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ABOUT US
Welcome to Institute of Career Development

We have been working with adult learners, who want to excel in their fields, since its birth in 2008. It is for the fact that we provide quality education that we have been able to obtain myriad affiliations with well reputed organizations. We are working with individuals as well as time-honoured institutions and organizations with similar objectives.

Why Us?

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Industry Awards

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Mission Statement

To be an invaluable source of credible information, quality assistance and innovation in teaching and continuing education. Read More
About Us
Why Us?

Institute of Career Development has been working with adult learners, who want to excel in their fields, since its birth in 2008. It is for the fact that we provide quality education that we have been able to obtain myriad affiliations with well reputed organizations. We are working with individuals as well as time-honoured institutions and organizations with similar objectives.

This means that not only do we encourage the students who come at our site to quench their thirst of knowledge; but, we also provide out-campus training’s in which we go to the campuses of different organizations to train their staff and students with regard to their requirements.

ICD offers
Industry Awards
  • Exams of Cambridge Assessment English, University of Cambridge UK – CAE, FCE, Linguaskill and KET
  • Cambridge Business English and General English courses.
  • ETS TOEFL iBT and GRE exams at its 4 centers.
  • ACT exams at its 3 centers – Also Pre ACT, ACT practice online, ACT official Guide book.
  • NCC UK Top-up Degree programs and Level 4 Diploma in Business
  • PTE Pearson Test of English General, Pearson Go and PTE Academic preparations
  • Pearson VUE exams in various categories at Lahore center.
  • ICD also act as exam centers for distance learning PhD and Master programs for various UK and US / Canadian Universities
  • Cambridge Teaching Qualifications including CELTA, DELTA (Module 1), CELT-P, CELT-S, EMI and TKT face to face and as well as online.
  • TEFL – Teaching English as a Foreign Language at its centers in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi


ICD is now registered with Punjab Skills Development Authority to offer Spoken and Business English courses.
PSDA is official body for vocational education in Punjab. ICD courses in Spoken & Business English will now be accredited by Punjab Govt.
We offer all means and facilities necessary for practical exercises which enable students to relate to and customize the learning to meet their own needs. Students here, also gain the opportunity to give oral presentations, submit assignments and reports and perform activities that are imperative for most educational and career paths today. We guide and advise learners throughout all aspects of desired courses, while allowing for flexibility in each tutorial, given the diverse needs of all groups.
Through regular feedback and updating, we continue as an invaluable platform in supporting adult learning.

MISSION STATEMENT

To be an invaluable source of credible information, quality assistance and innovation in teaching and continuing education

OUR VISION

To provide a stimulating working environment with technological orientation which maximizes individual potential and ensures that students of all ability levels are equipped with the right language skills to face the challenges of education, work and life; while becoming a resource centre, for teachers, supporting teaching excellence !!

Director
Dr Osamah Qureshi

Dr Osamah Qureshi is Director of Student Counseling Services Pakistan www.myscs.org/ Institute of Career Development www.icd.org.pk  and is involved in student recruitment, English language training and testing, Educational fairs and outreach activities. He is working in Pakistan for more than a decade for student recruitment since 2002

In  2022, With support of Irish Govt. organization Enterprise Ireland, Dr Qureshi established Ireland Education Office http://educationireland.net/  and opened an online application portal for Irish applications from students and agents at https://apply.educationireland.net/ An Irish exclusive  course search engine was also published at https://courses.educationireland.net/

Dr Osamah Qureshi is exclusive recruitment partner & country office holder for various educational institutions and in this capacity is extensively involved in screening of the students, documents checking, linkage activity with Pakistani institutions, keeping partner institutions profile high in competitive education market.

Dr Osamah Qureshi is Director of Institute of Career Development ( ICD ) which is Authorized Test Center for English Language assessment exams of Cambridge English UK, TOEFL iBT/ GRE USA, Pearson Test of English, OET Exams and more. ICD has 3 Test Centers in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad testing around 200 test takers each month.

ICD is only authorized teaching qualification center in Pakistan for Cambridge English and runs CELTA DELTA and TKT courses. See https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/find-a-centre/find-a-teaching-centre/

ICD also offer other teaching courses of TEFL, CELT-S, How to Teach IELTS and Train the Trainer . More is at ICD web site www.icd.org.pk

He has attended various international conferences on Education and English Language Assessments like ICEF, Cambridge English workshops in Dubai and Cambridge etc. He presented papers about Pakistan education market at these forums in last few years portraying soft image of Pakistan

Insights from Dr. Qureshi on Education

PIE News

https://thepienews.com/south-asia-student-mobility-trends-and-2025-expectations/

https://thepienews.com/stakeholders-raise-alarm-over-fake-ielts-scores-in-pakistan/

https://thepienews.com/amid-uncertain-policy-shifts-ireland-woos-south-asian-students/

https://thepienews.com/irelands-allure-how-one-education-agency-steps-apart-from-competitors/ 

https://thepienews.com/ireland-shines-as-a-premier-study-destination-ieos-global-outreach-continues/

Cambridge English

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/news/view/cambridge-english-takes-off-in-pakistan/

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/news/view/confidence-boost-for-teachers-in-pakistan-delivering-lectures-in-english/

Punjab News

https://archive.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/punjab-to-implement-teachers-training-programme/

ICEF

https://monitor.icef.com/2013/01/targeted-student-recruitment-techniques-in-pakistan/

https://www.icef.com/academy/courses/ireland-education-agent-course-ieac/

Email: cem@icd.org.pk
Cell: +923008425011

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