The University of Colombo currently has seven faculties with 41 academic departments and two interdependent schools with five academic departments. All faculties and schools carries out courses of study and research in both graduate and undergraduate studies. In addition, the university has several institutions that specialize in different areas of research.
Faculties & Schools
Faculty of Arts
In terms of student population the Faculty of Arts is the largest faculty in of the University of Colombo. Made up of eight academic departments and several teaching units, it undertakes studies and research in areas of
humanities
Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...
and
social sciences
Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...
. The origins of the faculty dates back to 1921, with the establishment of the Ceylon University College, as courses in arts subjects where the first to be started. Upgraded to a faculty in 1942 with the establishment of the
University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
that year, it was moved completely to
Peradeniya
Peradeniya ( si, පේරාදෙණිය, translit=Pēradeniya; ta, பேராதனை, translit=Pērātaṉai) is a suburb of the city of Kandy, about 30,000 inhabitants in Sri Lanka. It is situated on the A1 main road, just a few kil ...
in the early 1950s. In 1963, a new arts faculty was established in Colombo as part of the University of Ceylon, Colombo campus which continues to function as the current faculty.
; Departments of the Faculty of Arts:
*Department of Demography
*Department of Economics
*Department of English
*Department of English Language Teaching
*Department of Geography
*Department of History and International Relations
*Department of Journalism
*Department of Sinhala
*Department of Sociology
*Department of Political Science and Public Policy
Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Education was established in 1973, followed by the merger of Departments of Education of the Peradeniya, Vidyalankara and
Vidyodaya
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About
Established in 1990-91 the school conducts classes fr ...
that had been brought back to Colombo in 1975. However it traces it roots to 1949 when the Department of Education was founded in Colombo before it move to Peradeniya. It has become the primary center of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and research in education.
; Departments of the Faculty of Education:
*Department of Humanities Education
*Department of Educational Psychology
*Department of Social Science Education
*Department of Science and Technology Education
Faculty of Graduate Studies
The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) is a
graduate school
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The organization and ...
it conducts post-graduate degree programs in many fields, via on campus lectures and
distance learning
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. It has the largest number of distance learning course offered via
e-learning
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and
m-learning
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with a student base in both
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and the
Maldives
Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...
. It was established by the ''Faculty of Graduate Studies Ordinance No. 03 of 1987''.
Faculty of Management and Finance
The Faculty of Management and Finance traces it roots to the establishment of the Department of Commerce and Management Studies which was later upgraded to a faculty made up of six academic departments. Studies into
accounting
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,
business economics
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,
finance
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,
human resource management
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,
management
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Management includes the activitie ...
marketing
Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...
. Its Postgraduate & Mid-career Development Unit which conducts the highly recognized
MBA
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program of the Colombo University.
; Departments of the Faculty of Management and Finance:
*Department of Accounting
*Department of Business Economics
*Department of Finance
*Department of Human Resource Management
*Department of Management Studies
*Department of Marketing
Faculty of Medicine
The
Faculty of Medicine
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is the oldest faculty of the university and oldest medical school in Sri Lanka. Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School later renamed as the Colombo Medical College, it was integrated as a faculty of the University of Ceylon at its formation in 1942. The Faculty has close links with several hospitals for teaching, training, clinical services and research. These include;
* The National Hospital of Sri Lanka (Colombo General Hospital)
*De Soysa Maternity Hospital
*Castle Street Maternity Hospital
*
Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children
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; Departments of the Faculty of Medicine:
*Department of Anatomy
*Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
*Department of Clinical Medicine
*Department of Community Medicine
*Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
*Department of Microbiology
*Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
*Department of Paediatrics
*Department of Parasitology
*Department of Pathology
*Department of Pharmacology
*Department of Physiology
*Department of Physiotherapy
*Department of Psychological Medicine
*Department of Surgery
Faculty of Law
The Faculty of Law (නීති පීඨය ''Nithi Pit-haya'')(சட்ட பீடம் "Satta peedam"), was founded at the Department of Law in Colombo in 1947 within the University of Ceylon and was moved to Peradeniya as part of the Faculty of Arts. However the department was later shifted to the Colombo Campus of the University of Ceylon upgrade to a Faculty of Law in 1968. The faculty maintains close links with the
Sri Lanka Law College
Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enroll as a attorney-at-law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal ...
, which conducts the law exams need for admittance as an
Attorney at Law
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. Being the first
Law Faculty
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in the country, and the oldest Faculty of Law in the entire University system of the country it conducts both undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs in the field law.
Ranil Wickremasinghe
Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ...
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
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& former
Leader of the Opposition
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*Hon. Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike - former Cabinet Minister of Finance, Public Administration, Local Government, Home Affairs,
Justice
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Professor
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G. L. Peiris
Gamini Lakshman Peiris ( Sinhala: ගාමීණි ලක්ෂ්මණ් පීරිස්, Tamil: காமினி லக்ஷ்மன் பீரிஸ்) (born 13 August 1946) is a Sri Lankan politician and academic. He was the ...
- Current Cabinet Minister of External Affairs and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
*
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
Professor
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Chancellor
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of the
University of Jaffna
The University of Jaffna ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், translit=Yāḻppāṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam; si, යාපනය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ''Yāpanaya Viśvavidyālaya''; ...
and the Dean of the Faculty of Law,
University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
Professor T. Nadaraja - brilliant legal mind, by H.B. de Silva
*Hon. Dr.Neelan Thiruchelvam - former Member of Parliament
* Hon.
Justice
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Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
The Chief Justice of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is the head of the judiciary of Sri Lanka and the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Established in 1801, the Chief Justice is one of ten Supreme Court justices; the other nine are t ...
Justice
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Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
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Justice
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Mark Fernando - former Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
*
Professor
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Savitri Goonesekere - former Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo
*
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and ...
- Captain of the Sri Lankan national cricket team
* H.L. de Silva, PC - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
*Professor Suri Ratnapala, Professor of Law, University of Queensland, Australi *Hon. Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake The 43rd Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the first female Chief Justice in Sri Lanka
*
Palitha Fernando
Rear Admiral Sarath Palitha Fernando, PC, VNF is a Sri Lankan lawyer. He is the former Attorney General of Sri Lanka and had served as Solicitor General of Sri Lanka and Judge Advocate of the Sri Lanka Navy.
Education
Educated at the Royal Col ...
Solicitor General Sri Lanka
*
Palitha Kohona
Palitha T. B. Kohona, a Sri Lankan born diplomat, was the former Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations (UN).
, - Ambassador / Permanent Representative to United Nations (New York)
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science was established in 1942 with the founding the University of Ceylon. Part of the faculty was moved to Peradeniya, with other department remaining in Colombo. The faculty carries out research and studies
chemistry
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,
mathematics
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,
nuclear science
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Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies th ...
,
physics
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,
plant sciences
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,
statistics
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and
zoology
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. The oldest
Faculty of Science
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* Faculty (academic staff), the academic staff of a university (North American usage)
* Faculty (division), a division within a university (usage outside of the United States)
* Faculty (instrument), an instrument or warrant ...
in the country, it conducts both undergraduate and post-graduate degree programs in many fields of science.
Established in 1942 with the founding the
University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
, as such it is one of the two oldest faculties in the island. At its formation its nucleus was formed from staff from the Science Section of the Ceylon Technical College. Part of the faculty was moved to Peradeniya, with other department remaining in Colombo. The faculty carries out research and studies
Chemistry
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...
,
Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
,
Nuclear science
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter.
Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies th ...
,
Physics
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,
Plant Sciences
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,
Statistics
Statistics (from German: '' Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, indust ...
and
Zoology
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, an ...
.
; Departments of the Faculty of Science:
*Department of Chemistry
*Department of Mathematics
*Department of Physics
** Centre for Instrument Development
*Department of Plant Science Department of Statistics *Department of Zoology
*Department of Nuclear Science
Notable alumni
*
Professor
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Stanley Wijesundera
Stanley Wijesundera was a Sri Lankan academic. A professor of Chemistry, he was the first vice chancellor of the University of Colombo from 1979 to 1989 and was the chairman of the Association of Commonwealth Universities from 1983 to 1984.
...
Vidya Jyothi The Vidya Jyothi ( si, විද්යාජෝති; ta, வித்யா ஜோதி, translit=Vityā Jōti) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for outstanding scientific and technological achievements''" ...
Professor
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V. K. Samaranayake
Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake, MBCS, MCS(SL), FNASSL, MIEEE ( Sinhala:වී.කේ.සමරනායක) (1939 – 6 June 2007) pioneered computing & IT development industry and usage in Sri Lanka and thus considered as the "Father of In ...
- former
Dean
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* Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean
Titles
* ...
Professor
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Nalin de Silva
Thakurartha Devadithya Guardiyawasam Lindamulage Nalin Kumara de Silva ( Sinhala: නලින් ද සිල්වා; born 20 October 1944) is a Sri Lankan philosopher and a political analyst. He is the current Sri Lankan ambassador in Mya ...
- Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kelaniya
* Professor Gihan Wikramanayake - Director of the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC)
* Dr
Sarath Gunapala
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, Scientist at
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Sri Palee Campus
The Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo is located in Wewala,
Horana
Horana ( si, හොරණ, , ta, ஹொரணை) is a town in Kalutara District, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is on the A8 highway between Panadura and Ratnapura, away from Ratnapura and away from Panadura. Horana is connected ...
. Established in 1996 it conducts courses in the field of
performing arts
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and
mass media
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Broadcast media transmit informati ...
. It was established by a notification of the Sri Lanka government
gazette
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In English and French speaking countries, newspaper publishers have applied the name ''Gazette'' since the 17th century; today, numerous weekly and daily newspaper ...
(Extraordinary ) No 928/1 dated June 20, 1996. The campus is located in buildings and land donated to the University of Sri Lanka by the ''Sri Palee Trust'' in memory of
Hon
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People
* Han (surname) (Chinese: 韩/韓), also romanized Hon
* Louis Hon (1924–2008), French footballer
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Wilmot A. Perera
Wilmot Abraham Perera (1905–1973) was a Sri Lankan statesman and philanthropist. He was declared a National Hero in 1993. A member of parliament, he was Ceylon's first Ambassador to China.undergraduate and postgraduate education in
Computer Science
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,
Information Systems
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, and
Information and Communication Technology
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. The UCSC was formed on 1 September 2002 with the argumentation of the Department of Computer Science of the Faculty of Science of the University of Colombo and the Institute of Computer Technology by Professor
V. K. Samaranayake
Vidya Jyothi V. K. Samaranayake, MBCS, MCS(SL), FNASSL, MIEEE ( Sinhala:වී.කේ.සමරනායක) (1939 – 6 June 2007) pioneered computing & IT development industry and usage in Sri Lanka and thus considered as the "Father of In ...
.
; Departments of the School of Computing:
*Department of Computation and Intelligent Systems
*Department of Communication and Media Technologies
*Department of Information Systems Engineering
Education centres include: the Advanced Digital Media Technology Centre, Computer Services Centre, Digital Forensic Centre, e-Learning Centre, External Degrees Centre, and the Professional Development Centre.
Affiliated institutes
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
The
Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
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(PGIM) is the only
graduate school
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The organization and ...
in the country that provides specialist training of medical doctors. It was established in 1976 as the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine under the University of Ceylon Act No.1 of 1976 with Professor K. N. Seneviratne its first director, it was reorganized and given its current name under the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Act No.1 of 1980.
National Institute of Library & Information Sciences
The National Institute of Library & Information Sciences (NILIS) is a
graduate school
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The organization and ...
that focus on the study and research of
library science
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,
information management
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, and allied fields. It was established in 1999 by an ordinance under section 18 and 24 of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 as an institution affiliated to the University of Colombo.
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
The
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
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(IBMBB) is the Sri Lankan node for the European Molecular Biology Network. It is also designated as a resource centre for molecular life sciences by the international program in chemical sciences,
University of Uppsala
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The university rose to significance during ...
.
Institute of Indigenous Medicine
The
Institute of Indigenous Medicine
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specialize in the study of the form of
ayurvedic medicine
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, which has been practiced in the island for over two thousand years. It is located in
Nawala
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Nawala lies between the Commercial Capital Colombo and the Administrativ ...
a suburb of Colombo.
Institute of Human Resource Advancement
The Institute of Human Resource Advancement, formerly the ''Institute of Workers Education'' provide access to education and lifelong learning for adults. It conducts studies in many areas that is part of adult education.
Institute of Agro Technology and Rural Science
The Institute of Agro Technology and Rural Science is an affiliated institute of for the UoC, located in
Hambantota
Hambantota ( si, හම්බන්තොට, ta, அம்பாந்தோட்டை) is the main town in Hambantota District, Southern Province, Sri LankaThe prominent Malays (මැලේ) most part of the population is to be partly de ...
* Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) (now functioning as the School of Computing)
* Institute of Workers Education (now Institute of Human Resource Advancement)
* Department of Architecture (now Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa)