University Grants Commission - Sri Lanka

Latest Highlights

• Advertisement for the Post of Additional Secretary, Accountant & Internal Auditor
• Establishment Circular Letter No. 04/2025: Attachment of Trainees to Public Corporations, Statutory Boards and Fully Government Owned Companies for Practical Training
• Finance Circular Letter No.05/2025 - Revision of Salaries for the staff of University Grants Commission and academic & non-academic staff in the Higher Educational Institutions - 2025
• Commission Circular No.07/2025: Implementation of the Supreme Court Judgment of Case No. SC (F/R) Application No. 216/2020
• Finance Circular Letter No.04/2025 - Payment of Distress Loan
• Commission Circular No.06/2025: Circular on Incorporation of the Course “Learning to Live with Diversity” into University Undergraduate Orientation Programmes
• Finance Circular Letter No.03/2025 -Budget Call 2026

News & Events

Special Notices

• University Student Ambassador National Programme 2025 -Deadline Extended till 30.06.2025
• Notice of Structured Interview and Presentation Requirement for the posts of Deputy Secretary (DS)/ Deputy Registrar (DR) and Deputy Accountant (DA)/ Deputy Bursar (DB)/ Deputy Internal Auditor (DIA) in the University System- 2025
• Promotional Videos of Faculties of Technology
• Videos featuring Inspiring Female Graduates
• Vacancy Report for the posts of Administrative & Financial Officers in the University System as at 20.12.2022

  Hon. State Minister's public day will be held on every Monday (starting from 26-09-2022) from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. You can meet the Hon. State Minister with making a prior appointment. Please click the following link to make an appointment or call the following number
  +94-112687637
  +94-112687510
  

• Vacancy Report for the posts of Administrative & Financial Officers in the University System as at 16.11.2021
• Notice on appeals
• Resuming to work from 11th May -2020
• Resuming to work and Guidelines to be adhered by Government Offices during the opening of districts for the resumption of normal day to day activities
• Academic Audit
• Programme Reviews (PR) in State Universities - 2017
• A Performance Score Card for the Internal Quality Assurance Units of Universities
• Payment Mechanism for Evaluation of Postgraduate Study Program Proposals and External Degree Program (EDP) Proposals
• Guidlines for Conducting Institutional Reviews (IRs) and Programme Reviews (PRs) in State Universities
• Procedure to be followed in presenting Government Business to Parliament
• Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework (SLQF)
• Training Slots under the India Technical Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and TCS of Colombo Plan (CP) Scholarship Scheme
• Manual for Institutional Review of Sri Lankan Universities and Higher Education Institutions
• Criteria for Appointment of Members to University Councils
• University Student Charter
• Guidelines to curb the menace of ragging
• Transfers & Transfer Application Downloads
• Application for new Faculty/ Institute /Dept./Centre/Degree/Dip

Grants & Scholarships

• Calling applications for UGC – Griffith University, Australia (GU) Full/Joint PhD Scholarship programme 2023
• The Chulabhorn Graduate Institute , Thailand - Postgraduate Scholarships 2023
• Scholarships offered by Thai Higher Education Institutions for International Students in Academic Year - 2022

Events

		Centenary Year Celebrations of Humanities and Social Sciences - Logo & Website Launching
		Media Conference on University Admission for the Academic year 2020/21 based on 2020 A/L results.
		Video on University Admission for the Academic year 2019/20 based on 2019 A/L results.
		Sri Lankan Medicinal Plants Development and Conservation Project
		Hon.Minister of Education Visited to the UGC
		Assumed Duties, New Chairman UGC
		INQAAHE/APQN Conferences 2019, Sri Lanka
		Presentation made by Chairman, UGC at the General Assembly of the INQAAHE biennial conference in Bahrain
		Opening ceremony of the New Building

News

Sri Lanka: Progress and Remaining Challenges in Online Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

B.Sc Degree Programme Academic Year 2021/2022 - Open University of Sri Lanka

Online Learning in Sri Lanka’s Higher Education Institutions during the COVID-19 Pandemic