IPBA is located in Kuala Lumpur, the cosmopolitan capital city of Malaysia. The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), about 60 km to the south of the city, is on the flight routes of 42 international airlines, making Kuala Lumpur easily accessible from major cities in the world.

  
     
  Strategically located between the central business district of Kuala Lumpur and the fast-growing and modern satellite district of Petaling Jaya, IPBA is easily reached by all major modes of public transport including the Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains.  
     
 

 
 
  IPBA's location also makes it an ideal institution of higher learning. Its neighbours include University of Malaya (Universiti Malaya) and the Malay Language Institute of Malaysia (IBMM).
 
 
  University of Malaya is the premier university in the country, while IBMM specialises in Malay Language teacher education. With the later focusing on the Malay Language, Malaysia's national language, and IPBA concentrating on international languages such as English, French, Spanish, Japanese and German, this location is set to become the hub of language teacher development in the region.