General Convocation – 2015
The General Convocation of the University of Colombo was held on 15th and 16th of August, 2016 at the BMICH for the conferment of Bachelor’s Degrees of the University of Colombo. The Convocation was consisted of six (06) sessions. His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis, the Chancellor of the University of Colombo was […]
Zhenjiang University, China to collaborate with University of Colombo
Professor Wang Li, Dean of the International College, Mr. Cai Zusen, Deputy Director, the office of the undergraduate program, International College, Zhejiang University, China, visited the University of Colombo on 12th August. During their visit, the delegates met Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo, and Professor K.R.R. Mahanama, Dean of the Faculty […]
International Seminar on “Revisiting Rabindranath Tagore’s Legacy”
The Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies (CCIS) of the University of Colombo in collaboration with the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), Colombo organized the International Seminar on “Revisiting Rabindranath Tagore’s Legacy” on 4 August 2016 from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm at the Senate Hall, College House, University of Colombo to commemorate the 75th Death Anniversary […]
World University Web Ranking – July 2016
According to recent (July 2016) Webometric ranking, University of Colombo continues its position as number one university in Sri Lanka. Most importantly, it has improved 146 positions from January 2016 rank and with this improvement, University of Colombo has now become the only university in Sri Lanka which is seen within the top 2000 universities […]
A visit from Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran
Professor Seyyed Mohammad Reza Khalili, Regional representative of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran, and Mohamed Oraree Karimi, the cultural Counselor of Iran Cultural Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Sri Lanka visited University of Colombo on 21st July. During the visit, Professor Khalili met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor of the […]
Guest Lecture on How Economic Development Creates Poverty ?
The Department of Geography with collaboration of Sri Lanka Association of Geographers (SLAG) organized a guest lecture on “How Economic Development Creates Poverty ? “, on 12th July 2016, from 2.00 p.m. onwards at M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Faculty of Arts. The lecture was delivered by Prof. Lakshman Yapa, Pennsylvania State University , USA. Lakshman […]
Visit from South China Normal University
Professor Liu Yongqin, the Executive Vice Dean of College of International Culture, Professor Pan Wending, the Executive Vice Dean of School of Economics and Management, Ms. Du Danyun, Office of the International Exchange & Cooperation, Ms. Ye Xiaoni, Program Director, Office of the International Exchange & Cooperation, Mr. Dai Xiangbin, Head of the International Office, […]
Felicitation Ceremony for Senior Professor S. T. Hettige
As a mark of gratitude to Prof. Siri Hettige in recognition of his long service to the University of Colombo, the Department of Sociology organized a felicitation ceremony on the 07th of July, 2016 at the Senate Hall of the University of Colombo from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Professor S.T. Hettige, Senior Professor in Sociology, secured […]
4th National Symposium on Traditional Medicine 2016 on “Healthy Women for Wealthy Nation”
The 4th National Symposium on Traditional Medicine 2016 on “Healthy Women for Wealthy Nation” was organized by the Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka on 3rd June 2016. The aim of the symposium is to encourage academics, medical officers, young researchers, and students to collaborate with traditional practitioners in multi-disciplinary fields […]
University of Colombo obtains grade “A” at the Institutional Review 2016
University of Colombo obtains grade “A” in grading of overall university performances at the Institutional Review 2016. Accordingly, the Quality of Education and Standards of Awards of the University of Colombo is given an Overall Grade of Very Good. The following criteria were measured at the Institutional Review. Governance and Management Curriculum Design and Development […]
Business Case Competition 2016
The Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo organized the “Business Case Competition 2016” for the third and final year undergraduates of the Faculty with the sponsorship of HSBC. Here, an unseen case (obtained from Asia Case Research Center of the Hong Kong University) was given to all the teams with three (3) hours […]
The Department of Economics has won the international Award for the Best IFITT-Talk of the year 2015
The Department of Economics, University of Colombo has won the international Award for the Best IFITT-Talk of the year 2015 from the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel & Tourism (IFITT). The IFITT announced the winning of this prestigious Best IFITT-Talk of the Year Award – 2015 to the Department of Economics. This international award has been bestowed […]
An Industry-Interactive Annual Research Symposium of Tourism Economics and Hotel Management
The Department of Economics together its students of the Masters in Tourism Economics and Hotel Management (MTEHM) Programme has organized its very first Research-Based Symposium on 1st April 2016 at the Main Library Auditorium, University of Colombo under theme of “Enlightening and Integrating Sustainable Tourism Development through Industry Interactive Tourism Research”. This tourism research symposium […]
The Professor Lakshman S. Perera Memorial Lecture
On the 17th of March 2016 the Department of History hosted the inaugural Prof. Lakshman S. Perera Memorial Lecture at the Senate Room, College House. Prof Lakshman S. Perera became a full time staff member of the Department of History of the University of Ceylon, after completing his honours degree in History in 1942. In […]
සරසවි බක්මහ උළෙල – 2016
පුරවර සරසවි බක්මහ උළෙල අප්රේල් 09 දවස පුරා කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ ක්රීඩාංගණයේදී උපකුලපති මහාචාර්ය ලක්ෂ්මන් දිසානායක ප්රධානත්වයෙන් සහ විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ සියලුම කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයේ සහබාගීත්වයෙන් ඉතාමත් උත්කර්ෂවත් අන්දමින්, ලබන්නාවූ සිංහල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ සියලු කාර්ය මණ්ඩලයට ම සරුසාර වෙන්නයි පතමින් මෙම අවුරුදු උත්සවය පවත්වන ලදි. මෙම උත්සවය සාම්ප්රදායික ජන ක්රීඩා රාශියකින් වර්ණවත් විය.
