As the institute is affiliated with the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), the academic curriculum is approved and regulated by the BUP academic council and the syndicate.

Zahirul Islam, NDC, PSC, G (Retd) is the institute's founding director.

[2] The institute is located at Jalalabad Cantonment, around eight kilometers northwest of Sylhet, beside the Sylhet - Tamabil Highway, and is temporarily set up at the campus of Jalalabad Cantonment Public School and College (JCPSC), Sylhet.

The institute is governed by an eighteen-member governing body consisting of representatives of the army, faculty members, administrative personnel, students, and parents representatives.

The current curriculum of Army IBA, Sylhet, consists of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs.