University of Moratuwa

University of Moratuwa
මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය
மொரட்டுவை பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Former names
 Katubedda Campus of University of Ceylon
Motto "Wisdom is all Wealth"
Established 1972
Chancellor Professor K.K.Y.W. Perera
Vice-Chancellor Professor A.K.W. Jayawardane[1]
Administrative staff
 500
Undergraduates 4,000
Postgraduates 500
Location Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Affiliations University Grants Commission
Website www.mrt.ac.lk

The University of Moratuwa (also referred as Moratuwa University) (Sinhalese: මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, Tamil: மொரட்டுவை 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,[2] and sports and recreational activities.[3] 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.

Students from the University of Moratuwa have won competitions for Google Summer of Code in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011,[4][5][6] Imagine Cup Sri Lanka,[7] and IEEEXtreme Competition.[8][9] 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.[4]

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.

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.[10]

Organization and administration

Academic entities

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,[11] 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.[12]

Entrance to the faculty is as for all state universities through the highly competitive GCE Advanced Level examination.[13] 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

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.

  1. Cisco Networking Center
  2. 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

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.

Vice Chancellor

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).

Deputy Vice Chancellor

The deputy vice chancellor of the university is Professor R.A. Attalage, BSc Eng Hons (Moratuwa), M.Sc.(AIT, Thailand), PhD (France).

Deans of Faculties

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.

Other officers

Staff unions and clubs

Chancellors

Alumni

Coordinates: 6°47′47″N 79°54′3″E / 6.79639°N 79.90083°E / 6.79639; 79.90083

Student life

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.[2] 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:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. A.K.W. Jayawardane". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Welcome to University of Moratuwa". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to University of Moratuwa". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Google Open Source Blog: Tasty New Google Summer of Code Stats". Google Open Source Blog. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Google Open Source Blog: This Week's Top 10's: Universities for Google Summer of Code 2008". Google Open Source Blog. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Google Open Source Blog: Who's Being Schooled?". Google Open Source Blog. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Moratuwa, UCSC, Peradeniya, SLIIT and IIT through to Imagine Cup 2011 SL Final". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. ↑ IEEEXtreme Competition 2009
  9. ↑ IEEEXtreme Competition: UoM team wins world prize
  10. ↑ "History". University of Moratuwa. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Faculty of Engineering". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "::Home Page::Faculty of Engineering::University of Moratuwa::". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  13. ↑ University Admissions - Minimum Z-Scores
  14. ↑ "Centres Providing Specialized Services". University of Moratuwa. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Medicinal Chemistry Blog". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Saman Amarasinghe". Retrieved 18 July 2015.

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