Inauguration

The inauguration ceremony of the 7th batch the Certificate Course in Politics and Governance which is conducted by Department of Political Science & Public Policy, was held on the 21st of July 2018 at 9.30 am in the Political Science Auditorium, Department of Political Science and Public Policy. Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake – Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo, Professor Premakumara de Silva – […]

The inauguration ceremony of the ​Masters in Buddhist Studies (2018/2019) which is conducted by the Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Colombo, was held ​on ​21st July 2018. Ven. Prof. M. Dhammajothi Thera, Head – Department of Buddhist Studies delivered the welcome speech.  The Invited Speaker was Prof. Kapila Abhayawansa, Vice Rector – International Buddhist College (Thailand).  Prof Premakumara De Silva, Dean, ​F​aculty of […]

The Department of Buddhist Studies commenced a certificate course in Introduction to Buddhist Studies on 05th May 2018. The course aims to provide a substantial knowledge of Buddhism in English through the Buddhist sources and to improve the students’ skills to translate Pali verses and process. The eminent scholars Prof. Oliver Abenayake, Prof. Ven. M. […]

The inauguration ceremony of the ​MA in Sinhala 2018 conducted by the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo was held ​on ​28th April 2018 at 9.30 am at  M B Ariyapala auditorium, ​D​epartment of Sinhala. Prof Premakumara De Silva, Dean, ​F​aculty of Arts​,​ graced​ the occasion as the Chief Guest and Prof Ashoka Premarathne, Professor of Linguistics, ​University of Kelaniya  delivered the keynote address.  

The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala – 2018 conducted by the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo was held ​on ​27th April 2018 at 9.30 am at  M B Ariyapala auditorium, ​D​epartment of Sinhala.   Prof Premakumara De Silva, Dean, ​F​aculty of Arts​, grace​d the occasion as the Chief Guest and Dr. Praneeth Abeysundara, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology […]

New students for ‘Chinese Language Proficiency for Tour Guides’ and ‘Chinese Language for Beginners’ courses, were welcomed by the Confucius Institute on 27th January 2018.  This ceremony was held at the auditorium of the Department of Economics.

The Inauguration Ceremony of the Department of English Language Teaching (DELT), Faulty of Arts was graced by the Vice Chancellor Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake as the chief guest. He was welcomed by the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Professor Athula Ranasinghe and Head, Department of English Language Teaching, Ms. Savitri Dias. Among the distinguished guests was […]

The inauguration ceremony of the Chinese Language Extension Courses was held on 10th June 2017 in the Main Library Auditorium, University of Colombo at 10.00 am. The Chief Guest was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake. The four courses are : Chinese Language for Beginners Chinese Language Proficiency for […]

The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala programme, was held on 4th March 2017,  at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala.  Mr Saman Panapitiya – Senior Lecturer, University of Performance and Fine Arts, delivered a special speech for diploma candidates.