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Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its World University Rankings 2026 on 19th June 2025, featuring 1501 institutions from 106 locations worldwide. The QS Rankings serve as a globally recognised benchmark for evaluating universities based on five key indicators: Research and Discovery, Employability and Outcomes, Learning Experience, Global Engagement, and Sustainability. Four Sri Lankan universities are featured […]

On 22 January 2025, the University of Colombo was ranked in the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject, reaffirming its dedication to academic and research excellence. The THE World University Rankings by Subject 2025 methodology evaluates universities across 11 subject areas using a refined version of the overall World University Rankings […]

The University of Colombo has reached an extraordinary milestone by attaining the top position in the Times Higher Education World Rankings, QS World Rankings, Scimago Institutions Rankings, and Webometrics Rankings, solidifying its status as Sri Lanka's leading academic institution. It is the first university in Sri Lanka to achieve the highest rank in all four [...]

The University of Colombo has reaffirmed its excellence by securing the leading position among Sri Lankan universities in the 2nd edition of the Webometrics Ranking 2024. The university also achieved the top rank in the 1st edition of the year 2024. Remarkably, it has attained the 1591st spot globally. This ranking recognizes the university’s exceptional [...]

The University of Colombo proudly maintains its position as the top-ranking university in Sri Lanka according to the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) for 2024. SIR is a comprehensive evaluation system that considers various aspects of academic and research institutions, including research performance, innovation outputs, and societal impact. The University of Colombo’s continued excellence is evident […]

The University of Colombo has reaffirmed its excellence by securing the leading position among Sri Lankan universities in the 1st edition of the Webometrics Ranking 2024. Remarkably, the university has achieved the 1427th spot globally. This ranking recognizes the university's exceptional performance across several criteria, including the influence of its online content, citations in prominent [...]

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the global higher education analyst, released the sophomore edition of the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024 on 5th December 2023. This has featured 1397 institutions across 95 countries and territories and the University of Toronto, Canada was crowned the world’s most sustainable university this year. The ranking also included two universities [...]

The University of Colombo has achieved an unprecedented milestone by securing the top position in Times Higher Education World Rankings, QS World Rankings, and Webometrics Rankings, establishing itself as the premier academic institution in Sri Lanka. In an extraordinary achievement, the University of Colombo has become the first university in Sri Lanka to secure the […]

The Times Higher Education (THE) released its 2024 World University Rankings on September 27, 2023. This year, the overall ranking includes 1,904 institutes from around the world, and the University of Colombo is ranked 1001 – 1200th. Among the five Sri Lankan universities and one institute that were considered for the 2024 World University Rankings […]

The University of Colombo has once again proven its excellence by securing the top position among Sri Lankan universities in the second edition of the Webometrics Ranking 2023. The university has achieved an impressive 46th rank in South Asia and 1487th rank worldwide. The 20th anniversary edition of the Webometrics Ranking, spanning from 2004 to [...]

QS Rankings announced its QS World University Rankings 2024, the 20th anniversary edition, on June 27th, 2023. The QS World University Rankings evaluates universities based on various factors, including institutional research and discovery, employability and outcomes, learning experience, global engagement, and sustainability. Notably, the University of Colombo has made a significant leap in its ranking, [...]

The Times Higher Education recently released its Asia University Rankings for 2023, which incorporates 13 performance indicators similar to those used in the THE World University Rankings. The Asia University Rankings assesses universities based on their core missions, which encompass teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook. The University of Colombo has demonstrated remarkable advancement [...]

The Times Higher Education (THE) released the fifth edition of THE Impact Rankings on the 1 of June 2023. This year, the overall ranking includes 1591 universities from 112 countries/regions. THE Impact Rankings serves as a global benchmark for universities, evaluating their performance in alignment with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through calibrated [...]

University of Colombo is proud to announce that it has once again retained its position as the top university in Sri Lanka in the first edition of the 2023 Webometrics Ranking. This is the 20th Anniversary Edition (2004-2023) of the Webometrics Ranking, which evaluates the impact of a university's web content, citations in top Google [...]