“Globalization is a concept of high competition; however is competition the way forward in terms of welfare? We promote students to work towards profit; however we have not ignored welfare. There should be fine balance between everything and this is what we need harvest in ourselves as we move forward,” Professor Sampath Amaratunge, the Vice...Read More
A group of delegates led by Professor Chih-Wen Kuo, Professor / Vice President for International Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan accompanied with professors from College of Science, Multidisciplinary and Data Science Research Center, International Business MBA (IBMBA), Global HRM English MBA Program, Division of International Relations, Office of International Affairs and Department of...Read More
13th International Conference on Pali and Buddhist Studies 2017, organized by the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, was held on 6th December 2017 at Sumangala Reading Hall. Keynote speaker of this year’s conference was Prof. Maeshiro Teruaki from the Buddhist University in Kyoto, Japan. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice chancellor of...Read More
The opening ceremony of the novel department “Department of Sports Science” in the Faculty of Applied Sciences in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura was taken place on 7th December 2017 on the auspicious time (9.00 am) with the blessings of Mahasangha. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura graced the ceremony as the chief...Read More
“There isn’t a way things should be. There’s just what happens, and what we do.” – Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky. Even though ambitions and dreams are questioned and spoken of during school days, many students begin the phase of their higher education with no specific idea as to what they aspire to...Read More
Department of Accounting of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce extended their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a second term of three years with Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom (UK on Thursday, 30th November 2017 at the premises of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The ACCA, founded in 1904 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1974, is the...Read More
A group of 10 Korean delegates including professors /academics from Korea Food Research Institute and Tea Industrialists from the Republic of South Korea were invited for the International Symposium on Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Educational Exhibition & Trade Fair- TradMed International, 2017- Sri Lanka organized by the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, in collaboration with the University...Read More
Launching ceremony of “Vidharani” an academic volume annually published by the Students Association of the Department of History and Archaeology in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held on 23rd November 2017 at Sumangala Reading Hall. One Volume was entitled as “Prof. Malani Andagama Honorary Volume” and the other one as “Prof. T. G. Kulathunge Honorary...Read More
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) is a research funding arm of Ministry of Education, Science & Technology (MEXT), and works closely with universities/ research institutes in and outside Japan. Visit of Mr. Yuji NISHIKAWA, India Liaison Representative of JST, to University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJP) was to search for future possibility of promoting joint research activities with JST paving way for postgraduate opportunities with Japan....Read More
Dr. Anura Kumara, Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has mentioned the aspiration of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura to become an ‘Entrepreneurial University” with his interview to Sunday Observer on 03rd December 2017. The University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) is setting sights on transforming itself into an entrepreneurial university...Read More
