Felicitation ceremony for SAG sports stars and internationally acclaimed USJ students
2020-01-02 11:30 - 17:00 (America/Caracas)
Special felicitation ceremony to felicitate the sport stars of our university who represented SAG and the other special achievers who represented our university in the world arena will be held on 2nd January 2020.
Venue : Faculty of Postgraduate Board room
Date : 2nd January 2020
Time : 11.30 onwards
This ceremony is organized by the sports council of USJ in collaboration with the Alumni Association of USJ.

සාග් ක්‍රීඩා තරු සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගෞරවයට පත්වූ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සිසුන් සඳහා උපහාර උත්සවය
2020-01-02 11:30 - 17:00
සාග් ක්‍රීඩා තරු සහ ජාත්‍යන්තර ගෞරවයට පත්වූ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සිසුන් සඳහා විශේෂ උපහාර උත්සවයක් 2020 ජනවාරි මස 2 වන දින පශ්චාද් උපාධි අධ්‍යයන පීඨ රැස්වීම් ශාලාවේදී පෙරවරු 11.30 සිට පැවැත්වේ.
විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය ආදි ශිෂ්‍ය සංගමය හා ක්‍රීඩා කවුන්සිලය සහයෝගයෙන් මෙම උත්සවය සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබේ.

International Conference on Biomedical Engineering
2020-01-06 10:00 - 13:00
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Download: Keynote Speakers Profiles

ජෛව වෛද්‍ය ඉංජිනේරු විද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ ජාත්‍යන්තර සමුළුව
2020-01-06 10:00 - 13:00

Monthly Academic Talk on Freddie Silva's Songs
2020-01-07 15:00 - 18:00
The Department of Sinhala and Mass Communication of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has organized “Freddie Silva’s Songs” as the first in the series of monthly academic talks prior to the Vidyodaya Literary Awards 2020, which will be held at 3.00 pm, on the 7th January 2020 at the Sumangala Reading Hall, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.
All are welcome!!

Touch the Peak Annual Job Fair and Entrepreneurial Ventures - For FAS Students
2020-01-08 - 2020-01-09

Orientation Program of the Faculty of Applied Sciences
2020-01-13 08:00 - 2020-01-31 17:00
The orientation program of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura will be commenced on 13th January 2020 and will be taken place until the end of January 2020.

Annual Staff Sports Championship - 2020
2020-01-16 08:00 - 17:00
Apply for Annual Staff Sports Championship – 2020.
Deadline: 16th January 2020

"Ranrasu" Festival of Art 2019
2020-01-16 08:00 - 2020-01-30 17:00
Ranrasu 2019: Festival of Art organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on December 2019 and January 2020 at the Bandaranayaka Hall of the University. Concurrently, ‘Ranrasu Academic Volume’ will be launched.
Ranrasu will be staged on the following dates:
Ranrasu Stage 1- 16th January 2020
Ranrasu Stage II- 23rd January 2020
Ranrasu Grand Finale – 30th January 2020
This is the largest festival of art conducts by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, aiming to open a platform to display undergraduates talents in various fields such as dancing, singing, announcing, playing, acting, painting, lyrics writing, short story writing, short film making, documentary writing and producing, etc. Undergraduates in the faculty, academic members as well as non-academic staff members have the opportunity to participate in these competitions and to show their talents and skills and finally to own the victory.
Ranrasu Web: http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/ranrasu/

රන්රසු ප්‍රතිභා අභිනන්දන කලා මංගල්‍යය 2019
2020-01-16 08:00 - 2020-01-30 17:00
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පිඨය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන රන්රසු ප්‍රතිභා අභිනන්දන කලා මංගල්‍යය 2019 දෙසැම්බර් මස සහ 2020 ජනවාරි මස විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය බණ්ඩාරනායක ශාලාවේදී පැවැත්වේ.
වෙබ් අඩවිය : http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/ranrasu/

Commencement of the Academy of EcoTourism, Wildlife & Nature Interpretation
2020-01-24 10:00 - 17:00

Business Idea Competition - Awarding Ceremony
2020-01-27 17:00 - 19:00

Thai Pongal Festival (தை பொங்கல்) 2020
2020-01-28 07:30 - 09:30

Prof. H. M. A. Herath Annual Memorial Oration
2020-01-31 17:00 - 20:30

Public Lecture on "The Novel Corona Virus Infection: How Worried Should We Be?"
2020-02-07 14:00 - 16:00

Oxford University Press (OUP) – Training session
2020-02-11 10:00 - 12:00
OUP is a scholarly database which can be accessed through our library website.
The Library, with the collaboration of OUP has organized a training session on “how to publish with OUP” as well as “Searching Oxford Medicine Online”.
Date: 11th February 2020
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon.
Venue: Interactive Study Area, Library
The resource person will be from the Oxford University Press, India & South East Asia.
If you are willing to participate please contact Mr. A.M.S. Angammana on ext. 8521 or mail to : santha@sjp.ac.lk.

Guest Talk on Mathematical Epidemiology: A battleground for applied Mathematicians
2020-02-13 15:00 - 17:00

YBA Weekly Lecture - "Sri Lankan Biodiversity and Recent Explorations"
2020-02-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Department of Forestry, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Panhindaka Seya: Musical Program with Senior Lecturer Aththnayake M. Herath
2020-02-13 18:00 - 20:00

SMASHES 2020 – Badminton Championship
2020-02-20 - 2020-02-23
Smashes all-island badminton championship 2020 organized by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and conducted by badminton club of University of Sri Jayewardenepura will be held on 20th to 23rd of February 2020 in Mercantile Badminton Association Indoor Stadium, Colombo and S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia.
Entries have been closed from 10th January 2020
Download Entry Form with Rules & Regulations for Junior SMASHES 2020: ENTRY FORM – JUNIOR>>
Tournament Schedule: Download the schedule

Click here to download the Final Draws

SMASHES 2020 – බැඩ්මින්ටන් ශූරතාවය
2020-02-20 - 2020-02-23
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය බැඩ්මින්ටන් සංගමය විසින් සංවිධානය කරන SMASHES 2020 බැඩ්මින්ටන් ශූරතාවය 2020 පෙබරවාරි මස 20 වනදා සිට 23 වනදා දක්වා කොළඹ වෙළඳ බැඩ්මින්ටන් සංගම් ගෘහස්ථ ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේදී හා ගල්කිස්ස ශා.තෝමස් විදුහල් ගෘහස්ථ ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේදී පැවැත්වේ.
අයදුම්පත් ENTRY FORM – JUNIOR>>

Learn to Teach Online Using Google Classroom and other Tools
2020-02-20 15:00 - 17:00
Learn to teach online using Google classroom and other tools, by Prof Hiran Amarasekera, Professor in Forestry and Environmental Science, Director, Digital Media and Communication will be held on 20 Feb 2020 at 3-5 pm at Computer Center, Dept of Computer Science, FAS.

Target group – Faculty members of the science faculty.
Topics

Google Classroom – Practical training
Japura Open Learning platform
How to create video lessons
Blended learning
MOOCS – Massive Open Online Courses
Moodle LMS

Requirements
yourname@sjp.ac.lk email
bring your smartphone with data connection
wifi login for sjpnet – if you do not have login details please mail Dr Ravindra (ravi@sjp.ac.lk).
Date and venue
20 Feb 2020 at 3-5 pm at Computer Center, Dept of Computer Science, FAS.

UNI-IN ALLIANCE 2020
2020-02-28 08:00 - 17:30 | New Faculty Complex, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
The annual research symposium organized by the students of B.Sc. (Honours) Degree in Applied Sciences of Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura will be held on the 28th February 2020 for the sixth consecutive time at the faculty premises under the theme ” Stepping in to the Future with Emerging Technologies ” which mainly focuses on the fourth industrial revolution.

All are welcome.

Vidyodaya Sahithya Sammana (විද්‍යෝදය සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන) 2020
2020-02-29 08:00 - 17:00
විද්‍යෝදය සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන ප‍්‍රදානය 2020
ශී‍්‍ර ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය මගින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලබන ‘විද්‍යෝදය සාහිත්‍ය සම්මාන ප‍්‍රදානය 2020 සැප්තැම්බර් මස පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු සූදානම් කර ඇත.
2019 වර්ෂයෙහි ප‍්‍රකාශයට පත් වු නවකතා, කෙටිකතා සංග‍්‍රහ, පද්‍ය සංග‍්‍රහ, ගේය පද සංග‍්‍රහ සහ පුවත්පත් තීරු ලිපි සංග‍්‍රහ මෙම සම්මාන ප‍්‍රදානය සඳහා සලකා බලනු ලැබේ. කර්තෘ ප‍්‍රකාශන ඇතුළු ව සියලුම ප‍්‍රකාශන ආයතන මගින් ප‍්‍රකාශිත නිර්මාණ කෘති දෙක බැගින් 2020 පෙබරවාරි 29 දිනට පෙර සිංහල හා ජනසන්නිවේදන අධ්‍යයනාංශය වෙත ලබා දෙන ලෙස මෙයින් දැනුම් දෙනු ලැබේ.
සංවිධායක
ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ කථිකාචාර්ය හංසමාලා රිටිගහපොළ විමසීම් – 0710577241

Talk on Balancing Academics and Extra Curricular Activities by Mr. Uwin Ariyarathna
2020-03-04 17:00 - 19:00

The inauguration of the 13th batch for PGD/ M.Sc. in Applied Finance Graduate Program
2020-03-07 08:30 - 10:30
The inauguration of the 13th batch for PGD/ M.Sc. in Applied Finance Graduate Program 2020/2022 will be 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 10.30 am. This prestigious event will be graced by the Chief guest’s current acting Vice-chancellor Prof. Sudantha Liyanage, the Guest of Honor Prof. Rohana Kuruppu from Brandix College of Clothing Technology, Dr. Anura Kumara, Dean, FMSC and other distinguish guests representing both academic and industry fields.

INNO-TECH 2020
2020-03-11
The First State University Technology Faculty takes this opportunity to hold hands with both State and Private Universities’ Technology Faculties in the country to benchmark the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Faculty of Technology, USJ on the 16th March 2020.

On par with this most awaited moment, we will be celebrating a ‘Technology Feast’ by showcasing inventions and innovations done by the Universities, National Schools and other technology-based Institutions within this Technology City – Pitipana to demarcate the existence of Technologists and their importance in the country. A part of this Fiesta is supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways, where we as the Faculty of Technology, USJ has taken part in organizing the Exhibition INNO-TECH 2020, where we have provided a golden opportunity to all Technology-based Universities to showcase and market their inventions and innovations to the country.

Therefore, we anticipate your presence at this Grand Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition on 11th March 2020 at 9.00 a.m. at the new Faculty of Technology premises, Pitipana, where the Prime Minister will grace the occasion.

Orientation Program of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020
2020-03-13 08:00 - 2020-03-16 18:00
I am pleased that you have been selected to the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura upon successful completion of the G.C.E. (A/L) examination.
The registration and the orientation program organized by the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences will be held on 13th, 14th and 15th of March 2020 and your participation in these two events is compulsory. All the students should report to the Bandaranayake Hall of the University by 8.00 am on the 13th of March 2020 for the inauguration ceremony and registration.
It is important that you should dress appropriately when you come to the university. You should also bring a suitable dress for the special sports event which will be held on 21st March 2020 and other living equipment you need to stay in the university since the academic year will start on 16th March 2020 after the orientation programme.
You can download the soft copy of the Faculty undergraduate prospectus which includes all the information of the degree programmes from the web site of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (fhss@sip.ac.lk). You are requested to read it carefully before coming to the university as it will be very useful for you to select subjects and course units in the university.
The printed copy of the prospectus will be given to you on the first day of the orientation progromme.
Students who are eligible to become undergraduates at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayawardenepura under the spacial intake category and who have received the letter from the UGC can also participate in the orientation program similar to the students that are eligible under the normal intake category.
I wish all success to your university life.
Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda
Dean
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences.

Relevant Downloadable Materials for New Students
1st Year -1st Semester Master Time Table- 2018/2019>>
Orientation Program >>
Undergraduate Prospectus 2020>>

මානවශාස්ත‍්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨයේ නම්නීකරණ වැඩසටහන 2020
2020-03-13 08:00 - 2020-03-16 18:00
අ.පො.ස උ/පෙළ විභාගයෙන් විශිෂ්ට ලෙස සමත් වූ ඔබ ශ‍්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මානවශාස්ත‍්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨයේ උපාධි අපේක්ෂකයකු/අපේක්ෂිකාවක ලෙස තේරී පත්වීම පිළිබඳව මම බෙහෙවින් සතුටට පත් වෙමි.
නවක ඔබ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට ලියාපදිංචි කිරීම සහ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය හඳුන්වාදීමේ නම්නීකරණ වැඩසටහන 2020 මාර්තු 13, 14 සහ 15 යන දිනයන්හි විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය බණ්ඩාරනායක ශාලාවේදී පැවැත්වේ. මේ සඳහා සියලූම නවක සිසුන් සහභාගීවීම අනිවාර්ය වන අතර සියලූම ශිෂ්‍ය ශිෂ්‍යාවන් 2020 මාර්තු 13 වන දින පෙ.ව. 8.00 වන විට විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය බණ්ඩාරනායක ශාලාව වෙත පැමිණ සිටිය යුතුය. විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට පැමිණෙන විට සුදුසු ඇඳුමකින් සැරසී පැමිණීම ඉතා වැදගත් වේ.
2020 මාර්තු 21 වන දින පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත විශේෂ ශාරීරික අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහනට සුදුසු ක‍්‍රීඩා ඇ`දුමක් රැුගෙන ඒම වැදගත් වන අතර 2020 මාර්තු 16 වන දින සිට අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂය ආරම්භ කෙරෙන බැවින් එදින සිට අඛණ්ඩව රැුඳී සිටීම සඳහා අවශ්‍ය සියලූ දෑ සිසුන් විසින් රැුගෙන ආ යුතු බව කාරුණිකව දන්වා සිටිමි.
පීඨයේ පාඨමාලා පිළිබඳ සියලූ විස්තර ඇතුළත් පීඨ ශිෂ්‍ය විවරණිකාවේ මෘදු පිටපත මානවශාස්ත‍්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨ යෙිිගිවචග්ජගකන යන වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසීමෙන් ලබා ගත හැකි අතර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට පැමිණීමට පෙර එය හොඳින් කියවා අවබෝධ කර ගෙන සිටීම විෂයයන් තෝරා ගැනීම ඇතුලූ ඉදිරි අධ්‍යයන කටයුතුවල දී ඔබට වඩාත් පහසු වනු ඇත. එහි මුද්‍රිත පිටපතක් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයට පැමිණීමෙන් පසු ව ග‍්‍රන්ථයක් ලෙස ඔබට ලබා දෙනු ලැබේ.
සාමාන්‍ය ප්‍රවේශය යටතේ ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීය විද්‍යා පිඨයට තේරී පත්වූ සිසුන්ට මෙන්ම විශේෂ ප්‍රවේශය යටතේ තේරී පත්වූ සිසුන්ටද මෙම නම්නිකරණ වැඩසටහනට සහභාගිවිමේ හැකියාව තිබෙන අතර ඔවුන්ගේද සහභාගිත්වය වැදගත් වේ.
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Abstracts Submission Deadline Extended: 2nd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH 2020)
2020-03-15
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2nd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage – ICICH 2020
“Fostering Research on Folklore”

2nd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the very first conferences in this field of studies in Sri Lanka. ICICH will be conducted under the theme “Enriching Global Citizens through Traditional Insights” which promotes folklore research among academia.

Further information regarding the conference can be obtained from http://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/icich/

Researchers are invited to send abstracts under following conference tracks

Food Culture

Folk Medicine

Folk Arts

Folk Music/ Folk Poems/ Folktales

Folk Dancing/ Folk Drama

Folk Religion and Magic

Folk Life and Culture

Folk Language

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Word Count: Maximum 350

Keywords: Up to 5 words

Font: English – Times New Roman, Sinhala – FM Abhaya, Tamil – Bamini (For more information refer conference web site)

Important Dates

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 15th March 2020 (Extended)

Notification of Acceptances: 20th April 2020

Submission of Revised Abstracts: 04th May 2020

Registration Date: 1st June 2020

Conference Date: 26th June 2020

Send Your Abstract to icich@sjp.ac.lk
