(''Vidyaayev Sharvadhanam'')
, motto_lang = Sanskrit
, mottoeng = Wisdom is all Wealth
, established =
, type = Public
, chancellor = K. K. Y. W. Perera
, vice_chancellor = N. D. Gunawardena
, location = Katubedda,
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Moratuwa ( si, මොරටුව, ta, மொறட்டுவை) is a large suburb of Colombo, on the southwestern coast of Sri Lanka, near Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia. It is situated on the Galle–Colombo (Galle road) main highway, south ...
, students = 10,000+
, undergrad = 7,000
, postgrad = 2,500
, academic_staff = 500
, administrative_staff = 800
, nickname = Mora
, campus = Urban -
, website =
, accreditation =
University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)
, affiliations = *
University Grants Commission
*
Association of Commonwealth Universities
*
International Association of Universities
*
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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*
RIBA
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*
Institution of Engineers Australia
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*
Institution of Engineering and Technology
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, former_names = Katubedda Campus of University of Ceylon
The University of Moratuwa (also referred as Moratuwa University) ( si, මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්යාලය ''Moraṭuva Viśvavidyālaya'', ta, மொறட்டுவைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a
public university
A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...
in Sri Lanka. It is located on the bank of the
Bolgoda Lake
Bolgoda Lake or Bolgoda River ( si, බොල්ගොඩ වැව, ta, போல்கோடா ஏரி) is a freshwater lake in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, straddling the border between Colombo District and Kalutara District. It cons ...
in Katubedda,
Moratuwa. Apart from academics including undergraduate and postgraduate studies, the University of Moratuwa presents social and cultural activities, student services, societies,
and sports and recreational activities. The institution was known as Ceylon College of Technology, Katubedda (Katubedda Tech) before gaining university status. Its roots go back to the Institute of Practical Technology founded in 1960 to provide technical education.
Students from the University of Moratuwa have participated in
Google Summer of Code
The Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program in which Google awards stipends to contributors who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. , the program is ...
in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011,
Imagine Cup Sri Lanka, and IEEEXtreme Competition. In the
Google Summer of Code
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, University of Moratuwa was ranked as the top university worldwide in the number of awards received by students for the five-year period from its inception in 2005.
The University of Moratuwa won the
Microsoft Imagine Cup Sri Lankan Software Design Finals in five out of eight occasions, including 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012. In addition to this, the university maintains a stellar record in the world stage in competitions such as the
CFA Institute Research Challenge
The CFA Institute Research Challenge is an annual global competition in equity research hosted by the CFA Institute started in 2007. The competition provides university students with hands-on training and mentoring in financial analysis. Students a ...
and the CIMA Global Business Challenge.
History
The University of Moratuwa is an independent state university in Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka overlooking Bolgoda Lake. It was established as the University of Moratuwa (UoM), Sri Lanka on 22 December 1978 under the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 and operates under the general direction of the
University Grants Commission. Its origin can be traced to the
Government Technical College
Maradana College of Technology is the oldest technical college in Sri Lanka. Formally known as the Ceylon Technical College which was an institution of higher education for Technical and Scientific fields in Ceylon and a government department. It ...
(GTC) which was established in Maradana, Colombo in 1893.
The GTC was one of the first institutions for formal technical education in Sri Lanka (the
Ceylon Medical School
Established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is the second oldest medical school in South Asia.It is considered to be the top most medical faculty in the country which requir ...
was established in 1870, followed by
Colombo Law College (1875), School of Agriculture (1884) and the
Government Technical College
Maradana College of Technology is the oldest technical college in Sri Lanka. Formally known as the Ceylon Technical College which was an institution of higher education for Technical and Scientific fields in Ceylon and a government department. It ...
(1893)). It became the pioneering institution for science education in Sri Lanka and its name was changed to the
Ceylon Technical College
Maradana College of Technology is the oldest technical college in Sri Lanka. Formally known as the Ceylon Technical College which was an institution of higher education for Technical and Scientific fields in Ceylon and a government department. It ...
(CTC) in 1906. The CTC provided technical education in civil,
electrical
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and
mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, an ...
fields even before the establishment of the
University College Colombo
Ceylon University College was a public university college in Ceylon. Established in 1921, it was Ceylon's first attempt at university education. The college didn't award degrees under its own name but prepared students to sit the University of Lo ...
, affiliated to the
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...
, in 1921.
The Ceylon Technical College, Katubedda was established in 1966 offering the Diploma in Technology, it gained University status, as the Katubedda Campus of the single
University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations around Sri Lanka. The University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, replaced it with the Unive ...
, on 15 February 1972. The Department of Architecture, then at Colombo, was transferred to Katubedda in the formation of this new campus. The Katubedda Campus thus began with one faculty, that of Engineering and Architecture. The first president was Dr.
LH Sumanadasa
Lokusatu Heva Sumanadasa, was a pilot, engineer, educator, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ceylon and founder of the University of Moratuwa.
Education
Sumanadasa was born on 3 December 1910 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) at Ambalangoda. He was ed ...
who steered the progress of the institution and was the principal of the IPT before it became the Katubedda Campus. When Ceylon became a Republic on 22 May 1972, the corporate name of the university was changed to the
University of Sri Lanka.
In 1978 it gained the Independent University Status under Universities Act No. 16 of 1978.
Organisation and administration
Academic entities
Faculty of Architecture
The Faculty of Architecture offers six Honours Degrees such as Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Design, Bachelor of Science in Quantity Surveying, Bachelor of Science in Facilities Management, Bachelor of Science in Town & Country Planning. In addition, the Faculty of Architecture offers eight Postgraduate degrees such as MSc/PG Diploma in Interior Design, MSc in Landscape Design, MSc in Architectural Conservation of Monuments and Sites (ACOMAS), Master of Urban Design, MSc in Project Management, MSc/PG Diploma in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, MSc in Occupational Safety and Health Management, MSc in Spatial Planning, Management and Design. The Faculty of Architecture enjoys the unique distinction of being the only seat of education in Sri Lanka offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Architecture, Town and Country Planning, Facilities Management and Quantity Surveying. Many of the programmes conducted by the faculty have reached international standards.
The departments at the Faculty of Architecture are
*Department of Architecture
*Department of Building Economics
*Department of Integrated Design
*Department of Town & Country Planning
The divisions and units at the Faculty of Architecture are
*Undergraduate Studies Division
*Postgraduate Studies Division
*Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU)
*Faculty of Architecture Quality Assurance Cell
Faculty of Engineering
It is the largest faculty in the University of Moratuwa, comprising eleven academic departments, over 200 academic staff and around 3500 undergraduate and thousands of post-graduate students. The faculty offers the Honours Degree of Bachelor of the Science of Engineering in ten disciplines, Bachelor of Design in Fashion Design and Product Development, and Bachelor of Science in Transport and Logistics Management. In addition, the Faculty offers a large number of post-graduate degrees leading to Master of Science, Master of Engineering, Master of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration and Doctor of Philosophy.
The Departments at the Faculty of Engineering are
*Department of Chemical & Process Engineering
*Department of Civil Engineering
*Department of Computer Science & Engineering
*Department of Earth Resources Engineering
*Department of Electrical Engineering
*Department of Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering
*Department of Materials Science & Engineering
*Department of Mechanical Engineering
*Department of Textile & Clothing Technology
*Department of Transport & Logistics
The following departments do not have dedicated students; they support the academic activities of other departments by offering subjects to engineering undergraduates from all fields.
*Department of Mathematics
The divisions and units at the Faculty of Engineering are
*Undergraduate Studies Division
*Postgraduate Studies Division
*Industrial Training Division
*Engineering Research Unit (ERU)
*English Language Teaching Centre
*Engineering Faculty Quality Assurance Cell
*Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Information Technology
The Faculty of Information Technology was established in June 2001 to address the widening gap in the supply of IT professionals.
The undergraduate program in IT is limited to a number of students. It was planning to expand the undergraduate intake tenfold when the necessary infrastructure facilities are established by 2005.
Further, the faculty has started a postgraduate program in IT from early 2004 and few continuing professional development programs addressing the immediate needs of the local IT industry.
The Faculty of Information Technology offers two undergraduate and two postgraduate degrees which are
*Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
*Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Management
*MSc. in Information Technology
*MSc. in Artificial Intelligence
The Departments at the Faculty of Information Technology are
*Department of Information Technology
*Department of Computational Mathematics
*Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Faculty of Graduate Studies
The Faculty of Graduate Studies was established in June 2016 to enhance the postgraduate research culture in the university.
Faculty of Business
The Faculty of Business was established in June 2017 to produce graduates who will be ready to take the businesses to a higher level in the next decade. With the increasing use of data analytics for improving business efficiency, the world is looking for a new breed of business graduates who can bring fresh insights to an organisation. The business faculty at the University of Moratuwa will be offering world-class undergraduate degree programs in Business Science training students with conceptual underpinning as well as vocationally relevant knowledge and skills.
Faculty of Medicine
In 2020, the
University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka), in its annual National University Admission Handbook, announced an inaugural intake of 75 undergraduates to study Medicine in the University of Moratuwa establishing it as the 11th Faculty of Medicine in the island.
The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Moratuwa is the country's only Faculty of Medicine with a Department of Medical Technology, which offers a course in Medical Technology that, instead of using traditional methods, aims to utilize science to discover answers to health problems or issues.
The departments at faculty of medicine are
*Department of Anatomy
*Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry
*Department of Physiology
*Department of Pharmacology
*Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
*Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine
*Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine
*Department of Medicine and Mental Health
*Department of Surgery and Anesthesia
*Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
*Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology
*Department of Medical Education
*Department of Medical Technology
Institute of Technology
The
Institute of Technology
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
, was founded as the Ceylon College of Technology in Moratuwa in 1966 with the technical assistance of
UNESCO
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. The CCT commenced with specialisations in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, initially utilising the physical facilities available at the IPT. in 2000, the Institute of Technology was established to conduct the
National Diploma in Technology course separately from the Faculty of Engineering, with the Ordinance for the same having been gazetted in August 2000.
Other sections
*Information Systems Division / MIS Unit
Officially established around 2007 and serve most of the information system related services including e-Learning, EMIS, DMS and ERP to the whole university and one of the most successful Education Management Information System in Sri Lankan universities.
* Center for Information Technology Services (CITeS)
CITeS is responsible for the University IT Infrastructure which includes administration of university network backbone, general server administration and maintenance of common computing facilities. CITeS is currently running th
Cisco Networking Center
* Industrial Automation Research Center (IARC)
* Medical Centre
* Day Care Centre
* Media Centre
* Centre for Instructional Technologies
Officers
;
Chancellor
Chancellor is the head of the university and is responsible for awarding all the
academic degrees. Usually, the chancellor is a distinguished person in an
academic discipline
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. Otherwise, it is a distinguished person or a clergy in the civil society. The appointment is done by the head of the state, the
President of Sri Lanka. The position is mainly ceremonial and duties are usually carried out by the vice chancellor. The current chancellor of the university is Professor K.K.Y.W. Perera.
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Vice Chancellor
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In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...
The vice-chancellor is the principal academic and administrative officer of the university, responsible for the management tasks. This appointment is also done by the
President of Sri Lanka. The vice-chancellor of the university is Prof. N.D. Gunawardena.
;
Deputy Vice Chancellor
Prof. P.K.S. Mahanama
;
Deans of Faculties
Deans are the heads of the faculties. They are responsible for the management and the tasks carried out by the faculty. Deans are appointed by the chancellor for three years.
* Dean Faculty of Architecture: Professor M. L. De Silva, BSc (BE), M.sc. Arch (Moratuwa), RIBA, FIA (SL)
* Dean Faculty of Engineering: Professor Nalin Wickramarachchi, BSc Eng Hons (Moratuwa), MSc (UK), PhD (Canada)
* Dean Faculty of Information Technology: B. H. Sudantha,
BSc (Hons), MPhil
* Dean Faculty of Graduate Studies: Professor Dileeka Dias, BSc Eng (Moratuwa), M.S.(Calif.), PhD(Calif), MIEEE
* Dean Faculty of Business: Professor S.W.S.B Dasanayake .
* Dean Faculty of Medicine:Professor F.R.Fernando MBBS, M.S. (Col), FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Eng), FCPS (Pakistan), FASI (India), FCSSL (Sri Lanka), Ph D (Col)
;Other officers
* Registrar: W. M. D. P. M. Hulugalla
* Librarian: R. C. Kodikara, BA (Kelaniya), MLS (BrCol)
* Bursar: K. A. D. Pushpakeerthi
Staff unions and clubs
* University of Moratuwa Teachers Association (UMTA)
* Toastmasters Club
Former Chancellors
*
Sir
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Arthur C. Clarke - former chancellor
* Dr.
Ray Wijewardene - former chancellor
* Deshamanya Dr. Roland Silva - former vice chancellor
Notable alumni
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Indira Samarasekera - 12th president and vice-chancellor of the
University of Alberta
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Ravi Karunanayake - Former Finance Minister,
Govt. of Sri Lanka
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Lalith Gamage - president of the
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
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Janaka Ruwanpura, Vice-Provost International, University of Calgary, Canada
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Asoka Abeygunawardana - Chairman & CEO of Strategic Enterprise Management Agency at Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka
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Champika Ranawaka
Achchige Patali Champika Ranawaka ( Sinhala: පාඨලී චම්පික රණවක; born 4 August 1965) is a Sri Lankan electrical engineer and Far-right politician. He is the Member of Parliament from Colombo District of Samagi Jana ...
- A Former Cabinet Minister, Government of Sri Lanka
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Nimal Rajapakshe - Professor & Former Dean,
Simon Fraser University
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Student life
Student organisations
Students at the University of Moratuwa run over 25
clubs and organisations. These include cultural and religious groups, academic clubs and common-interest organisations. The University Students' Union is considered the highest body which represents all internal students of the university.
Separate student unions operate in each faculty.
Sports and recreation
The Department of Physical Education
caters to the student population of the university in sports. The department gives the students sports facilities in two ways:
* Students who wish to play games only for fun and those who wish to use the facilities for fitness may use the power room, swimming, weightlifting room, common room for table tennis, carom and chess and the gymnasium to play badminton.
* The department conducts a regular programme for 18 sports: athletics, badminton, basketball, carom, chess, cricket, elle, football, karate, netball, rowing, rugby football, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling. The department gives the facilities necessary for these sports and supplies qualified coaches for most of the games. The aim in this regular programme is to participate in the annual inter-university and national championships.
See also
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Education in Sri Lanka
Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia. While the Constitution of Sri Lanka does not provide free education as a fundamental right, the constitution mentions that 'the complete eradication of illiteracy and the a ...
*
Sri Lankan universities
References
External links
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