July 29, 2017

See about University of Kelaniya

History

The University of Kelaniya has its origin in the historic Vidyalankara Pirivena, founded in 1875 by Ratmalane Sri Dharmaloka Thera as a centre of learning for Buddhist monks.

With the establishment of modern universities in Sri Lanka in the 1940s and 1950s, the Vidyalankara Pirivena became the Vidyalankara University in 1959, later the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon in 1972, and, ultimately, the University of Kelaniya in 1978.

The University of Kelaniya has pioneered a number of new developments in higher education. It was one of the first universities to begin teaching science in Sinhala and the first to restructure the traditional Arts Faculty into three faculties: Humanities, Social Sciences, and Commerce and Management.

It has several departments not generally found in the Sri Lankan University system and some Kelaniya innovations have been adopted subsequently by other universities. These include the Departments of Industrial Management and Microbiology in the Faculty of Science; Departments of Linguistics, Fine Arts, Modern Languages and Hindi in the Faculty of Humanities; and Mass Communication and Library and Information Sciences in the Faculty of Social Sciences

Coat of Arms

coat arms The coat of arms of the University of Kelaniya is circular in design and consists of three concentric bands, the outermost of which contains the name of the University in Sinhala and English. The motto of the institution “Pannaya Parisujjhati” (self-purification is by insight) is a quotation from the Alavaka-sutta of the Samyutta Nikaya, given in Sinhala characters in the same band. The middle band containing a creeper design encloses the innermost, which shows a full blown lotus, signifying purity. These two designs are reminiscent of those occurring in the well-known moonstones at Anuradhapura.

VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY

To become a centre of excellence in creation and dissemination of knowledge for sustainable development.

MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY

To nurture intellectual citizens through creativity and innovation, who contribute to the national development.

The culture in a state university is quite different. We have our own unique sub-culture. We use a set of unique words in this subculture. For an example, study sessions organized by students are called"Kuppi", if there's a funeral happened, we say "Kapak wela", etc.

There are so many facilities provided by the university for students to engage in extracurricular activities.

Student clubs such as AIESEC, Rotaract, LEO, Gavel etc. are there to help students to develop their soft skills, leadership skills and more importantly to have fun and spend some extra time apart from your academics which is quite a stress relief.

university life is one of the best few years in your life where you will learn a lot of things about the society. University of Kelaniya has taught me not just academics, but so many things about people, society and I have gained so much and learnt so much from this beautiful and wonderful place. University of Kelaniya has become my second mother.
It is my home away from home...