Adding to the sporty spirit of the university which has been soaring high during the past year, the new gymnasium was opened by chief guest Vice Chancellor Prof.Sampath Amaratunge on 13th January 2016. The gymnasium has been a long standing need to the university, especially with the growing interest and the recent victories in the...Read More

University of Sri Jayewardenepura is blessed by its founders and former leaders in its rapid road to development and constant success, as the Vice Chancellor stated during the opening of the new computer center of the Faculty of Applied Sciences. He added that the improvements keep coming our way and the collective effort of the...Read More

The commencement of year 2016 took a festive turn at University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The university community gathered to give a traditional welcome to the new year, with boiling milk amidst chanting of pirith by the reverend sangha. Wishes of success, glory and progress for all !Read More

The Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts organized a seminar and workshop on Hindi language studies titled “Sri Lanka Mei Hindi Ki Dasha Evam Disha” on the 29th December. The event took place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Board room. A number of Indian academics participated at the seminar as...Read More

University of Sri Jayewardenepura bids farewell to Mrs.Tamara De Silva – Senior Lecturer attached to the Department of Mathematics, as she retires on 2nd January 2016. Mrs.De Silva has served the university system for 43 years. She joined the university back in 1980 and has even served as Head of the Department of Mathematics on...Read More

The late Emeritus Prof Dayasiri Fernando was the founder Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Prior to this he had been serving the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo for over 25 years as the Professor of Surgery too. His contribution as the Dean of the...Read More

For the first time in Sri Lanka, a rare opportunity for those engaged in neuroscience related fields has come by, as the workshop on neuroscience continues. The much acclaimed workshop began on 14th December at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura features academics from a number of foreign universities as well as foreign students. Several symposia...Read More

In an effort to take university research to the next level, the University of Sri Jayawardenepura has decided to set up a research school by 2017.With the establishment of the Faculty of Technology and the Faculty of Engineering from next year, the university intends to set up a research school combining all its research centers...Read More

Sri Jayewardenepura University is on its way towards a much brighter future as the Vice Chancellor Prof.Sampath Amaratunge highlighted at the Annual General Meeting of the university’s Alumni Association, held on 12th December 2015, at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The AGM was attended by a large gathering and at the proceedings, the new committee...Read More

Sri Lanka Economics Research Conference was held on the 20th and 21st of November 2015 at the Hotel Janaki, Colombo 05. A timely theme was set for the conference; “Inclusive Growth towards Economic Transformation”. The two day conference began with an Inauguration Ceremony graced by Prof. P.S.M. Gunaratne; Vice Chairman of the University grants Commission, Prof....Read More