University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)

Established in 1979, the University Grants Commission (UGC) is the body responsible for funding most of the State Universities in Sri Lanka, and operates within the frame work of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978. The University Grants Commission is a public organization, established under the Parliament Act No 16 of 1978 by Dr Nissanka Wijeyeratne the Cabinet Minister of Education & Higher Education at the time.With offices located at No 20, Ward Place Colombo 07, Sri Lanka. It distributes public money, allocated by the Government for teaching and research to universities and university affiliated institutes.The functions of the UGC are; allocation of funds to Higher EducationalInstitutions that come under it (HEIs), planning and coordination of university education,, maintenance of academic standards, regulation of the administration of HEIs and regulation of admission of students to HEIs that come under it.

Vision of the UGC

The vision of the ugc is to develop a university system of the highest quality appropriate to national needs and aspirations, in keeping with global trends.

Mission of the UGC

The mission of the ugc is to promote and sustain through resource allocation, a widely accessible university system that is accountable to the public and dedicated to the highest levels of learning, professional training and research, relevance to the needs of the country, by facilitating, in partnership with other stakeholders of higher education, the diversification and the assurance of quality of academic programmes, and the emergence of centers of excellence in teaching and research.

Universities that comes under the UGC

*University of Colombo [http://www.cmb.ac.lk/]
**University of Colombo School of Computing [http://www.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk]
**Institute of Indigenous Medicine [http://www.cmb.ac.lk/iim]
**Institute of Worker's Education [http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/institutes/iwe/index.htm]
**National Institute of Library and Information Science [http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/institutes/nilis/index.htm]
**National Center for Advanced Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences [http://www.ugc.ac.lk/policy/approved_cadre/cardre%202007/NCAS2007.pdf ]
**Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB) [http://www.ibmbb.lk]
**Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo [http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/institutes/pgim/index.htm]
**Sri Palee Campus
*University of Peradeniya
**Postgraduate Institute of Science, Peradeniya [http://www.pgis.lk]
**Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, Peradeniya [http://www.pgia.ac.lk/]
*University of Sri Jayewardenepura [http://www.sjp.ac.lk]
*University of Kelaniya
**Gampaha Wickramaracchi Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
**Postgraduate Institute of Pali & Buddhist Studies, Colombo [http://www.kln.ac.lk/Affiliated/index.html]
*University of Moratuwa [http://www.mrt.ac.lk]
**Institute of Technology, Moratuwa [http://www.mrt.ac.lk/itum]
*University of Jaffna
**Vavuniya Campus
*University of Ruhuna
*Open University, Sri Lanka [http://www.ou.ac.lk]
*Eastern University of Sri Lanka
**Swamy Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies
**Trincomalee Campus
*Rajarata University of Sri Lanka [http://www.rjt.slt.lk]
*Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka [http://www.sab.ac.lk]
*Uva Wellassa University
*Wayamba University of Sri Lanka [http://www.wyb.ac.lk]
*University of the Visual & Performing Arts
*South Eastern University of Sri Lanka [http://www.seu.ac.lk]

Degree Granting Institutions recognized by the UGC

;Graduate & Undergraduate Degrees
*Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology [http://www.sliit.lk]

;Only Undergraduate Degrees
*Institute of Technological Studies
*Institute of Surveying and Mapping
*Aquinas College of Higher Studies
*National Institute of Social Development

ee also

*Dr.Nissanka Wijeyeratne
*Universities in Sri Lanka
*North colombo medical college

References

[http://www.ugc.ac.lk University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka]