Faculties and institutions of University of Colombo

Made up of eight academic departments and several teaching units, it undertakes studies and research in areas of humanities and social sciences.

The origins of the faculty dates back to 1921, with the establishment of the Ceylon University College, as courses in arts subjects where the first to be started.

Upgraded to a faculty in 1942 with the establishment of the University of Ceylon that year, it was moved completely to Peradeniya in the early 1950s.

It has the largest number of distance learning course offered via e-learning and m-learning with a student base in both Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Its Postgraduate & Mid-career Development Unit which conducts the highly recognized MBA program of the Colombo University.

The Faculty has close links with several hospitals for teaching, training, clinical services and research.

However the department was later shifted to the Colombo Campus of the University of Ceylon upgrade to a Faculty of Law in 1968.

At its formation its nucleus was formed from staff from the Science Section of the Ceylon Technical College.

It was established by a notification of the Sri Lanka government gazette (Extraordinary ) No 928/1 dated June 20, 1996.

The University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) is a higher educational affiliate institute providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in Computer Science, Information Systems, and Information and Communication Technology.

The Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) is the only graduate school in the country that provides specialist training of medical doctors.