“Green Talk”, Stopping Plastic Pollution
The Center for Environmental Initiatives, University of Colombo organized its monthly green talk for the second time to enhance environmental awareness among university community on recent environmental problems. The second green talk on “Stopping Plastic Pollution” delivered by Professor Ajith De Alwis on Wednesday 09th May 2018 at 4.00 p.m to 5.00 p.m at the […]
Garlanding of the Bust of Rabindranath Tagor
To commemorate the 157th Birth Anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore,the Centre for Contemporary Indian Studies (CCIS) of the University of Colombo in collaboration with the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), Colombo celebrated the Garlanding of the Bust of Rabindranath Tagore at the Main Library of the University of Colombo on 8th May 2018 at 9.30 […]
Inaugural Ceremony – Certificate Course in “Introduction to Buddhist Studies”
The Department of Buddhist Studies commenced a certificate course in Introduction to Buddhist Studies on 05th May 2018. The course aims to provide a substantial knowledge of Buddhism in English through the Buddhist sources and to improve the students’ skills to translate Pali verses and process. The eminent scholars Professor Oliver Abenayake, Professor Ven. M. […]
Postgraduate Inauguration of the UCSC
The Postgraduate Inauguration of the UCSC was held on Saturday, 5th May 2018 at the Professor V K Samaranayake Auditorium with the Participation of the Chief Guest, Professor J. B. Dissanayake.
‘Quality is in the Eye of the Beholder: Relevance, Credibility, and International Visibility’ – INQAAHE 2018
The INQAAHE Forum of 2018 was hosted by the Tertiary Education Commission of Mauritius, from 2nd to 4th May 2018 at Le Meridian Hotel in Mauritius. The conference was themed ‘’Quality is in the Eye of the Beholder: Relevance, Credibility, and International Visibility”. The Director of the Internal Quality Assurance Unit Professor Wipula B. Yapa […]
Vesak Festival 2018
To mark the Vesak Festival 2018, the “Dhamma” preaching programme, “Dansela” and the “Bhakthi-Gee” ශ්රද්ධ්රාංජලි බැති ගී සරණිය presentations were inaugurated by the Buddhist Association of the University Colombo on 02nd of May 2018 at the Faculty of Science premises. Meanwhile, the “Vesak Kavi Dahana” was organized by the United students’ union of Faculty of Art […]
Inauguration Ceremony – Diploma and MA in Sinhala
The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala, 2018 conducted by the Department of Sinhala was held on 27th April 2018 at 9.30 AM at the M B Ariyapala auditorium, department of Sinhala, University of Colombo. Professor Premakumara De Silva, Dean, faculty of Arts, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and Dr. Praneeth Abeysundara, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, […]
Sinhala & Tamil New Year Festival 2018
Students of the University of Colombo celebrated the Sinhala & Tamil New Year Festival 2018 at the University premises on 25th of April 2018. The Faculty of Arts students organized the “Kolompura Kowlsara” කොලොම්පුර කොවුල්ර සර at the University Play Ground and the students of Faculty of Law organized the “Wasantha Udana” වසන්ත උදානය at the […]
Inauguration of Masters in Education, Faculty of Education
The inauguration of Masters in Education (Full time) was held on 23rd April 2018 at 10.30 am at the Faculty of Education. Masters in Education (M.Ed) Full Time course is a one year degree programme. The M. Ed course is conducted by the four Departments of the Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. The Faculty […]
Global University Medical Challenge (GUMC)
Team from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo placed 3rd and was awarded a cash prize of US$ 750 in the Global University Medical Challenge (GUMC) 2018, which was held in the International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 14-15 April 2018. Chirath Madurapperuma (Final year), Wasana Kodithuwakku (4th year) and Hiruni Udara (2nd […]
The 14th Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration
High Commissioner H.E. Taranjit Singh Sandhu High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka delivered the 14th Annual Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration on Tuesday, 3rd April 2018 at the BMICH on the topic ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas : Together We Progress’ India Sri Lanka Relations in the light of India’s Neighbourhood First Policy. The High Commissioner […]
Asia Pacific Moot Court Competition 2018
The “Shri N J Yasaswy Memorial Asia Pacific Moot Court Competition 2018”, hosted by The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, India. The Competition was held from 29th March to 1st April 2018 and ten teams took part in the said competition including university teams from India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The team from Faculty […]
Stat Day 2018 – “Decision Making through Quality Data”
The Most Prominent event of the Stat Circle, “Stat Day 2018”, was held on 27th of March, 2018 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Main Auditorium, with the Participation of the Chief Guest, The Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor Lakshman Disanayaka. The Program consisted of a keynote speech by Mr. Rohana Wijesekera, Director of Statistics, Central Bank […]
The Asia Pacific Conference 2018
The Opening Ceremony of the Asia Pacific Conference 2018, was held at the UCSC Auditorium, University of Colombo on 19 March 2018. The Ceremony was officially opened by the Chief Guest, Minister of Project Management, Youth Affairs and Southern Development, Hon. Sagala Ratnayaka. The Other Guests were The Vice Chancellor University of Colombo, Senior Professor […]
Delegation from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
A delegation from Taipei Medical University, Taiwan visited University of Colombo and met Senior Professor Lakshman Disanayaka, Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo, Professor Indika Karunathilake, Faculty of Medicine and Dr. Kokila Konasinghe, Director, International Office. During the meeting held at the university both parties discussed about ongoing academic collaboration between the two universities. The meeting […]
Delegation from Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Professor Jia Wenjian, Vice President, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China visited University of Colombo on 16th March 2018 and met Senior Professor Lakshman Disanayaka, Vice Chancellor University of Colombo, Professor Premakumara De Silva, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Ven. Prof. M. Dhammajothi Thero, Director, Confucius Institute, University of Colombo and Dr. Kokila Konasinghe, Director , International […]
