Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance

The IIBI’s Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) course in Islamic banking and insurance, offered since 1994, is highly regarded worldwide. UK-based Durham University has accorded this course recognition as an entry qualification for its postgraduate degrees in Islamic finance, including the MA and MS in Islamic finance and the Research MA. Applicants will also have to fulfil the specific entry qualifications for each specialist degree programme.

To date, students from nearly 80 countries have enrolled in the PGD course. In the period of April 2009 to June 2009, the following students successfully completed their studies:

Abdellatif Dafir, project manager, Sungard, France;
Adnnan, senior vice president, Allied Bank, Pakistan;
Auwalu Ado, regional training manager, Intercontinental Bank, Nigeria;
Hiba Ali Elarabi, Saudi Arabia;
Mamoun Shaikh Mahmoud Yousef Naser, ITS consultant, GBM (Oman), Oman;
Maryam Uwais, Wali-Uwais & Co, Nigeria;
Mohammed Furqan Habib, manager, underwriting, ABN AmrCentral Enterprise Services, India;
Muhammad Haneef, vice president, Security Investment Bank, Pakistan;
Muhammad Salman Chaudry, associate (audit and assurance group), PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pakistan;
Oguz Aktuna, Turkey;
Rayya Al-Azzawi, Jordan;
Sajid Saleem, managing director, Globex 2000, UK;
Shafiel Karim, US;
Shruti Jaipuria, consultant, Oracle Financial Services Consulting, India;
Tarig Osman Abbas Bakheit, assistant vice president, Union National Bank, UAE;
Thomas Polson, director of marketing and research; Cascade Risk Placement, US;
Wilson Valerian Monteiro, process executive, Deutsche Bank, India;
Zaid Bhana, vice president, Swiss Re Africa, South Africa;
Zamri Bin Mohd, Singapore.