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 […]
UOC signs an MOU with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the University of Colombo on 29th December 2022. The purpose of the MoU is to design, establish and operationalize a Youth Wellness Centre at the Faculty of Arts to address the wellness needs of students of the Faculty. Specific Objectives of […]
General Convocation 2021
Prof. Tilak Hettiarachchy Award for Academic Excellence – General Convocation 2021
D. P. P. Samarasekara Peace Prize – General Convocation 2021
Canekeratne Prize for General Merit – General Convocation 2021
Student of the Year of the General Convocation 2021
Sudden unexpected drop of air quality in Sri Lanka
National Building Research Organization (NBRO), Sri Lanka, has observed unhealthy air quality levels in many parts of Sri Lanka since the 7th & 8th of December 2022. The air quality index (AQI) in most parts of the country has been between 150 and 200. The unhealthy air quality observed has been attributed to a rise […]
UOC advances in the UI GreenMetric 2022
University of Colombo has been able to advance in its rank from 297 in 2021 to 262 in 2022, out of the 1050 universities which applied for the UI GreenMetric Award 2022. University has also been ranked 2nd among the Sri Lankan Universities, falling behind University of Kelaniya (no. 01). The University of Colombo applied […]
UOC signs an MOU with the Centre for Defense Research and Development (CDRD)
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Center for Defense Research and Development (CDRD) and University of Colombo on 8th December 2022. This was based on CDRD inviting UOC to have collaborative research on national concerns of the country by sharing the expertise of the UOC. CDRD was established on 29th July 2006 with […]
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 […]
4th Undergraduate Research Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences (URSHSS) 2022
The 4th Undergraduate Research Symposium of Humanities and Social Sciences [URSHSS-2022] of the Faculty of Arts was held on November 24, 2022, with the presence of the Chief Guest, Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo and Guest of Honor, Senior Professor Lasantha Manawadu, Dean Faculty of Arts. The […]
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 […]
