Commencement of Academic Activities for New Entrants – Faculty of Arts
Academic Activities for the new entrants to the Faculty of Arts (intake 2014/15) , for the Academic Year 2015/16, was commenced on 25th April 2016. The New Orientation Programme (NOP) – 2016, of the Faculty of Arts, is based on a proposal submitted to the University Grants Commission as an alternative for the leadership training for […]
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 […]
12th South Asian Economic Students’ Meet (SAESM)
12th South Asian Economic Students’ Meet (SAESM) hosted by the Department of Economics, University of Colombo was successfully held from 3-5 April at the BMICH. The event aimed at enhancing the academic and non-academic skills of the young economists in the South Asian region. The conference was attended by 76 foreign students from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, […]
Colombo Job Fair 2016
The annual Job Fair 2016 organized by the Career Guidance Unit of the University of Colombo was held on Friday, 8th April 2016 in Arts faculty premises. The event is conducted with the objective of providing the chances for all graduates as well as undergraduates, to step in to the world of business. It is […]
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.
Law Goes Green 2016
As a step towards our vision to promote environmental conservation, the Department of Public and International Law of the Faculty of Law organized “Law Goes Green- 2016” (LGG 2016), a two-day programme targeting the advancement of environmental law knowledge base and environmental conservation, respectively on the 5th and 6th of April. The Green Seminar was […]
A delegation from Southern University of Science and Technology visited University of Colombo
Representing Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China and the International Center for Higher Education Innovations (ICHIE), a newly established UNESCO Category 2 Center; Dr. Ming Li, SUSTech University Council Chairman, the designated Director of ICHIE, Dr. Wei Han, SUSTech, Vice President for Human Resources and Students Affairs, the designated Associate Director of ICHIE, […]
Orion India visits University of Colombo
Mr. Narendra Kumar, Director of Operations, India and Ms. Merlyn Maria, an It Consultant, Orion India Systems Pvt. Ltd, India visited University of Colombo on 5th of April. During the visit they met Professor Lakshman Dissanayake , Vice Chancellor , University of Colombo and Professor Gihan Wickramanayake , the Director, University of Colombo, School of […]
University of Colombo Team wins third place at the International Olympiad in Theoretical Physics
The University of Colombo is one of the best and oldest institutions for higher studies in the South Asian region and has Alumni serving at top scientific and industrial positions around the world, from scientists at NASA to scientists working on the LIGO project which recently discovered experimental evidence of gravitational fields. A team of […]
Launch of a “Dictionary of Sinhala Spelling”
The launch of Sinhala Akshara Vinyasa Akaradiya ( A Dictionary of Sinhala Spelling – Fourth Revised Edition ) authored by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Department of Sinhala | University of Colombo was held on 31st March 2016, 3.00 pm at the M.B. Ariyapala auditorium Department of Sinhala , University of Colombo. Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake, the Vice Chancellor of […]
Oration 2016 – Intra University Best Speaker Competition
A competition that sparked interest and enthusiasm around the University of Colombo, Oration 2016 came to a close on 17th March 2016. This search for the Best Speaker was organized by the Gavel Club, University of Colombo, and it was the first time that a project of this nature had been undertaken by the undergraduates […]
