Faculty of Medicine signs MoU with DSI (D. Samson Industries (Pvt) Ltd)
Faculty of Medicine signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DSI (D.Samson Industries PVT Ltd) on January 11, 2021. The objective of this partnership was to collaborate for the development and production of a Diabetic prescription shoe range. The number of diabetic patients in Sri Lanka is currently growing at an alarming level leading to […]
Commencement of Duties for the Year 2021
University of Colombo ceremonially commenced duties in the New Year on 01st January, with a special function at the College house premises. The ceremony was attended by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Chandrika Wijeyaratne, Deans, Directors and some key Academic and Administrative officers of the university . The function commenced with the hoisting of the National […]
Euphony Presents The Virtual Christmas Mashup 2020
The ‘Great Conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn
A rare lifetime celestial phenomenon in the western skies on December 21st Jupiter and Saturn may appear almost like an elongated ball of light A very rare celestial phenomenon will take place on December 21st night when the two biggest planets of the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn comes closure to each other probably appearing […]
Annual Research Symposium 2020 – Faculty of Law
Annual Research Symposium 2020, Faculty of Nursing
The 3rd Annual Research Symposium 2020 was organized by Faculty of Nursing under the theme of “Strengthening Nursing Education for Emerging Health System Challenges”, on 18th December 2020 at faculty premises via virtual mode. Faculty of Nursing annually conducts the research symposium for disseminating the research activities of academic of Faculty of Nursing as well […]
CIMA Excellence Awards 2020 – Prof. Tharusha N Gooneratne
Professor Tharusha N Gooneratne of the Department of Accounting of the Faculty of Management & Finance was one of the four award winners of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Research Excellence Award. She received the award at the first Global CIMA Excellence Awards virtual ceremony held on 11th December 2020 for her distinguished […]
Vice-Chancellor’s message – Current status of the Muttiah hostel
Dear Students and members of Staff of UoC, I understand there is a need for you to be accurately updated on the above issue. There appears to be a campaign of misinformation and defamation sponsored by some members of our own university community – who possibly have a different agenda. I have delayed this communication […]
UI GreenMetric Award 2020
Development of a genetic barcode for surveillance and malaria parasite tracking in Sri Lanka
No. 1 among Sri Lankan Universities in the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) 2020
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) 2020. 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 […]
International Research Symposium (DemARS 2020)
Three UoC researchers rank among the World’s top 2% in Stanford University list – 2020 Release
Annual Conference on ‘International Relations & the Bystander Effect”
Vice-Chancellor’s message – Establish the Faculty of Engineering
Dear members of Staff, Students, and Alumni of UoC I wish to inform you that Secretary Ministry of Education Professor Kapila Perera has informed members of the Council and Management Committee of the UoC, as of today, that the above plans made by the Ministry of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research & Innovation through the […]