Established 1972 Postgraduates 500 Motto "Wisdom is all Wealth" Undergraduates 8,000 | Administrative staff 500 Phone +94 11 2 650534 Founded 1972 Vice-chancellor A.K.W. Jayawardane | |
Address Bandaranayake Mawatha, Katubedda, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka Affiliation University Grants Commission Notable alumni Lalith Gamage, Rishad Bathiudeen, Champika Ranawaka, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Ranjith Perera Similar University of Colombo, University of Peradeniya, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Kelaniya, University of Ruhuna Profiles |
University of moratuwa
The University of Moratuwa (also referred as Moratuwa University) (Sinhalese: මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්යාලය Moratuwa Vishvavidyalaya), Tamil: மொறட்டுவைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்), located on the bank of the Bolgoda Lake in Katubedda, Moratuwa is the most sought after technological university in Sri Lanka. 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.
Contents
- University of moratuwa
- Official batch video e nite 2016 entc 12 batch university of moratuwa
- History
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Institute of Technology
- Other sections
- Officers
- Staff unions and clubs
- Chancellors
- Notable alumni
- Student organizations
- Sports and recreation
- References
Students from the University of Moratuwa have won competitions for Google Summer of Code in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, Imagine Cup Sri Lanka, and IEEEXtreme Competition. In the Google Summer of Code, 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.
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 Investment Research Challenge and the CIMA Global Business Challenge.
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History
The University of Moratuwa is an independent state university in Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka overlooking the picturesque 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 School (GTS) which was established in Maradana, Colombo in 1893.
The GTS was one of the first institutions for formal technical education in Sri Lanka (the Ceylon Medical School was established in 1870). It became the pioneering institution for science education in Sri Lanka and its name was changed to the Ceylon Technical College (CTC) in 1906. The CTC provided technical education in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering fields even before the establishment of the University College Colombo, affiliated to the University of London, in 1921.
The CCT at Katubedda first earned University status, as the Katubedda Campus of the single University of Ceylon, 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 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.
Faculty of Architecture
The Faculty of Architecture of the University of Moratuwa confers bachelor's degrees in Architecture, Facilities Management, Quantity Surveying, Town & Country Planning, and Design. In addition, it confers master's degrees in Project Management and other post-graduate degrees in fields relevant to academic departments. 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 & 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
The divisions and units at the Faculty of Architecture are
Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering is the most demanding and top ranked engineering faculty in Sri Lanka. It is the largest faculty in the University of Moratuwa, comprising 12 academic departments, over 200 academic staff and around 3500 undergraduate and post-graduate students. The faculty offers the Honours Degree of Bachelor of the Science of Engineering in nine 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.
Entrance to the faculty is as for all state universities through the highly competitive GCE Advanced Level examination. The entrance examination consists of Maths, Physics and Chemistry subjects. Entrance is granted on the Z-score obtained. The duration of the degree is four years on completion of which the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science of Engineering is awarded.
The Departments at the Faculty of Engineering are
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.
The divisions and units at the Faculty of Engineering are
Faculty of Information Technology
The Faculty of Information Technology was established in June 2001 to address 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. It is guarantied that the faculty continues to develop and expand adapting to satisfy the ever changing needs of the IT industry to become an entity which the students and the industry would look up to.
The Faculty of Information Technology offers two undergraduate and two postgraduate degrees which are
The Departments at the Faculty of Information Technology are
Faculty of Graduate Studies
The Faculty of Graduate Studies was established in June 2016 to enhance the postgraduate research culture in the university.
Institute of Technology
The Ceylon College of Technology (CCT) was thus established at Katubedda in 1966 which offered a practically oriented engineering diploma (Diploma in Technology, abbreviated to DipTech) equivalent to a degree which was developed and offered with the technical assistance of UNESCO. The CCT commenced with specialisations in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, initially utilising the physical facilities available at the IPT. The IPT continued in the same premises with its full-time courses, but was amalgamated with the CCT in 1967 and the JTO course was restructured and named as the Technician's course. Arising of a perceived need to separate technical education at lower than degree level from the main university, the Institute of Technology University of Moratuwa (ITUM) was established with effect from 10 March 2000 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.
Following discipline of fields are available in ITUM.
Other sections
CITeS is responsible for the University IT Infrastructure which includes administration of university network backbone, general server administration and maintenance of common computing facilities.
- Cisco Networking Center
- SchoolNet Network Operation Center
Officially established around 2007 and serve most of the information system related services including e-Learning, EMIS and ERP to whole university and one of the most success Education Management Information System in Sri Lankan universities.
Officers
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. Otherwise it is a distinguished person or a clergy in the civil society. 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 Deshamanya Dr. Roland Silva.
The vice chancellor is de facto 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. A.K.W. Jayawardane, BSc Eng Hons (Moratuwa), MSc (UK), PhD (UK), CEng, FIE (SL).
The deputy vice chancellor of the university is Professor R.A. Attalage, BSc Eng Hons (Moratuwa), M.Sc.(AIT, Thailand), PhD (France).
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.
Staff unions and clubs
Chancellors
Notable alumni
Student organizations
Students at the University of Moratuwa run over 25 clubs and organizations. These include cultural and religious groups, academic clubs and common-interest organizations. The University Students' Union is considered the highest body which represents all internal students of the university. Separate student unions operate in each faculty. These student societies include:
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: