1 Copyright © 2019, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This chapter examines virtual laboratories and describes a design architecture of an intelligent lab companion (ILC) agent for intelligent virtual laboratories (IVL). A virtual laboratory is a stimulating aspect in spreading practical education based on online web experimentation in distance and blended education. It can facilitate and improve the practical and investigation learning of students. INTRODUCTION Hands-on technical learning requiring students to be in a laboratory is a core pre-requisite skill of sci- ence and technology fields like computer science, engineering, and the pure sciences. There are two types of laboratories namely, actual and virtual laboratory (VL) (Elawady & Tolba, 2009). Whilst actual laboratories have their strengths and challenges, virtual laboratories (VLs) have an added advantage over the actual in that they allow room for maximizing the use of technology for adaptive learning to be built in to support customized learning. Uludag, Guler, Karakus, & Turner (2012) have described that since the physical laboratory set-up is expensive, to meet the laboratory needs they introduced a virtualized infrastructure whereby two com- puter courses for implementing an operating system and network were created. It is commonly accepted Designing an Intelligent Virtual Laboratory Using Intelligent Agent Technology Saima Munawar NCBAE, Pakistan & Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan Saba Khalil Toor Forman Christian College University, Pakistan Muhammad Hamid NCBAE, Pakistan & Virtual University of Pakistan, Pakistan