University of Kelaniya
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The University of Kelaniya is a state university of Sri Lanka
. Situated just outside the municipal limits of Colombo
, in the ancient and historic city
of Kelaniya
, the University
has two major campus
es, seven locations, six faculties and four institution
s.
, founded in 1875 as a centre of learning for Buddhist monks. It was one of the two great national centres of Buddhist higher education.
In 1956, following a change of government with Solomon Dias Bandaranaike
as the Prime Minister, following the policy of promoting national languages and culture, it was decided to establish two new universities, by conferring university status on the Vidyodaya Pirivena
and Vidyalankara Pirivena
. Accordingly the Vidyodaya University and Vidyalankara University Act No 45 of 1958, established the two universities at the Vidyodyaya Pirivena at Maligakanda and the Vidyalankara Pirivena at Kelaniya
. As such the Vidyalankara Pirivena was renamed as the Vidyalankara University in 1959, later it became the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon
in 1972 by the University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972 and, was renamed as the University of Kelaniya in 1978 by the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978.
The faculty was housed in the main building known as the “Science Block”. Due to the continued increase in the student intake from year to year, a new Lecture Theatre Complex and an Auditorium were constructed in 1992, which enabled the intake of students to be increased to 450 in 2003. A new laboratory complex for the Chemistry Department and three buildings for the Departments for Industrial Management, Microbiology and Zoology have now been completed.
The faculty was the first among the Sri Lankan Universities to initiate the change over from the traditional three subject (General) degree with end of year examinations to a more flexible Course Unit System, i.e. a modularized credit based system within a two-semester academic year with the end of semester examinations. It offers a variety of course pathways designed to provide flexibility in the choice of subjects. Under this system students have the option of reading for a traditional three subject degree or for a degree consisting of two principal subjects and a selection of course units drawn from other subject areas. The B.Sc. (Special) degree courses, begun in 1974, adopted the course unit system in 1986.
The faculty consists of eight departments:
Also the department is offering masters degrees which focuses on the same area.
You can find more information at:
http://www.mit.kln.ac.lk/Industrial/
(NCMC). The NCMC, the first privately funded medical school in Sri Lanka started in 1980 with the admission of 100 local and 20 foreign students, who started graduating in 1990. Dr. Heenilame was its first Chairman and Dr. W.D. Ratnavelle, its first Director. The first batch of students, under the new name, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya completed their five year course and graduated MBBS in September 1996. Prof. Carlo Fonseka was the first dean in the renamed medical school.
The faculty has over 1000 students on its roll. This number includes foreign students, mainly from other South Asian countries, who have been admitted on a fee levying basis. The faculty also welcomes students for elective appointments. Students from medical schools in Europe, USA and Australia have spent their elective periods with the university.
There is a permanent academic staff of over 90 and in addition 40 temporary academic staff and over 60 visiting staff that includes consultants who are based in the affiliated teaching hospitals.
You can Find More Information at:
http://www.kln.ac.lk/social/social/social.htm
Departments in the Faculty of Humanities
ry Science
Postgraduate Diplomas
Postgraduate Degrees
The maintenance unit provides network, hardware and software support to the clients within the university, and IT solutions for academic departments and administrative branches of the university. Video filming of special events of the university since 2005 is an additional service.
http://www.mit.kln.ac.lk/Industrial/index.htm
Vidyalankara University. Today Vidyodaya University is known as the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. Situated just outside the municipal limits of Colombo
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...
, in the ancient and historic city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
of Kelaniya
Kelaniya
Kelaniya is a small town near Colombo, Sri Lanka in the Gampaha District. It is known for the Buddhist temple built on the banks of the Kelani River, which runs through the town...
, the University
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
has two major campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
es, seven locations, six faculties and four institution
Institution
An institution is any structure or mechanism of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human community...
s.
History
The University of Kelaniya has its origin in the historic Vidyalankara PirivenaVidyalankara Pirivena
Vidyalankara Pirivena is one of the largest Buddhist pirivenas in Sri Lanka. Located in Peliyagoda, it is nearly 100 years old. Under the pirivena's leadership, several schools were started in the region; one is Sri Dharmaloka College, one of the primary colleges in the region....
, founded in 1875 as a centre of learning for Buddhist monks. It was one of the two great national centres of Buddhist higher education.
In 1956, following a change of government with Solomon Dias Bandaranaike
Solomon Dias Bandaranaike
Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, KCMG, Maha Mudaliyar, JP was the chief native representative, interpreter and adviser to the Governor of Ceylon by appointment as Head Mudaliyar and therefore was one of the most powerful personalities in...
as the Prime Minister, following the policy of promoting national languages and culture, it was decided to establish two new universities, by conferring university status on the Vidyodaya Pirivena
Vidyodaya Pirivena
The Vidyodaya Pirivena was one of the prominent piriven in Sri Lanka.-Name:...
and Vidyalankara Pirivena
Vidyalankara Pirivena
Vidyalankara Pirivena is one of the largest Buddhist pirivenas in Sri Lanka. Located in Peliyagoda, it is nearly 100 years old. Under the pirivena's leadership, several schools were started in the region; one is Sri Dharmaloka College, one of the primary colleges in the region....
. Accordingly the Vidyodaya University and Vidyalankara University Act No 45 of 1958, established the two universities at the Vidyodyaya Pirivena at Maligakanda and the Vidyalankara Pirivena at Kelaniya
Kelaniya
Kelaniya is a small town near Colombo, Sri Lanka in the Gampaha District. It is known for the Buddhist temple built on the banks of the Kelani River, which runs through the town...
. As such the Vidyalankara Pirivena was renamed as the Vidyalankara University in 1959, later it became the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon
University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the University of Sri Lanka which existed from 1973 to 1978. In 1978 it was...
in 1972 by the University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972 and, was renamed as the University of Kelaniya in 1978 by the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978.
Faculty Of Science
The Faculty of Science started functioning in October 1967 with Prof. Charles Dahanayake as the Dean of Science. The intake of the first batch of students was 57. Formal approval for the Faculty was given by the Minister of Education in 1968.The faculty was housed in the main building known as the “Science Block”. Due to the continued increase in the student intake from year to year, a new Lecture Theatre Complex and an Auditorium were constructed in 1992, which enabled the intake of students to be increased to 450 in 2003. A new laboratory complex for the Chemistry Department and three buildings for the Departments for Industrial Management, Microbiology and Zoology have now been completed.
The faculty was the first among the Sri Lankan Universities to initiate the change over from the traditional three subject (General) degree with end of year examinations to a more flexible Course Unit System, i.e. a modularized credit based system within a two-semester academic year with the end of semester examinations. It offers a variety of course pathways designed to provide flexibility in the choice of subjects. Under this system students have the option of reading for a traditional three subject degree or for a degree consisting of two principal subjects and a selection of course units drawn from other subject areas. The B.Sc. (Special) degree courses, begun in 1974, adopted the course unit system in 1986.
- Department of Botany
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Industrial management
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Physics,
- Department of Statistics and Computer Science
- Department of Zoology
Department of Industrial Management
It focuses on a degree of MIT which gives knowledge of Management and Information Technology.Also the department is offering masters degrees which focuses on the same area.
You can find more information at:
http://www.mit.kln.ac.lk/Industrial/
Faculty Of Medicine
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kelaniya is situated in a 35 acres (141,640.1 m²) campus at Ragama. It is one of six medical schools in Sri Lanka. The faculty began classes with the admission of 120 students in September 1991. Before that it was called the North colombo medical collegeNorth Colombo Medical College
North Colombo Medical College was the first privately funded medical school in Sri Lanka. It started in 1980 with the admission of 100 local and 20 foreign students. The first batch of students began graduating in 1990. Dr. Heenilame was its first Chairman and Dr. W.D. Ratnavelle, its first Director...
(NCMC). The NCMC, the first privately funded medical school in Sri Lanka started in 1980 with the admission of 100 local and 20 foreign students, who started graduating in 1990. Dr. Heenilame was its first Chairman and Dr. W.D. Ratnavelle, its first Director. The first batch of students, under the new name, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya completed their five year course and graduated MBBS in September 1996. Prof. Carlo Fonseka was the first dean in the renamed medical school.
The faculty has over 1000 students on its roll. This number includes foreign students, mainly from other South Asian countries, who have been admitted on a fee levying basis. The faculty also welcomes students for elective appointments. Students from medical schools in Europe, USA and Australia have spent their elective periods with the university.
There is a permanent academic staff of over 90 and in addition 40 temporary academic staff and over 60 visiting staff that includes consultants who are based in the affiliated teaching hospitals.
Faculty Of Social Science
The faculty of social sciences, in terms of student population, is the largest faculty in the University of Kelaniya.You can Find More Information at:
http://www.kln.ac.lk/social/social/social.htm
Faculty Of Humanities
The faculty includes disciplines associated with Buddhist and Asian cultures, such as Pali and Buddhist Studies, Sinhala, Tamil, Sanskrit, Hindi, Japanese and Chinese, while teaching courses in modern European languages such as English, French, German and Russian.Departments in the Faculty of Humanities
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies
- Department of Sinhala
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Modern Languages
- Department of Sanskrit
- Department of Fine Art
- Department of Western Classical Culture and Christian Culture
- Department of English
- English Language Teaching Unit
ry Science
- Mass Communication
- Philosophy
- Sociology
Faculty Of Commerce and Management
The faculty consists of four departments:- Department of Accountancy
- Department of Marketing Management
- Department of Marketing Management - The department was established in 2002 as a unit and obtained its departmental status in 2007. Now it has more than 300 students.
- Department of Human Resource Management
- Department of Commerce
Faculty Of Graduate Studies
Twenty three postgraduate degree programmes and six postgraduate diploma programmes are coordinated by the Faculty of Graduates Studies.Postgraduate Diplomas
- Postgraduate Diploma in Regional Planning
- Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology
- Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial and Business Management
- Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management
- Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematics
- Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Postgraduate Degrees
- M.A. in Sinhala
- M.A. in Linguistics
- M.A. in Drama and Theatre
- M. S. Sc. in Mass Communication
- M. S. Sc. in Sociology
- M. S. Sc. in Geography
- M. S. Sc. in Library Science
- M. S. Sc. in Economics
- M. S. Sc. in Political Science
- M. S. Sc. in History
- M. S. Sc. in Philosophy
- M. Sc. in Applied Microbiology
- M. Sc. in Food and Nutrition
- M. Sc. in Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
- M. Sc. in Biodiversity and Integrated Environmental Management
- M. Sc. in Industrial and Environment Chemistry
- M. Sc. in Management and Information Technology
- M. Sc. in Computer Science
- Master of Commerce
- Master of Business Management
- Master of Philosophy
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctor of Medicine
Affiliated institutes
- Post Graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies
- Post Graduate Institute of Archaeology
- Gampaha Wikramarachchi Ayurveda Institute
Information and Communication Technology Centre
The ICT Centre provides support services in IT related teaching, research, internet services, staff development and hardware maintenance for the entire university. It conducts computer literacy course open for all students and advanced courses in Visual Basic, web designing and hardware technology for the students who have successfully completed the computer literacy course. On-the-job training in the IT arena is provided for the young people just out of the university who work in the ICT Centre.The maintenance unit provides network, hardware and software support to the clients within the university, and IT solutions for academic departments and administrative branches of the university. Video filming of special events of the university since 2005 is an additional service.
- Centre for Enterprise Management Information Service
- English Language Teaching Unit
- Library
- Department of Physical Education
- Staff Development Unit
- Career Guidance Unit
http://www.mit.kln.ac.lk/Industrial/index.htm
Historically Related Institutions
The Vidyodaya University was created at the same time as theVidyalankara University. Today Vidyodaya University is known as the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the Universities in Sri Lanka. It is located in Gangodawila, Nugegoda, near Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the capital city of Sri Lanka...
External links
- Official website
- University of Kelaniya in Sinhala
- External Examination Branch
- Academic Officers of the university
- Enrolment and graduate output 1995 - 2004 for all the universities in Sri Lanka
- University grants Commission of Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka University Games 2007Sri Lanka University GamesThe Sri Lanka University Games are a multi-sporting event held between public universities in Sri Lanka.-History:Inter-University sports championships have been organized since the latter part of the 1950s...