OUR UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
University of Colombo achieves an excellent reputation for research & innovation and teaching excellence since 1921. Our current rankings place us among one of the best universities in Sri Lanka.
Webometrics
| CATEGORY | 2023 February | 2022 July | 2022 February | 2021 July | 2021 February | 2020 July | 2020 February |
| World Rank | 1470 | 1531 | 1634 | 1591 | 1692 | 1752 | 2113 |
| Country Rank | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Times Higher Education
| CATEGORY | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| World Rank | 601–800 | 801–1000 | 1001+ | 1001+ | 1001+ |
| Asia Rank |
NYR
|
201-250 | 301-350 | 401+ | 301-350 |
| Country Rank | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Impact Ranking (Global) |
NYR
|
601-800 | 601-800 | 401-600 | 301+ |
| World Rankings by subject: Clinical and Health |
301–400
|
401–500 | 501–600 | 601+ | 601+ |
| World Rankings by subject: Life Sciences |
NYR
|
601–800 | 601–800 | – | – |
| World Rankings by subject: Social sciences |
801+
|
601+ | – | – | – |
| World Rankings by Physical Sciences |
1001+
|
1001+ | – | – | – |
| World Rankings by Emerging Economies |
NYR
|
251–300 | 301–350 | 401-500 | 301–350 |
* NYR – Not Yet Released
Scimago
| CATEGORY | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| World Rank | 5693 | 4750 | 4116 | 4451 | 4360 | 4320 | 4104 |
| Country Rank | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
* Ranks have been updated based on the new ranking methodology introduced in the 2023 release.
QS Rankings
| CATEGORY | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
| World Rank | 1201-1400 | 1001-1200 | 1001+ | 1001+ | 800-1000 |
| Asia Rank | 301-350 | 301-350 | 291-300 | 271-280 | =188 |
| Rank | 65 | – | – | – | – |
| World Graduate Employability Rankings |
NYR
|
301-500 | – | 301-500 | 301-500 |
* NYR – Not Yet Released
UI GreenMetric
| CATEGORY | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
| World Rank | 262 | 297 | 443 |
| Country Rank | 2 | 3 | 4 |
RANKINGS HIGHLIGHTS
Feb
01
Dec
12
Oct
12
Aug
03
Apr
07
Feb
01
Dec
15
Jul
28
Jun
02
Apr
30
Feb
03
Dec
08