About IIIE

The International Institute of Islamic Economics (IIIE), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) is a pioneering institution in the field of Islamic Economics. The Institute is involved in multifarious activities for promoting Islamic Economics including education, training and research in the Muslim world. The Institute was formally established in August 1983 through a Resolution of the Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan. The School of Economics of the Islamic University Islamabad which started functioning in 1981, became a component of the Institute. The Institute was made a constituent unit of the International Islamic University, Islamabad under the International Islamic University Ordinance 1985. The Council of the Institute, chaired by President IIUI, provides policy guidelines. The Director General is the academic and administrative head of the Institute.

Objectives

Islamization of knowledge.
Reconstruction of Islamic Economics.
Preparation of manpower to serve as vanguard for Islamization of both knowledge and economy.
Teaching of modern economics, Islamic economics and Islamic banking and finance at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels.
To conduct and promote research on theoretical issues in Islamic economics, banking, finance and insurance as well as on practical problems facing the economies of Muslim countries.
To serve as a data bank for scholars, researchers and policy makers in the field of Islamic economics, banking, finance and the economic problems of different Muslim countries.
To create awareness through training courses for planners, policy makers, financial managers, bankers, and the masses in the society.
To solve specific problems by providing consultancy services in economics banking and finance.
To develop into a unique character and a distinctive position in the Muslim world, through blending modern economics, Fiqh and Islamic economics.

Functions of the Institute

To organize teaching of modern economics, Islamic economics, Islamic banking and finance and other related disciplines at undergraduate and graduate levels.
To conduct advance studies & research and to provide training & consultancy services in the relevant areas.
To promote cooperation with other institutions, worldwide and specifically in the Muslim countries, in the field of modern economics, Islamic economics and allied disciplines through seminars, colloquia, conferences, staff and students exchange, scholarships, stipends and bursaries