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University of Kelaniya Hosts 24th Chinese Bridge Sri Lanka Finals

The University of Kelaniya hosted the Sri Lanka final of the 24th Chinese Bridge Competition, an international platform promoting Chinese language and cultural exchange. University students from across the country competed in language, speech, and talent contests, with top winners earning the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka in China. The event highlighted the university’s commitment to fostering global partnerships and intercultural understanding through education.

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MFA Show 2025

The inauguration ceremony of the Master of Fine Arts Degree Show 2025, organized by the Master of Fine Arts Degree Programme, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, was successfully held on 27th June 2025, at the JDA Perera Gallery, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Horton Place, Colombo 07.

Vinura Gamage Clinches at All Island Table Tennis Championship 2025

Inauguration Ceremony of the Master of Human Resource Management – Batch 18 (2025 Intake)

The Research Conference on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (RCSoTL) 2025 was successfully held on 27th June 2025 at the University of Kelaniya under the theme, “Exploring New Frontiers: Advancing Research in Teaching and Learning Excellence.” The conference was organised by the Staff Development Centre in collaboration with the W.M. Jayarathne Centre for Management Research, the Centre for Excellence in Technology Education, the General Research Committee of SLASS, and the Board of Study in Digital Learning. The event provided a vibrant platform for academics, researchers, and practitioners to share insights and engage in critical dialogue on innovations in higher education.

Women’s Badminton Team Crowned Champions at BattleField 2025

The University of Kelaniya Women’s Badminton Team emerged Champions in the University Women’s Category at the BattleField 2025 – Peradeniya Badminton Challenge, organized by the Pera Students' Badminton Society of the University of Peradeniya. The tournament was held on 28th & 29th June 20205 at the University of Peradeniya.

V-Force Ignites Youth Power at University of Kelaniya!
"Let's Move Up"

The V-Force “Let’s Move Up” university-based programme, organized by the Sirasa V-Force team in collaboration with Y FM, MTV Channel (Pvt) Ltd., and the Communication and Media Unit of the University of Kelaniya, was successfully held on June 23, 2025, at the Sri Dharmaloka Hall of the University of Kelaniya.

Annual Sustainability Report 2024 of UoK!

In a proud moment reflecting a year of impactful progress, the Annual Sustainability Report 2024 of University of Kelaniya was officially handed over to Senior Professor Nilanthi de Silva, by Dr. Wasanthi Subasinghe, the Director of the Centre for Sustainability Solutions (CSS), and Professor Madurika Nanayakkara, Deputy Director of the CSS.
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Awarding Ceremony for Diploma in Buddhist Psychology & Counselling

The Department of Pali & Buddhist Studies at the University of Kelaniya hosted a momentous Awarding Ceremony on June 24, 2025, to honor the graduation of the 5th and 6th batches of the Diploma in Buddhist Psychology and Counselling program.
The event, held at the Sri Dharmaloka Hall, was an occasion to celebrate the hard work, dedication, and academic achievements of the students who have successfully completed this transformative program.

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Praṇāma - Piduma Saha Ägayuma

“Praṇāma - Piduma Saha Ägayuma 2022/2023,” an annual event organized by the Welfare Society of the University of Kelaniya, was successfully held on June 25, 2025, at the Faculty of Social Sciences Auditorium. This event celebrated the academic achievements of the children of Welfare Society members who excelled in national examinations for the years 2022 and 2023. Students who performed exceptionally well in the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, G.C.E. Ordinary Level (O/L), and G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examinations were recognized and appreciated for their accomplishments.

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Notices and Announcements

Vacancies at the University of Kelaniya – Faculty of Computing & Technology

Apply Online by 30th June 2025

The University of Kelaniya invites applications for the following posts for the academic year 2023/2024:

Temporary Lecturer
Temporary Demonstrator

Disciplines: Applied Computing, Software Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering

How to Apply: All applications must be submitted online via: https://recruit.kln.ac.lk/apply

Deadline: 30th June 2025

Required Documents:

Scanned academic certificates (transcripts, degree certificates, postgraduate qualifications)
Signed CV
A certified letter from the university for candidates with pending results

Please note that separate applications must be submitted for each post and each discipline. Incomplete or late applications will be rejected.

Mahapola Scholarship Award 2023/2024

The Mahapola Trust Fund has issued the official name list of students eligible for the Mahapola Scholarship under the 2023/2024 academic year for the University of Kelaniya.

Students listed are kindly requested to complete the online application by visiting the official Mahapola Bank Application Portal and following the provided instructions.

After completing the application, a printed copy along with a certified copy of your bank passbook must be submitted on or before 30 June 2025 either via registered post or hand delivery to the following address:

📍 Assistant Registrar,
Student Welfare Division,
University of Kelaniya,
Dalugama, Kelaniya

මහපොළ ශිෂ්‍යත්ව ප්‍රදානය - 2023/2024

2023/2024 අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂයට පිවිසුණු සිසුන් අතුරින් මහපොළ ශිෂ්‍යත්වයට හිමිකම් ලබා ඇති සිසුන්ගේ නාම ලේඛනය මහපොළ භාරකාර අරමුදල විසින් කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය වෙත ලබා දී ඇත.

මෙම නාම ලේඛනයේ නම් සඳහන් සියලුම සිසුන්ට මහපොළ ශිෂ්‍යත්වය හිමි වන අතර, http://www.mahapola.lk/BankApp/ වෙබ් අඩවියට පිවිසීමෙන් අදාළ අයඳුම්පත සම්පූර්ණ කළ යුතුය. ඒ සඳහා ඇමුණුමේ ඇති පියවර අනුගමනය කරන්න.

අයඳුම්පත අන්තර්ජාලයෙන් පිරවූ පසු, එහි මුද්‍රිත පිටපතක් සහ බැංකුව විසින් සහතික කරන ලද බැංකු පාස්පොතෙහි ඡායා පිටපතක් 2025 ජූනි 30ට පෙර, ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් හෝ පෞද්ගලිකව පහත ලිපිනයට භාරදිය යුතුය:

Bursary Results and Student List for Academic Year 2023/2024 Released

The University of Kelaniya has released the approved, rejected, and incomplete student bursary applications for the 2023/2024 academic year. Students are advised to check the official notice here:
🔗 Bursary Notice & Student List – 2023/2024

Applicants with incomplete submissions should visit the Student Welfare Division to rectify their applications. Bursary recipients must sign the official register between June 17 and July 4, 2025 (excluding weekends and public holidays), from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the relevant faculty office.

Access the full student list (PDF): https://news.kln.ac.lk/images/news25/June/not16/2023-2024_1st_List.pdf

2023/2024 අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂය සඳහා ශිෂ්‍යාධාර ලැයිස්තුව නිකුත් කෙරේ

කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය විසින් 2023/2024 අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂය සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් කළ ශිෂ්‍යාධාර අයදුම්පත් වල අනුමත, ප්‍රතික්ෂේප සහ අඩුපාඩු සහිත ලැයිස්තු නිකුත් කර ඇත. සිසුන්ට මෙම නිවේදනය බලන්නැයි උපදෙස් දේ:

🔗 ශිෂ්‍යාධාර නිවේදනය සහ ශිෂ්‍ය ලැයිස්තුව – 2023/2024

අඩුපාඩු සහිත අයදුම්පත් ඉදිරිපත් කළ සිසුන්ට ඒවා සම්පූර්ණ කිරීමට ශිෂ්‍ය සේවා අංශය වෙත පැමිණෙන්නා ලෙස දන්වා ඇත. ශිෂ්‍යාධාර හිමිකම් ලැබූ සිසුන් 2025 ජුනි 17 සිට ජූලි 04 දක්වා (සති අන්ත සහ රාජකීය නිවාඩු හැර) පෙරවරු 9.00 සිට පස්වරු 3.30 දක්වා තම පාඨමාලා කටයුතුවලට බාධාවක් නොවන පරිදි, තම අධ්‍යයන ආයතනයට අයත් කාර්යාලයට පැමිණ අත්සන් කළ යුතුය.

පූර්ණ ශිෂ්‍ය ලැයිස්තුව (PDF) බාගත කිරීමට:
https://news.kln.ac.lk/images/news25/June/not16/2023-2024_1st_List.pdf

Notice: Conferment of Degrees – Application (Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies - 2025)

The University of Kelaniya will be organizing a Graduation Ceremony for the graduands of the Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies, who have successfully completed the final degree examinations.

Eligible graduates are kindly requested to complete the Application Form (PDF) and submit it to the Deputy Registrar, Examinations Division, either by registered post or in person, on or before the deadline mentioned in the form.

Please Note:
The official Name List of Eligible Graduates is provided separately for each degree program. Only those whose names appear in these records are eligible to apply for the graduation ceremony.

For full notice, visit
👉 https://news.kln.ac.lk/index.php/updates/notices/2289-conferment-of-degrees-application-faculty-of-commerce-management-studies-2025

For further information, please contact:
Deputy Registrar
Examinations Division
University of Kelaniya

නිවේදනය: වාණිජ හා කළමනාකරණ අධ්‍යයන පීඨය - උපාධි ප්‍රදානෝත්සවය සඳහා අයදුම්පත්‍රය (2025)

වාණිජ හා කළමනාකරණ අධ්‍යයන පීඨයේ අවසන් උපාධි පරීක්ෂණ සමත් උපාධිලාභීන් සඳහා උපාධි ප්‍රදානෝත්සවයක් පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු යොදා ඇත.

අදාළ උපාධිලාභීන් අයදුම්පත්‍රය (PDF) නිසි පරිදි සම්පූර්ණ කර, එය නියෝජ්‍ය ලේඛකාධිකාරී, විභාග අංශය වෙත ලියාපදිංචි තැපෑලෙන් හෝ පෞද්ගලිකව භාරදිය යුතුය.

සැ.යු.:
ප්‍රතිඵල ලේඛන වල නාම ලැයිස්තුව එක් එක් උපාධිය සඳහා වෙන්ව දක්වා ඇති අතර එම ලේඛනවල නම් ඇතුළත් උපාධිලාභීන්ට පමණක් මෙයට අයදුම් කළ හැකිය.

නිවේදනය සදහා පිවිසෙන්න
👉 https://news.kln.ac.lk/index.php/updates/notices/2289-conferment-of-degrees-application-faculty-of-commerce-management-studies-2025

වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු සඳහා:
නියෝජ්‍ය ලේඛකාධිකාරී
විභාග අංශය
කැළණිය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය

Notice: Conferment of Degrees – Faculty of Medicine 2025

The University of Kelaniya will hold the degree conferment ceremony for Faculty of Medicine students who have passed their final examinations.

Only students listed in the official results are eligible.
Complete and submit the application form to the Deputy Registrar, Examinations Division, either by registered post or in person before the deadline.

Published on: 13 June 2025

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