A special Faculty Board meeting was held on the 24th of May, 2017 to appoint a new Dean for the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura as the term of office of the current Dean ends on 28th May 2017.  The meeting was chaired by the acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. P.B. Mandawela....Read More

New Academics were appointed to the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 19th May 2017. Total 30 academics were appointed and 22 of them were appointed as Senior Lecturers and 8 were appointed as Temporary Lecturers. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Sudantha Liyanage, Dean of the Faculty ,...Read More

Educational opportunities in Australia; University of Sri Jayewardenepura to light-up the way Openings for Joint split/Double – Undergraduate and Postgraduate Degrees In April 2017, a group of delegation led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sampath Amaratunge visited on an official invitation to the Universities in Australia has opened doors for the students to pursue their...Read More

US patent has been obtained by Dr. Jayantha Wijayabandara, former coordinator and Senior Lecturer of the B. Pharm Degree Program, Faculty of Medical Sciences, for a novel pharmacological property of β – Amyrin Acetate derived from Tabernaemontana dichotoma (Sinhala – Divi Kaduru) as a potent α – glucosidase inhibitor. This discovery also provides for the...Read More

It was an exciting moment in my life when I was standing in front of a big audience and waiting to listen to the final big comment by the judges: the winner of the Annual Japanese Speech Competition 2017. I had enough confidence in me to think that I delivered my speech well without any...Read More

USA and Denmark Scholarships Awarding Ceremony  was held on 16th May 2017 at Administration Board Room of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the University graced the ceremony as the chief guest. Mr. Ranjith  Iddamalgoda and Mr. Piyadasa from USA Alumna, Dr. Janaki Gunarathne from Denmark scholarships, participated to the event...Read More

Inauguration of Certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE 2017),  which is conducted by the Staff Development Centre of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Certificate awarding ceremony was held on 21st April 2017. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice chancellor of the University, Several Deans and academic members graced the event.Read More

Chamathya Fernando, an undergraduate of University at Sri Jayewardenepura received Emerging Young Leaders Award for international youth (18-25) who have shown the tenacity and courage to promote conflict resolution and prevent crime and violence in their communities at U.S. Department of State on 5th may 2017. Chamathya Fernando  coordinates the “Stop the Violence” Campaign of Sri Lanka...Read More

Materializing the MoU between the Stretchline (Pvt) Ltd and Center for Sustainability (CFS) of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science – USJP, restoration of 3 acres of degraded forest in Yagirala Forest was initiated on 5th May 2017. Representing Stretchline (Pvt) Ltd, about 20 delegates including the management of company’s sustainability division participated this...Read More

The Standing Committee of Library and Information Science – UGC (SCOLIS) has initiated a Document Delivery Service for the University Community especially for Academic Staff members; wherein Complete Research articles can be requested if the required article is not available in their existing databases or not available through open access sites. If interested in enjoying...Read More