Established in 1996 it conducts undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of performing arts and mass media.

The Sri Palee Campus was first established as the Western Campus of the University of Colombo by a notification of the Sri Lanka government Gazette (Extraordinary) No 928/1 dated 20 June 1996.

It is located in the Kalutara district at Wewala, Horana on the lands and buildings donated to the University of Sri Lanka in 1976 by the board of the Sri Palee Trust set up by the local politician and philanthropist Wilmot A. Perera.

[1] The Sri Palee Campus publishes the International Journal of Communicology (IJC) via the Center for Media Research (CMR).

The main task of the Center for Media Research and the International Journal of Communicology is to develop an interface between academics, practitioners, policymakers, and laypersons who are involved in and concerned with the development of the country, the media, and communication.