Inauguration Ceremony of the External Degree Programs of the Faculty of Science 2023
The Inauguration Ceremony of the External Degree Program 2023, Faculty of Science was held on the 15th of January 2023 at the New Art Theatre (NAT). The ceremony was organized by the ODLC, Centre for Open & Distance Learning Faculty of Science in collaboration with the “Cyber Campus,”. A total of 404 students were enrolled […]
Book Launch: Drama and Art of Drama
The experimental book “Drama and Art of Drama” written by Dr Ranjith Senanayake, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Sinhala Studies, was launched on January 12th, 2023 at the New Arts Theatre. The Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne, was the Chief Guest at the event. Additionally, the dean of the Faculty of Arts, […]
Naada Nu’23
The Music Society of the Faculty of Science is a space for like-minded students who share a love for music. As students from an environment of scientific learning, the Music Society provides a welcome respite as it encourages the pursuit of arts and creates well-rounded students. Initiated in 2015, the Music Society had the sole […]
A New Board Room for the Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science celebrated the opening of its new Board Room on the 3rd of January 2023. The event was attended by the Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne, Mr Rahal Abeyrathne, Works Engineer, and Mrs Tharushika Pathiranage, Former Deputy Registrar of the Faculty of Science. The building which will house the new […]
Long Service Awards Ceremony 2022
Digitalization of Tree Inventory
University of Colombo as a premier educational institute has already adopted Sustainable Development Goals. Following this, a comprehensive tree inventory has also been prepared for the university. The University started a digital form of tree inventory by using QR Code from 2nd January 2023 as part of the new year celebrations. Through scanning the QR […]
Commencement of Duties for Year 2023
University of Colombo ceremonially commenced duties of the New Year on the 2nd of January 2023, with a special function attended by Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne, the Vice-Chancellor along with Dr P. Mahanamahewa, Rector of Sri Palee Campus Deans of Faculties, Directors of institutes, Mr K.A.S. Edward, Registrar, Acting Bursar and all other staff members […]
General Convocation 2021
UOC launches Online Job portal
University of Colombo launched an Online Job Portal System “Gateway to the World of Work” on the 1st of December 2022 with the presence of the Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) HD Karunaratna as the chief guest of the event. The event was also attended by Professor MPP Dharmadasa, the Dean of the Faculty of […]
Dharmasiri Bandaranayaka Retrospective Cinema Festival – Sri Palee Campus
Dharmasiri Bandaranaike retrospective cinema festival was held on 30 November 2022 at the Arundhati theatre, Sri Palee Campus with the presence of veteran film director Mr Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, the rector, Dr Pratibha Mahanamaheva and staff members of the Sri Palee Campus. In this event, Dr Mahanamaheva presented the “Sri Palee Pranama” award to Mr Bandaranaike by […]
Award ceremony for state Universities: training program on mentoring offered by the academic mentoring program
AMP’s training program on mentoring was offered to all institutions of the University of Colombo, all state Universities (17) and professional colleges in Medicine during 2022 by the Faculty of Medicine, of the University of Colombo. A series of training sessions were conducted during this program with the support of both local experts and overseas […]
Awarding of Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation Scholarships for the 6th Consecutive year
The award ceremony of the Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation Scholarships – year 2022/2023 was held for the sixth consecutive year on 21st November 2022 at the Senate Hall of the University of Colombo. Based on the nominations submitted by the University, 17 undergraduate students from the Faculties of Management and Finance, Medicine, Science, Law, Education and […]
University of Colombo launches the JICA Chair Programme 2022/2023
With the aim of nurturing future leaders by adopting Japan’s experiences and lessons learned through its modernization and development, the University of Colombo launched the JICA Chair Programme in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Sri Lanka. The inaugural session of the programme titled “Meiji Revolution: Start of Full-scale Modernization” was successfully held as […]
AUA Executive Meeting 2022
The Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) is an academic alliance of the top universities in the Asian region. It was officially established in 2017 to fulfil the long-felt need of exploring an Asian identity in learning and research. The 15 founding member universities of AUA of which the University of Colombo (UOC) is a member of […]
Annual Research Symposium 2022 – Faculty of Technology
The sixth Annual Research Symposium (ARS) of the Faculty of Technology was held successfully under the patronage of the Chief Guest, the Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne on 2nd November 2022 at the Faculty of Technology premises at Pitipana, Homagama. The theme of this year’s research symposium was “Role of Technology in Mitigating […]
Awards Ceremony of the Advanced Certificate in Immunology 2022 – IBMBB
The Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB) concluded the successful completion of its 3rd Intake of the Advanced Certificate in Immunology – 2022 on 14th October 2022. The Awards Ceremony was held with the participation of the Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne as the chief guest, The Director of IBMBB, Professor […]
