University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)
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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. 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 Educational Institutions 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Universities that comes under the UGC
- University of Colombo[1]
- University of Colombo School of Computing[2]
- Institute of Indigenous Medicine[3]
- Institute of Worker's Education[4]
- National Institute of Library and Information Science [5]
- Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB)[6]
- Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo [7]
- Postgraduate Institute of Pali & Buddhist Studies, Colombo [8]
- University of Peradeniya
- University of Sri Jayewardenepura[11]
- University of Kelaniya
- The National Center for Advanced Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences
- Gampaha Wickramaracchi Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
- University of Jaffna
- University of Moratuwa[12]
- Institute of Technology, Moratuwa [13]
- University of Ruhuna
- Eastern University of Sri Lanka
- Open University, Sri Lanka[14]
- Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka[15]
- Rajarata University of Sri Lanka[16]
- South Eastern University of Sri Lanka[17]
- University of the Visual & Performing Arts
- Swamy Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies
- Uva Wellassa University
- Wayamba University of Sri Lanka[18]
[edit] Degree Granting Institutions recognized by the UGC
- Graduate & Undergraduate Degrees
- Only Undergraduate Degrees
- Institute of Technological Studies
- Institute of Surveying and Mapping
- Aquinas College of Higher Studies
- National Institute of Social Development
