Today, BIBF is a professional world-class provider of education and training solutions to the financial sector, other organisations and individuals, in their pursuit of excellence through lifelong learning.

BIBF has over 300 programmes on offer in a range of specialist areas of expertise, namely Banking, Accounting and IT, Insurance, Islamic Banking, Leadership and Management disciplines (including Marketing) and has a centre dedicated to Academic programmes and Executive development. We service the entire Bahrain Banking and Insurance sector (which we define as members) and have hundreds of non-Bahraini organisations as well.

BIBF provides an extensive range of internationally and locally recognised professional qualifications. BIBF has strong academic partnerships with highly renowned universities including the highly accredited MBA and MSc programmes in Public Administration and Human Resource Management from DePaul University USA, as well as the Darden Leadership Development Programme (in collaboration with the Institute of Bankers, KSA) and the University of Cambridge International Diploma in Management.




BIBF also have a Centre of Assessment and Development and a Centre for Research. Distinct from the specialist centres, these functions add considerable opportunity to those looking for coaching or individual capability / testing screening (Assessment and Development) to research collaborations in areas of mutual interest to the financial sector (Research)

BIBF is a multilingual, multicultural organisation with a world class faculty, most of whom hold internationally recognised professional and academic qualifications, along with extensive market experience. We are committed to hiring, developing and enhancing the careers of Bahraini nationals, both our course participants and our staff.

We are increasingly being recognised outside of Bahrain. We have been recognised for the last four years as the Best Global Training Provider for Islamic Finance. In July 2010 we were recognised as the Best Global Training Provider for Takaful (Insurance) and in September 2011 were named 'Best Educational Institute in Banking and Insurance by the World Education Congress Asia'

We believe BIBF is unique to the world. While we are called an institute, we are much more than that. It makes us very proud to be a part of such a unique proposition..