Participants in Diploma Programmes and certificate courses are allowed the facility of borrowing books on payment of a refundable deposit.
NIBM courses and lecturing are very well. They never miss a lecture, and all lectures are conducted according to the time table.
But there fees are also very expensive. Being a government institute, you expect them to charge a reasonable amount, as opposed to private sector educational institutes.
NIBM is also going to be profit oriented rather than providing a true service in developing human resources to the nation?
ALTERNATIVES TO NIBM – BIT, SLIIT, CIMA.
I extracted folloiwng (from another site) advice given to a student who has beeen selected to University.
උඹට මම දෙන උපදෙස තමා කැම්පස් සිලෙක්ට් වෙන්න රිසල්ට් තියෙනවා නම් කැම්පස් පලයන් සයන්ස් ඩිග්රියක් හරි කමක් නෑ නිකන් දෙන එක අර ගනින් සයන්ස් වගේ එකක් නම් සිලෙක්ට් උනේ පාර්ට් ටයිම් BIT හරි SLIIT හරි NIBM හරි උඹ කැමති තැනක අයි ටී ඩිග්රි එක කරන්න පුලුවන් ( වැඩ වැඩියි කියල බය වෙන්න එපා ඔය දෙක තුනම කරන එවුන් ඉන්නවා ඕනේ තරම් මම අදුනන බොක්කෙන් කරොත් කර ගන්න පුලුවන් ) නැත් නම් CIMA , CIM වගේ මැනේජ්මන්ට් එකක් කරන්න ත් පුලුවන්
ඒත් කැම්පස් යන අයට BIT කරන එකේ තියෙන වාසිය තමා කොස් ඇන්ඩ් එක්සෑම් ෆීස් 50% අඩු යි නිකන් දෙනව වගේ කැම්පස් එකෙන් කුප්පියක් දා ගත්තම එක්සෑම් ගොඩ
උඹ අයි ටී හරි නැත්නම් කම්පියුටර් සයන්ස් හරි සිලෙක්ට් වෙලා තියෙනවා නම් වෙන කඩවල් වලට යන් නැතුව ඒක කරපන් දැන් රැග් නෑ මේ අවුරුද්දේ ඉදන් ඉන්ටෙන්සිවුත් නෑ ඒ හින්ද සත පහකට බය වෙන්න නැතුව කැම්පස් වරෙන්
කැම්පස් යන්න උඹට රිසල්ට් මදි නම් මචන් SLIIT එක තමා හොදම තැන එතන කොස් ෆීස් APIIT එකත් එක්ක බැලුවම අඩුයි අනික quality එකත් තියෙනවා (උන්ගේ ඇඩ් එක වැඩි උනාට )
Kavindu,
Yes compared to other institutes charges are bit high at NIBM, still they have a good demand for their courses. But I think foreign degrees offered are somewhat fair. If we go to ACBT or other foreign degree provider they charge nearly 1 million for these degrees.
However there’s a conception among people if prices aer too low quality is also not that much. That might be another reason for charging competitive prices.
IT diploma of NIBM is highly recognized in the job market. Theres a competition to join this course each year.
Thanks for the wonderful article.
Wayne,
I totaly agree with your post. There are many options after school education. If you can enter a national university for a good course that would be wonderful. otherwise you can opt for courses in Management, IT, Technical education(with the rapid development in Sri Lanka there will be number of technical jobs in future).
Yes I also think as a government institute NIBM charges higher fees. They can give their service at more reasonable prices.
I have to say one thing, If you have a interest to any thing that will motivates to your future in brighter. So i am interested IT I chose my path from NIBM. today I am successful at End, Compare to the others it will helpful every point. My friends are still at university 2nd year or 3rd year but I have completed my Graduation & started Masters as well. Think clearly chose best way, All the best for Every one.
Let me know how is Degree of Business management in sinhala
Please send all details
let me know how is degree of business managent in tamil
After my A/L i did its one year popular DCSD programme(99.1 batch), It gave me a sound foundation in Computer Science(Not IT, Not Internet), Business management, and technology (The Computing technology modules 1& 2 are unpopular ones amongst students) after the diploma I entered the University ( i did the diploma in my gap time, those days we had a bit long gap in entering the Uni), did maths, I am currently a Trainer in Information Security, many of my friends went in to the industry soon after the NIBM diploma all are doing well
i perused a different path, made my hobby as the career ( yeah i like teaching primarily)
As a trainer and educator and with experience of working with national and multinational companies in Education in Sri Lanka and abroad I would recommend NIBM as a first choice for all who wants to start up their career in IT or Business management
i take this opportunity to thank all the teachers of NIBM DCSD 99.1 batch
Abdullah
I Respectfully Disagree With The Guys Who Speak Well About NIBM.It Depends Totally On Your Abiliy.After My O/L s I Also went to Do The DCSD On 2005.And Failed All Semesters. Yes It Is My Friends. NOT ONLY ME FAILED. There Were Lot Of Guyz And Girls Like Me.On That Year When We Look At Our Result Sheets There Were 90% Of Students Who Failed Or Abscent For The Exam. Nobody Will Go There ToWaste Money Like That. So Heres My Advice To The Freshers.
1) Just First Do your Advance Level Exam.(Consider This As A Golden Rule). That Will Levitate your Brain level to the DCSD Standard.
2) Be Good In English. Coz They Never Teach It Like Our School Teachers. Only the Boolean Algebra Parts Are Easy To Understand for a Beginner Who just Did His OL s And Only New To Turn On/Off a Computer. No Electronics.No Commerce Things. No QTC.
It Is not wise to blame to NIBM if you failed As Me. Coz There are guys who pass it. But I Just want to mentioned How I Feel About NIBM
I Failed All Subjects In DCSD. Yes Not Even a Single Pass Due to There Crazy 66.5 Cut off marks on Those Days.
Latter I did my ALs. Then I Realize that The problem is not with the NIBM but with myself. Then I Began studying my NIBM books at home And Voila !, I Can Understand Things As Clean As a Pure Water Will Be. I Am Very Sad Coz My 3 Year Time Period Went Out. So I Lost The Ball. But My Understand Of Things Is Really High Now.
I’m Tharindu Dasun. Most People Knows Me Abour VB.Net & C# Tutorials I Made For The http://kuppiya.com/
@Tharindu – Thanks for your independent comment on NIBM. I visited kuppiya.com web site, and found very good IT related tutorials in Sinhala. Studentlanka believes that sri lanka need such type of information and educational sites.
i also a nibm management student .additionally i do cima as well. i recommend nibm for all, because it has highly updated syllabus compared to the government universities as well as the recognition in the job market .actually its not just learning .they provide opportunities to improve presentation skills ,personality,confidence with the learning.additionally they give the opportunity to work after completing the 2nd year which is really helpful to gain the experience .
but the exams are really tough and not easy to go through.. when it comes to the cost factor it is bit high, around 700000 for complete the whole degree from UCD . but considering the university rankings, UCD Dublin is among @ top 100 universities of the world.