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University System at a Glance

University / Insitute

Year Established

 Students on roll *

Strength of Employees

Government grant
(Rs. Million)
Capital Recurrent
UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (UGC) 1978 191 87.36 131.24
UNIVERSITIES 99,719 13,600 4538.71 9373.70
UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO (CBO) 1942 11,275 1,600 364.40 996.40
UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA (PDN) 1942 9,410 2,973 481.52 1783.20
UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA (SJP) 1959 9,468 1,360 288.75 903.90
UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA (KLN) 1959 9,455 1,173 273.18 991.20
UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA (MRT) 1972 5,646 956 367.60 680.00
UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA (JAF) 1974 4,712 893 212.55 634.40
UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA (RUH) 1978 6,714 1,356 317.13 930.00
OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA (OUSL) 1980 26,472 953 99.65 503.50
EASTERN UNIVERSITY, SRI LANKA (EUSL) 1981 3,078 497 222.28 369.80
SOUTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA (SEUSL) 1995 1,678 307 157.10 227.20
RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA (RUSL) 1995 3,807 328 418.05 406.20
SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA (SUSL) 1995 2,754 477 353.23 339.90
WAYAMBA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA (WUSL) 1999 2,152 404 277.66 269.20
UNIVERSITY OF THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS (VPA) 2005 2,372 262 206.73 218.10
UVA WELLASSA UNIVERSITY (UWU) 2005 726 61 498.88 120.70
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTES 2,699 197 74.59 165.82
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (PGIM) 1974 1,034 86 11.16 80.20
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE (PGIA) 1975 506 31 11.30 23.00
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF PALI & BUDDHIST STUDIES (PGIPBS) 1975 441 22 1.16 18.12
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY (PIA) 1986 150 24 19.14 26.10
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (PIM) 1986 480 14 2.79 #
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (PGIS) 1996 88 17 25.18 13.90
POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH (PGIE) 2005 - 3 3.86 4.50
OTHER INSTITUTES 8,310 553 188.11 452.34
INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCE ADVANCEMENT (IHRA) 1975 4,746 31 3.26 22.04
INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS MEDICINE (IIM) 1977 584 168 33.44 116.40
UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO SCHOOL OF COMPUTING (ucsc) 1987 1,141 115 13.02 71.57
GAMPAHA WICKRAMARACHCHI AYURVEDA INSTITUTE (GWAI) 1995 368 125 43.85 120.40
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (NILIS) 1999 128 13 1.63 7.83
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA (ITUM) 2000 963 58 64.73 56.02
INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY (IBMBB) 2003 33 13 6.51 32.85
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCE (NCAS 2005 - 9 6.72 8.95
SWAMY VIPULANANDA INSTITUTE OF AESTHETIC STUDIES (SVIAS) 2005 347 21 14.95 16.28
Grand Total 110,728 14,541 4888.77** 10123.10**
Notes
(1) * Students on roll includes all students registered for undergraduate, postgraduate and other programes (including prevailing
backlog of undergraduates) in universities and university institutes.
(2) # Self Financing
(3) ** In adddition Government Grant includes, Rs. 724.93 million (Recurrent Grant) reveived by UGC for the purposes of Mahapola, Bursary
 

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