The University of Peshawar decided to merge the Department of Public and Business Administration in order to have greater synergy into a single entity in 1994. Thus, the Institute of Management Studies (IMS) was formally established in 1995. During the short span of time, IMS developed its own niche in a highly competitive market and established its own reputation among the students, academia, and professionals community.
Initially, the IMS started master program in Public Administration & Business Administration. However, due to overwhelming interest and growing demands, the IMS started its Under-Graduate Programs of BBA (Hon) & BBA-IT (Hons) in Management Sciences in 2002 but from this year BBA-IT program is dis-continued and instead of BBA-IT(H) students will be admitted to BBA (H) program. The IMS offers One Year MBA for its graduate students from the current academic session beside its two year master program in Public & Business Administration.