World No Tobacco Day-2019
World Health Organization (WHO) has declared every year 31st of May as the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The main aim of this campaign is to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure. This year the theme of the WNTD is “tobacco and lung health”, highlighting the: […]
Ms Achalie Kumarage receives Colin B. Picker Prize by the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law
Ms. Achalie Kumarage, Lecturer at Department of Private and Comparative Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo was awarded the ‘Colin B. Picker Prize’ by the Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparaive Law. The prize was awarded to her paper themed ‘Oversimplifying Legal Realities: Gender Indicators and Aspiring Law Reforms […]
Extension and Postgraduate Programme Review Workshop – Faculty of Arts
The Extension and Postgraduate Programme Review Workshop 2019 was held under the patronage of Senior Professor Premakumara De Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts, on 9th – 10th May 2019, in the Faculty of Arts premises. Professor Vipula B. Yapa, Director, Internal Quality Assurance Unit, University of Colombo and Professor Prasad Sethunga, Director, Internal Quality […]
Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Summit 2019 – Presidents Forum
The third annual Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Presidents Forum was successfully held in Hong Kong on 14 April 2019, hosted by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Comprising two sessions of panel discussions, this year’s President Forum was attended by more than 150 guests, including students and faculty from HKUST and the […]
Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Summit 2019
The third annual Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Summit was successfully held in Hong Kong on 13-14 April 2018. Comprised of two Working Group Meetings, the AUA Board Meeting, and Presidents Forum, this year’s Summit welcomed 60 delegates from all 15 member universities, the largest delegation ever. Session one of the Board Meeting, chaired by Professor […]
Newly appointed Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne
Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne assumed duties as the 18th Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo on 12th April 2019. She is an alumnus and an academic in Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo since 1993. She is Senior Professor since 2010, having qualified […]
Farewell to the Outgoing Vice Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake
Farewell to the Outgoing Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, was held at the College House premises on 9th of April 2019. The event was organized by the University of Colombo Sports and Welfare Society. View more photos on Facebook
“Coffee Table” Book Launching Ceremony
In the history of Colombo University of Sri Lanka the first ever Coffee Table Book was launched on April 7, 2019, at 11.30 a.m at the New Arts Theatre by the Alumni Unity of the 1960s of the University of Ceylon, Colombo. This Publication contains attractive photographs depicting the history of the University and the […]
Appreciation of the Vice Chancellor and Corporate sector
An event was held on 4th April 2019 at the Senate Hall of the University of Colombo in appreciation of Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, The Vice Chancellor and the corporate sector which contributed to the Business and Environment Degree Programme of the Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. The […]
Colombo Job Fair 2019
Colombo Job Fair-2019, organized by the Career Guidance Units of the University of Colombo, was held on 03rd April 2019 at the University premises. More than 120 reputed companies participated in the CJF 2019. Colombo Job Fair is an event that gives students and employers a chance to meet one another, establish professional relationships, and […]
Public Lecture by Arefa Tehsin – CCIS
Public lecture on Mysteries of the Jungles was conducted by Arefa Tehsin, Wild Life Author on 3rd April at the Main Library of the University of Colombo. Academic staff, non –academic staff and students were participated at the forum. Arefa Tehsin spoke about the real-life encounters of her naturalist father Raza H. Tehsin in the […]
Sinhala & Tamil New Year Festival 2019
University of Colombo celebrated the Sinhala & Tamil New Year Festival 2019 at the University Ground premises on 30th of March 2019. Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Vice Chancellor presided over the event as the Chief Guest. View more photos on Facebook
Inauguration Ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala programme (8th batch) was held on 30th March 2019 at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. Senior Professor Premakumara De Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts, chaired the inauguration ceremony and the welcome address was delivered by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Head – Department of Sinhala. […]
INQAAHE and APQN 2019 Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won the bid to host the annual INQAAHE Conference, the 15th Biennial Conference of INQAAHE and (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education), and held it from 26th to 28th March 2019 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo. The conference was themed “Quality Assurance, Qualifications, and Recognition: Fostering […]
75th Death Anniversary Seminar on Munidasa Cumaratunga
To Commemorate the 75th Death Anniversary of Munidasa Cumaratunga, eminent scholar, grammarian, writer, poet and journalist of the 20th Century Sri Lanka, the Department of Sinhala organized a seminar on 28th March 2019 at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium. The Most Venerable Balangoda Sobitha Nahimi Thero, The Principal of the Vidyoddaya Pirivena and the Chief […]
15th Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration
Mr. Tony Weerasinghe, Founder of MillenniumIT, eChanneling and Ustocktrade delivered the 15th Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration on Thursday, 28th of March 2019 at the BMICH on the topic “Up in the Cloud”: Using Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation to transform Sri Lanka to a Developed Country. Weerasinghe was escorted by Ceremonial Procession to the Hall […]
