The Department of English Language Teaching of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura has launched a service to provide help for English Language Learners to have a practice partner for writing/texting in English. The Basha Buddy system is run by the Alumni of the English Language Society (ELS) of the Department of English Language Teaching of the...Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a need to rapidly scale-up testing services and provide diagnoses to implement test-trace-isolate strategies which are essential to effectively treat, and care for patients and to control the spread of the virus. Hundreds of diagnostic products are now available on the market, targeting detection of viral RNA, viral antigens and...Read More
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is part of an international consortium under an Erasmus + project with the aim of contributing to waste management education in Sri Lanka. The Techno-Economic-Societal Sustainable Development Training in Sri Lanka (TESS) is co-financed by the European Union under the Erasmus + Capacity Building in Higher Education program. The project is coordinated...Read More
Call for papers Theme: Developments in Forestry and Environmental Science in 2021 We are pleased to announce that the 26th International Forestry and Environmental Science Symposium organized by the Department of Forestry & Environmental Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) under the above theme will be held on 20th & 21st...Read More
Prof. Terence Purasinghe former head of the department of Political Science of faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of University of Sri Jayewardenepura has passed away at the age of 60. Prof. Terence Purasinghe passed away while being treated at a private hospital for an emergency. Prof. Terence Purasinghe holds an undergraduate (BA Hons) and...Read More
The Faculty of Technology as the first fully fledged Technology Faculty in Sri Lanka further widened its horizons being able to sign an MoU between the Faculty of Technology, USJ together with Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. Tropical Biosphere Research Center (TBRC) is a research institute of University of the...Read More
The inaugural issue of the research journal, Advances in Technology (Adv. Technol.), initiated by the Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, was successfully launched on June 12, 2021. Advances in Technology (ISSN 2773-7098) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that covers the theoretical and experimental research pertaining to the knowledge and applications of Technology in...Read More
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a massive devastation in many countries, within a very short period, many different types of COVID-19 vaccines have been developed and have been given Emergency User License by the WHO. Several types of these vaccines are been used in Sri Lanka. Our department is currently studying the immune responses...Read More
The genomic sequencing facility of the Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit (AICBU) at the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine in the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, has now added nanopore sequencing technology to their sequencing facility. This unit has been instrumental in carrying out SARS-CoV-2 sequencing in the country so far, since the onset...Read More
Undergraduates of the Faculty of Engineering, USJ launched “Quarantine Care” app to be used in self-quarantine with COVID-19. You can now download the “Quarantine Care” app, which can be your companion in the unfortunate situation of being required to self-quarantine during this COVID-19 pandemic. The app has the following features. Record patient profile and frequently...Read More
