This document provides a SWOT analysis of COMSATS Abbottabad. It identifies several strengths, including highly qualified faculty, specialized degree programs, modern facilities, and opportunities for research. Weaknesses include insufficient housing and underfunding. Opportunities include continuing education programs and partnerships with employers. Threats include increased competition from other local universities. The conclusion states that COMSATS Abbottabad has good potential to leverage its strengths and minimize threats given its resources and strategic location.

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SWOT Analysis Of COMSATS Abbottabad
Strength
• Highly qualified international and national faculty
 The Only institute offering Biotechnology in this region
 Links with different foreign universities
 Many societies of literacy, dramatic, scientific, software and photographic activities
 Offering D-pharm and Development studies programs
 Opportunities for research and development
 Highly cooperative and motivated faculty and staff
 Spacious campus
 PEC and HEC recognized university and degree Awarding Institute
 All class rooms are fully equipped with multimedia, Audio and video teaching aid
 High-tech electronic, scientific and computer labs of all departments
 Well-furnished library with Free access to digital library
 Good interaction between students and teachers
 Many Scholarship programs for students
 Interdisciplinary and experiential education at both undergraduate and graduate level
 More than 7 centers for example IT center, life Sciences center etc.
Weaknesses
 Lack of strong presence in external community
 Not enough undergraduate and graduate degree programs

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 Hostel is not enough for all students
 Underfunding in many departments and programs
 Understaffing at many levels
 Inadequate resources for recruitment, retention, advising, and marketing – all the things
needed to recruit and retain students
 Lack of infrastructure – including physical, financial, and human resources; inadequate
capital funds to support all that we want to do
 Underdeveloped campus life and facilities
 Not enough undergraduate degree programs
Opportunities
 Continuing education for intellectual enrichment and for people of all ages
 Online opportunities worldwide
 Downtown presence – for classes and a residential center for graduate students/interns
 Opportunity to build an undergraduate experience using the best practices from throughout
the country
 More conversations and partnerships with local employers – those in the private, nonprofit,
and public sectors so that our students are more appealing to them
 Educational opportunities related to climate study and tourism
 International and off-campus study and exchange programs
Threats
 Hazara University is our competitor with lower fees
 New local private institutions are also offering graduate programs

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 Development of new government university in this region, Opening of Abbottabad
University
 Lack of knowledge about higher education in this region
 Risk of losing prominent faculty for genuinely better opportunities at other universities
 Growing competition from nearby public universities and small privates in central
Conclusion
As SWOT analysis done above. It reveals that CIIT Abbottabad is having a good
potential to match its strengths to capture opportunities and minimize the threats.
Over all CIIT can be the trend setter in this region and can dominate the market.
Corporate strategy
COMSATS Is using a concentration strategy for the most of time to be only operates as
educational institute and market only in educational industry, but currently Establishment of
COMLABS is done by CIIT Abbottabad which is a part of conglomerate diversification strategy
to tap into health care industry. Being top in IT CIIT Abbottabad COMSATS Internet Services
(CIS) is the pioneer Internet Service Provider of Pakistan which is a part of concentric
diversification.

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