Applications for IBA-NTHP Orientation Program 2025 will go live on December 18, 2024. Students can apply through our online application portal or a manual application form. The last date to apply is March 7, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria:

Financially deserving students eligible with either:

Following are the two ways to apply for the NTHP Orientation Program;

1. Online Application Form (strongly recommended)

The online application form is available at http://talenthunt.iba.edu.pk

2. Manual Form

Candidates unable to submit online application form can download a manual application form from the NTHP website and send a filed application form latest by March 1, 2025 at National Talent Hunt Program Office, National Bank Building, IBA Main Campus, KU Circular Rd., Karachi.

The following documents are required to be submitted with the application form:

1. Educational documents of Matric and HSSC Level-I OR Level-II (Marksheets, certificates)
2. Copy of CNIC (Front & Back) / Form B of Applicant
3. Copy of CNIC (Front & Back) of Father/Guardian
4. Applicant's Domicile/ Birth Certificate OR father's domicile certificate
5. Salary slip / Income certificate (or Pension slip) of all earning family members *

* Note: An income certificate is the document that shows monthly/annual income. If your parents/guardians is/are salaried, an original copy of a pay slip should be attached, in case, your parents/guardians own a business, an undertaking on a stamp paper/affidavit (of Rs.100) stating their income with relevant details needs to be submitted along with your application.

If you are shortlisted for the Panel Interview, please send us scanned copies of all the required documents via email to nthp@iba.edu.pk. Please ensure that you have uploaded all the necessary documents during the submission process.

No. IBA National Talent Hunt Program is a fully funded Orientation Training Program to prepare candidates for IBA's aptitude test for the undergraduate degree programs.

Admission to IBA Karachi through the NTHP Orientation Program does not guarantee the award of NTHP Scholarship or any form of financial assistance for the undergraduate degree programs.

A limited number of NTHP Scholarships are available for candidates who pass IBA's Aptitude Test (Round 2) after participating in the NTHP Orientation Program. Recipients of the NTHP scholarships will be selected by the Scholarship Committee.

*Summer semester is not covered in the scholarship.

Candidates who meet the eligibility and need criteria are encouraged to apply for the program.

Preference is given to students belonging from the rural areas of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, FATA, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir who are unable to apply at the IBA due to financial constraints.

- Selection Process

Online Application form: http://talenthunt.iba.edu.pk

**Candidates submitting a manual application form (https://nthp.iba.edu.pk/application-form.php), are required to courier/post a correctly filled form along with the photocopies of required documents to;

Director – Talent Hunt Program, Institute of Business Administration Karachi, NBP Building, 1st Floor, Main Campus, KU Circular Road, Karachi. Tel: +92-21-38104700-1, Fax: +92-21-99261508

Interviews for NTHP Orientation Program 2025 are scheduled for first week of May 2025. Candidates who have passed the NTHP assessment test will be notified via email for a telephonic interview.

Yes, students from all disciplines can apply for the NTHP Orientation Program. However, when applying for the IBA's entrance test, candidates may well consider the disciplines, and the degree programs offered.

The IBA, currently offers eight undergraduate degree programs; BBA, BS Accounting & Finance, BS Business Analytics, BS Economics & Mathematics, BS Computer Science, BS Mathematics, BS Economics, and BS Social Sciences & Liberal Arts.

For BBA, BS Accounting & Finance, BS Business Analytics, BS Social Sciences & Liberal Arts, and BS Economics, students belonging to any group (Science/Commerce/General/Pre-engineering) are eligible to apply.

For BS Computer Science, BS Economics & Mathematics, and BS Mathematics, only students from Pre-Engineering or General Science (Mathematics) group are eligible to apply.

IBA Admission Policy 2024; https://admissions.iba.edu.pk/AdmissionPolicy.php

You should mainly focus on Matric, HSSC-I level Mathematics and English Grammar and Composition to appear for the assessment test.

Refer to the topics mentioned on the website for guidance https://nthp.iba.edu.pk/nthp_test_preparation.php

You can study SAT - I (for BBA) or SAT - II (for BS Program Test). Please refer to the link(s) below for details.

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KBi1IUDFjlVmZBM1Qxa2tfc0k/edit?usp=sharing – SAT-I
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KBi1IUDFjlcEVrSW5fSDNsUzA/edit?usp=sharing – SAT-II
• https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-KBi1IUDFjla1hVelVDZFBVWUk/edit?usp=sharing – Algebra

No, students of NTHP Orientation Program will appear for the same test with other applicants who come from all over Pakistan.

NTHP is purely a merit-cum-need based program.

All applicants of the NTHP Orientation Program are shortlisted on merit-cum-need basis.

Selected students are taught Mathematics, English Grammar & Composition, and Presentation & Communication Skills during the NTHP Orientation Program.

Classes may be held online and at IBA's Main Campus in Karachi.