Nalanda College – Minuwangoda is a government Buddhist school in Sri Lanka, and was founded in 1939.

After the end of the war it returned to its original site and Minuwangoda Nalanda Maha Vidyalaya was established here with the guidance of Venerable Heenatiyana Dhammaloka Thero.

[2] Students are divided into four houses, whose names are derived from Sinhala language.

It was formed under the guidance of the principal, V. V. Munasinghe, Major Ratnamalala and Captain Sandaruwan, who was the CO and Adjutant of 7NCC respectively at that time.

[citation needed] The cadet contingent has won the Herman Loose Trophy on a number of occasions.[when?]