The Army War College (AWC) is a defence service training institution of the Sri Lanka Army located in Buttala, Monaragala District, Uva Province.
The AWC provides command and staff courses for mid career officers of Sri Lanka Army as well as to a limited number of officers from Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force and officers of various allied forces.
It was opened on 23 January 2012 as the Officer Career Development Centre (OCDC) and was renamed the Army War College in 2021.
With the rapid expansion of the Sri Lankan Army with the escalation of the Sri Lankan civil war, the army saw the need to enhance command and staff training for its senior subalterns and junior field officers since it depended on friendly nations for staff college training which amounted to only a few slots per year.
With the re-designation of the former Army Training Centre as the Sri Lanka Military Academy (SLMA) in 1981, the Officers Study Centre (OSC) was established in the SLMA to conduct the Junior Staff Course, the Senior Tactics Course and the Senior Administration Course.