Pradeep Ratnayake, Head, Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts and Masahiko Satoh, distinguished Jazz pianist from Japan, will be performing at the 2015 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival held in Korea on Saturday the 10th of October. The 2012 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival has been chosen as one of ’25 of the Best World...Read More

Department of Botany at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura the initiated postgraduate research collaborations with Mindanao State University of Philippines this year. Three of the postgraduate students – Ms. Dana Trono, Mabeth O Odechmar and Jhoan Rhea Pizon from MSU-IIT joined Department of Botany to continue their postgraduate research for a period of three months....Read More

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Misamis University, Republic of Philippines To cross the horizon and to reach global standards, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka signed a MoU with prestigious Filipino University – Misamis University on Friday the 19th June 2015 at the Board Room of the University of Sri...Read More

The value added fish processing program, “Fish and Nutrition” was successfully held on 2nd July at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University, in collaboration with the Ehime Prefecture Food Research Institute, the program hosted a number of engaging events , both cultural and educational,...Read More

Inaugural Session of the Energy Symposium Sri Lanka 2015 was held on 26th June at Hilton Colombo. Former President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam was the keynote Speaker. The Symposium was Organized by Ministry of Power and Energy and The Center for Sustainability attached to Department of Forestry and Environment Science of the University of...Read More

With the objective of strengthening ties through joint projects and activities, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Kentucky University (USA) signed a memorandum of understanding in the 10th of June 2015. This event was held at the Faculty of Graduate Studies Board Room. Vice Chancellor University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. Sampath Amaratunge and Provost and Executive...Read More

The paper titled Sri Lankan Media Discourse: In Transition? presented by Indira J   Mawelle, Senior Lecturer of the Department of English, FHSS, at the International Conference on Business, Sociology and Applied Sciences (ICBSAS ’14) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last year, has won the award for the Best Paper of the session on the Social Sciences. ...Read More

The first ever international award for music was given to Sri Lanka at the Buddhist International Film Festival organized by the United Nations in Vietnam in 2014. Pradeep Ratnayake, Head, Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts was awarded the Best Music Director award for his music from the film Siddhartha Gouthama.  Read More

A proposal to establish Chinese Language and International Cultural Center at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura was discussed by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Hunan University, China, when academics and officials from the two univeristies met on 18 May 2015 at the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sampath Amaratunge’s office at the University. The meeting was...Read More

Department of Entrepreneurship of Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar City, India on Wednesday, 22nd of April, 2015 at the premises of University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Prof: Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor, University of Sri Jayewardenepura signed the MoU on behalf of the University of Sri...Read More