Out-Bound Training (OBT) Program for Captains and Vice-captains
An Out-Bound Training (OBT) program was held for Captains and Vice Captains of all sports and games of the University to enhance their leadership skills on 28th of May 2022. Student representatives from the Sri Palee Campus, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, Faculty of Technology, and Faculty of Nursing were also present at the program which […]
College House – The Cradle of Sri Lanka’s University Education
Inaugural Event at the New Auditorium of UCFM Tower, Faculty of Medicine
The Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) H. D. Karunaratne, visited the new auditorium of UCFM tower, Faculty of Medicine on 17th May 2022. This is in concurrent to the 497th meeting of the Faculty Board of Faculty of Medicine which happened to be the inaugural event to be held at the new auditorium of the UCFM […]
The Faculty of Law warmly welcomes the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor during his visit to the Faculty
The newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) H. D. Karunaratne visited the Faculty of Law on the 5th of May, 2022. He was warmly welcomed by the academic and non-academic staff of the Faculty of Law, headed by the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Sampath Punchihewa. The visit was made with the intention […]
Annual Planning Workshop 2022 – Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science successfully conducted its 3rd Annual Planning Workshop on April 29 2022 at the Auditorium of the Information Learning Centre, Faculty of Science. The main objective of the workshop was to review activities proposed at 2nd Annual Planning Workshop (held on March 26, 2021) and develop a next year Action Plan based […]
The Official Visit of the Newly Appointed Vice-Chancellor to Sri Palee Campus
Senior Professor (Chair), H. D. Karunaratne, newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo, paid his first official visit to the Sri Palee Campus on the 26th of April 2022. After taking office, this was the Vice Chancellor’s first official visit to an out-of-city higher seat of learning affiliated with the University of Colombo. Sri […]
Non-Academic Annual Planning Workshop 2022 – Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science successfully conducted its 1st Non-Academic Annual Planning Workshop on April 22, 2022, at the Auditorium of the Information and Learning Centre, Faculty of Science. The main objective of the workshop was to obtain feedback from Non-Academic Staff on how they could increase their efficiency and contribute more to the development of […]
Assumption of duties of the 19th Vice Chancellor
Opening Ceremony of the Kalinga Mawatha Women’s Hostel
The launching ceremony of the Coffee Table Book College House
The launching ceremony of the Coffee Table Book College House – the Cradle of Sri Lanka’s University Education edited by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa and Dr. Shravika Amarasekara was held on Saturday, 9th April 2022 at 3.00 pm at Senate Hall, College House, University of Colombo. The launch of this volume also marked the declaration of […]
No. 1 among Sri Lankan Universities in the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2022
The University of Colombo is pleased to announce that it has retained its top position among Sri Lankan Universities in the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2022. This is a classification of academic and research-related institutions ranked by a composite indicator that combines three different sets of indicators based on research performance, innovation outputs, and societal […]
Vice-Chancellor’s message – An Asteroid Named to Honour University of Colombo
Dear Members of Staff, Students, and Alumni of the UoC, I take pleasure and pride in sharing with you some heartwarming news – of how a distinguished alumnus of the Faculty of Science UoC and currently working in the USA, Dr. Nalin Samarasinha, has named an asteroid discovered by him and his team in the […]
UoC Team advances to the Semi-Final of the Jean Pictet Competition 2022
The Jean-Pictet Competition enables students to become better acquainted with international humanitarian law, using simulated events and role-playing based on fictitious situations of armed conflict. The prestigious competition is significantly different from other international law competitions as it aims to take the ‘law out of the books’. This year, the team representing the Faculty of […]
Group visit by Indian Institute of Madras, India
A group led by Professor Preeti Aghalayam- Faculty Advisor, Global Academic Activities, Indian Institute of Madras, India visited the University of Colombo and met Professor M.P.P. Dharmadhasa, the Acting Vice Chancellor on 25 March 2022. During the meeting, both parties discussed the potential avenues of cooperation between the two universities where Professor Aghalayam was accompanied […]
