Inter Faculty Freshers’ Tournament 2019 – Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony of the Inter-Faculty Freshers’ Tournament 2019 was held on 26th of November 2019 at the New Arts Theatre. University of Colombo School of Computing emerged as the Champions and the Faculty of Science became the 1st Runner-up. The 2nd runner-up was the Faculty of Management & Finance. View more Photos in FOS […]
University of Colombo hosts AUA Executives’ Meeting 2019
The University of Colombo, a founding member of the Alliance successfully hosted the Executives’ Meeting on 21st and 22nd November 2019. The consortium houses fifteen flagship seats of higher learning in Asia including the University of Colombo. Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo is the current Executive President of […]
Annual Research Symposium 2019
Delegation from Robert Koch Institute visits University of Colombo
A delegation led by the Head of the division of highly pathogenic viruses at the Center for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS) at Robert Koch-Institute, Germany, Professor Andreas Nitsche visited University of Colombo on 20th of November. Dr. Janine Michel, Ms. Juliane Fraissinet, Ms. Beate Becker-Ziaja, Ms. Franziska Schwarz and Ms. Caroline Eberle representing […]
Corpora, Archives & Performance: Sri Lankan Languages and Literature
Corpora, Archives and Performance: A Conference on Sri Lanka Languages and Literature” organised by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, was recently held with the participation of Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Dr. Shermal Wijewardene, Head, Department of English. Day One included an […]
Conference on ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific’
The Departments of International Relations and Economics from the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Republic of Poland held a two day conference titled: ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific: Harnessing the future of Poland-Sri Lanka Relations through multi-track […]
Dean’s Lecture Series – Faculty of Arts
The 5th lecture of the Dean’s lecture series in the Faculty of Arts was held on 1st November 2019 at the Faculty Board Room. Professor Suresh Canagarajah (Edwin Erle Sparks Professor, Pennsylvania State University, USA), delivered the lecture on ‘Post-colonial English Language Curriculum Practices in South Asia’ and Dr. Wenura Palihawadana (Consultant Psychiatrist, Base Hospital, […]
Radioactive Mineralogy Seminar
Radioactive mineralogy seminar organized by Scintilla – Nuclear Science Society in collaboration with Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science Section E2 was held in 29th October 2019 at the Faculty of Science premises with the participation of 110 students.
14th Annual International Research Conference on Management and Finance
The International Research Conference on Management and Finance (IRCMF) organized by the Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo was held on 25th October this year for the 14th consecutive time. Through this conference, the faculty continued its rich academic tradition by enabling academics of the management discipline to engage, debate, and present their […]
SLAYS Conference 2019
Promoting Impactful Research for Young Sri Lankan Scientists: SLAYS Conference 2019 The Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) successfully held their 3rd annual international conference on the 16th of October 2019 at the Grand Crystal Ball room, Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo. Considered the largest conference among early to mid-career scientists from academia and industry […]
Closing Ceremony of the Sri Lanka University Games XIII 2019
The Closing Ceremony of the Sri Lanka University Games XIII 2019 was held on 7th of September 2019 at the Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Auditorium, University of Ruhuna. Mr. Kumar Sangakkara, a former Captain of the Sri Lankan National Cricket team, was the chief guest of this colorful event. University of Sri Jayewardenepura emerged as the […]
Cultural Workshop on Chinese Tea
The Confucius Institute at University of Colombo, co-organized a Cultural Workshop on Chinese Tea named as “The Taste of Chinese Tea from the Beautiful Yunnan Province” on 5th September 2019 in the Green Table area, Faculty of Arts. Venerable Professor Medawachchiye Dhammajothi Thero, the Local Director of CIUC, gave a welcome address to all invitees. […]
International Symposium on ‘Sociology for Everyday Life’
The International Research Symposium of the Department of Sociology organized in celebration of its fiftieth milestone, with the theme ‘Sociology for everyday life‘ was held successfully on the 3rd and 4th of September 2019 at the University of Colombo premises. The inauguration ceremony was held on the 3rd of September at the College House Auditorium. The Chief […]
12th Annual Vidya Jyothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake Memorial Oration 2019 and ICTer 2019
12th Annual Vidya Jyothi Professor V. K. Samaranayake Memorial Oration 2019 and 19th International Conference on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions Conference Inauguration was held on Monday 2nd September 2019 at the Vidya Jyothi Professor V K Samaranayake Auditorium, University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC). View more photos on Facebook – Day 1 […]
Grantsmanship workshop – Successful grant writing: principles, pearls & pitfalls
The University Business Linkage (UBL) Cell hosted ‘A Workshop on Successful Grant Writing: Principles, Pearls and Pitfalls’, its inaugural event, on 30th August 2019 at the Senate Hall of University of Colombo. The Workshop that was widely attended by young academic staff representing all Faculties of the University lead by the Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika […]
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Program 2019 Inauguration
The Faculty of Management and Finance inaugurated its Doctor of Business Administration program on 23rd August 2019. The event was held with the participation of the Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne. Dr. Darin Gunasekara, the Chief Executive Director – Wiros Lakh Institute, delivered an inspiring keynote speech at the event.
