University of Colombo
History:
The University of Ceylon was established by the State Council on April 1942. The first Vice-Chancellor of the new University, Sir Ivor Jennings, hoisted the flag on July 1942 at the College House where his office and the central administration were located. The nucleus of the University was formed by amalgamating the Ceylon Medical College founded in 1870 and the Ceylon University College founded in 1921, both of which were incorporated into the University. Therefore, the history of the university goes back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The University has recognized the importance of linking with alumni especially in industry and the private sector, through the concept of voluntary mentoring and internal placements facilitated by the Career Guidance Unit. Subsequently, the ICT was renamed as the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) in 2002 and the IWE was renamed as Institute of Human Resource Advancement (IHRA) in 2006.
Inspired by historic links to the first University College of the country and inherited intellectual traditions, the University of Colombo strives to be a world class institution promoting human development through synergizing knowledge, education, research and creativity, and entrepreneurship whilst upholding democratic values in a plural society.
The University of Colombo today is a National State University that offers education to some of the best students in the country who enter its portals with hopes and aspirations for a better future.
Faculties:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Management and Finance
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
Institutes
- The Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
- University of Colombo School of Computing
- Institute of Indigenous Medicine
- Institute of Human Resource Advancement
- Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
- National Institute of Library & Information Science
- Institute of Agro Technology and Rural Science
Contact Details:
The Registrar
College House
University of Colombo
94, Cumaratunga Munidasa Mawatha,
Colombo 3
Sri Lanka
Telephone: (9411) 2581835, (9411) 2584695, (9411) 2585509,(9411) 2583818
Fax : (9411) 2583810
University of Colombo Official Website
