Pasindu Hirushan, a first-year student of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce of USJ who was severely injured due to an accident that took place at University premises returned to the university on 8th July 2020, four months after the injury. Pasindu was hospitalized for nearly 3 months after the accident. Senior prof. Sudantha...Read More

Giant Pangolin is the largest living pangolin in the world. In Sri Lanka, researchers found a pangolin that is more than the maximum body weight and size that is currently reported. Research team revealed the discovery to the media for the first time that the world’s largest pangolin was found in Mannar, Sri Lanka. In...Read More

First book ever published on True Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume; synonym Cinnamomum verum (J Presl.) Cinnamon: Botany, Chemistry and Industrial Applications, dealing comprehensively with the latest advances of its botany, genetics and biotechnology, agronomy, chemistry, pharmacology and industrial applications has been just published by Springer Nature Publications. The book is priced at 156 Euros, (Editors are entitled for get 40% discount of the listed price),...Read More

President J.R. Jayewardene, performing the Chancellor’s function, in 1984, of presiding over the Silver Jubilee Convocation of the rebranded Vidyodaya University as the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, prognosticated that Sri Lanka could win the 21st century if and only if the country could go for science and new technologies (available at: http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/8284/12th%20convocation%20speech.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y). He wanted the local...Read More

Mr. Pasan Wijayawardhana, a final year undergraduate of the Department of Business Economics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura has written a book titled “Revive Sri Lanka”, which presents economic reforms for the post COVID-19 period in Sri Lanka. This is the firstborn book done entirely by himself taking ideas from economic experts in order to fulfill the...Read More

All students of University of Sri Jayewardenepura are requested to fill this online survey “Sri Lanka Online Learning in Higher Education: Student-Level Survey” This Survey is sponsored by the Presidential Task Force on Sri Lanka’s Education Affairs in collaboration with the University Grants Commission (UGC) and  the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovations (MHETI)...Read More

The year 2020 marks the 30th year of publication of Review of International Business and Strategy (previously International Journal of Commerce and Management). To mark the anniversary, the journal has compiled a virtual issue of selected papers to showcase the research published in the journal. Dr. Dushar Dayarathna’s (Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty...Read More

University of Sri Jayewardenepura Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Advanced Certificate Course in Data Analysis for Social Scientists Intake 01 (2020)  Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals for Advanced Certificate Course in Data Analysis for Social Scientists (Intake 01) offered by the Department of Social Statistics of the Faculty of Humanities and Social...Read More

The inauguration of the 13th batch for PGD/M.Sc. in Applied Finance Graduate Program 2020/2022 concluded on 7th March 2020 at the Munasinghe hall, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC), the University of Sri Jayewardenepura from 8.30 am to 11.30 am. This prestigious event was graced by the Chief Guest Prof. Rohana Kuruppu from Brandix...Read More

  The story of humanity began in Africa. From there, early humans spread to other continents (an idea known as the “Out of Africa” hypothesis) and eventually became the global species that we are today. Many archaeologists speculate that our ancestors traveled along the coast to avoid challenging environments like tropical rainforests. But, according to...Read More