MS Management Sciences Scope in Pakistan: Universities and Fees

Quick Facts

Degree Level	MS
Discipline	Business
Offered By	47 universities in our directory

An MS in Management Sciences is a two-year postgraduate degree in management theory and practice with a stronger analytical and research emphasis than a professional MBA.

What You’ll Study

Coursework covers organisational behaviour and theory, strategic management, human resource management, marketing management, operations management, and research methods and business statistics, usually with a thesis or research project.

MS, MPhil or MSc?

Pakistani universities use several titles for the two-year postgraduate degree that follows a four-year bachelor’s, and HEC treats them as equivalent 18-year qualifications. What matters practically is whether the programme is thesis-based, since that governs readiness for doctoral study.

Career Scope in Pakistan

The research emphasis makes this a route toward academic careers and doctoral study as well as management practice — it is the minimum qualification for business school lecturing, and Pakistan’s expanding business education sector sustains faculty demand. In industry, graduates move into management roles, consulting, organisational development and strategy functions.

Those seeking a purely professional management credential and a broad recruiting network should compare this against an MBA, which is more case-based and industry-oriented.

Admission Requirements

A relevant 16-year degree, plus the university’s postgraduate admission test and interview. Several programmes run in evening or weekend formats suited to working professionals — check the specific programme page.

Where You Can Study This

47 universities
20 cities
24 public
23 private

Fees are not shown here: we hold a published figure for 9 of these 47 universities, and comparing one against a blank column would be misleading rather than informative. Each university page carries its own fee where we have it.

University	City	Sector	Duration
Air University	Islamabad	Public	1.5 years
Allama Iqbal Open University	Islamabad	Public	—
Bahria University	Islamabad	Public	2 years
Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari	Karachi	Public	—
International Islamic University	Islamabad	Public	2 Years
Khawaja Freed University of Engineering & Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan	Rahim Yar Khan	Public	—
Kohat University of Science and Technology	Kohat	Public	—
Lahore College for Women University	Lahore	Public	—
Mir Chakar Khan Rind University, Sibi Balochistan	Sibi	Public	2 years
Mirpur University of Science & Technology	Mirpur	Public	2 Years
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University	Rawalpindi	Public	—
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University	Peshawar	Public	—
Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law	Karachi	Public	—
University of Baltistan, Skardu	Skardu	Public	—
University of Buner	Bunair	Public	—
University of Education	Lahore	Public	—
University of Gwadar	Gawadar	Public	—
University of Jhang	Jhang	Public	2 Years
University of Loralai	Loralai	Public	2 years
University of Okara	Okara	Public	2 years
University of Sargodha	Sargodha	Public	—
University of Swabi	Swabi	Public	—
Women University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir	Bagh	Public	—
Women University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir	Bagh	Public	—
Abasyn University	Peshawar	Private	—
Brains Institute Peshawar	Peshawar	Private	2 Years
Capital University of Science & Technology	Islamabad	Private	—
CECOS University of Information Technology & Emerging Sciences	Peshawar	Private	—
City University of Science and Information Technology	Peshawar	Private	2 Years
DHA Suffa University	Karachi	Private	—
Foundation University	Islamabad	Private	—
Hamdard University	Karachi	Private	2 Years
Hands-Institute of Development Studies, Karachi MS/M.Phil	Karachi	Private	—
HITEC University	Rawalpindi	Private	1.5-2 Years
Indus University	Karachi	Private	—
Institute of Management Sciences	Lahore	Private	—
Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology	Karachi	Private	—
Muhammad Ali Jinnah University	Karachi	Private	—
Multan University of Science & Technology, Multan Management Sciences	Multan	Private	4 Semesters (2 Years)
MY University	Islamabad	Private	—
Preston University, Karachi	Karachi	Private	—
Preston University, Kohat	Kohat	Private	—
Riphah International University	Islamabad	Private	1.5 Years / 32 Credit Hours
Salim Habib University (Former Barret Hodgson University), Karachi	Karachi	Private	—
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology	Karachi	Private	—
The Green International University, Lahore	Lahore	Private	—
The University of Faisalabad	Faisalabad	Private	—

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an MS and an MPhil?

Both are two-year postgraduate degrees treated as equivalent 18-year qualifications by HEC. MPhil is the more traditional and usually more thesis-weighted designation; MS is more common at newer and private universities.