A ceremony to confer “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” award on Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge; former vice chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, was held on 14th of October 2021, at the official residence of Ambassador SUGIYAMA Akira. Snr. Prof. Sampath...Read More

A meeting was held with the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Claudia Elena Garrido Varas; Coordinator of the ICRC and representatives of the Department of Anthropology; Prof. Charmalie Nahallage,  Prof. Yasanjalie Jayathilake (Head of the Department), Dr. Tharaka Ananda on 16th December 2019 at the Faculty on the future academic collaborations...Read More

The World Class University Project – University of Sri Jayewardenepura (WCUP-USJ) engendered the New Year on an inspiring note. A delegation from the University of Houston (UoH), Texas, USA arrived in Sri Lanka on the 6th of January 2020, for a Joint Symposium – “Amalgamating Medicine with Engineering towards Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Stepping into the...Read More

15th International Conference on Pali and Buddhist studies organized by the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held on 17th December 2019 at the Sumangala reading hall. Vice-chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura; Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Keynote Speaker; Prof. Hao Weimin; Ass. Prof. University of Beijing, China, ...Read More

6th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches – 2019 organized by the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the USJ was held with much grandeur on 26th and 27th November 2019 at the Golden Rose Hotel. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice-Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura graced the event as the Chief Guest and Dr. A. M. Mubarak, Chairman, National Science...Read More

Crushing Biopiracy NSYSU – USJ Joint Symposium Barring the Exploitation of Economically Important Plants in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is a biodiversity hotspot for natural products with the own indigenous identity and it’s under the threat of biopiracy. To address the importance of the indigenous identity of Ceylon natural products in the global economic development...Read More

To address the challenges by environmental changes A Joint Symposium organized by the World Class University Project (WCUP), University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ) in collaboration with National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan (NSYSU) (http://www.nsysu.edu.tw/) and the Faculty of Applied Sciences, USJ was successfully held on the 29th November 2019 at the Faculty of Applied Sciences, USJ. ...Read More

At a time where the future of work is more unpredictable due to the increased automation of the workforce and the dynamics at play in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, only 1 in 4 young people in South Asia is estimated to be on track to gain secondary-level skills necessary for success in the global economy. While...Read More

A meeting was held with the Vice Chancellor, Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Prof. Ranil de Silva, Director World Class University Project, USJ, and the Delegates from James Cook University (JCU), Australia headed by Prof. Marcus Lane, Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ronald White, Dean, Science and Engineering, Mr. Vignesh Vijayaraghavan, Head of International Recruitment and...Read More

Due to the recognition of eminent researches conducted on Gyrinops walla locally known as Walla patta tree, Prof. Upul Subasinghe, Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science of the USJ, was invited as a Keynote Speaker to the 1st International Conference on Agarwood and Aromatic Plants organized by Mataram University, Lombok, Indonesia. In this conference held...Read More