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

TheUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura wishes to express its deepest sympathy in regard to the demise of Prof. Vini Vitharana, former Dean of the Faculty of Arts (currently the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) and Professor in Sinhala in the Department of Sinhala of the Vidyodaya University (from 1960-1981). Vini Vitharana was born on June 2,...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

“Reminiscence 2019”, the Annual Graduation Ball and Alumni Get-together of the Department of Business Economics was successfully held on the 2nd November 2019 at Solis Hotel, Pita Kotte with the participation of alumni members representing 13 passed out batches of the department. Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Dinesha Siriwardhane, Head of the Department...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

Mr. Pasan Wijayawardhana, third-year undergraduate of the Department of Business Economics has won the “National Youth Award for the Best Speaker of the Year 2019” for the second consecutive time.  He won this award at the 41st National Youth Awarding Ceremony organized by the National Youth Services Council in Sri Lanka which was held on 5th...Read More

A Stakeholder Consultation Meeting was organized by the Department of Accounting on 8th November 2019 at Golden Rose; with the participation of Vice-Chancellor, the Head of the Department, and all the staff members of the Department Accounting. In addition, representatives from the government and private sectors graced this meeting, which was held with the motive...Read More

The Department of Marketing Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a Discussion Forum called as “Stakeholder Consultation Session with Alumina of the Department” in the process of revising the current curriculum of the B.Sc. Marketing Management (Special) Degree programme which is targeted to launch in 2020. The event was organized under the Faculty AHEAD project....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

Research Awards Ceremony – 2018 of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized by the Research Council; USJ was held at the Golden Rose Hotel on 13th November 2019 with the participation of Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice-Chancellor of the USJ, Deans of Faculties, Members of the Research Council and academic members. At this prestigious annual event, a large...Read More