Engineering has long been a top career choice for Sri Lankan students. Several educators, industry professionals and parents alike often encourage their children to explore the field of engineering in the hopes that they may one day help develop their country. In order to encourage budding engineers, ‘EngEX 2025’; a five-day exhibition scheduled from 23-27…
The Peradeniya International Economic Research Symposium (PIERS) 2025 was held on the 11th of September at the Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya. Organized by the Department of Economics and Statistics in collaboration with Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. The symposium provided a distinguished platform for academics, researchers, and policymakers to…
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, has long been recognized for producing well-trained, compassionate, and highly competent medical professionals. Our graduates have secured the 5th, 6th & 7th places and 8 places within the first 50 and 17 within the first 100 in the common merit list of final MBBS examination of 2024. We…
The Fourth International Conference of the Centre for Environmental Sustainability (ICCES) 2025, jointly organized by the Centre for Environmental Sustainability (CES) in collaboration with the Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs of the Central Province, was successfully held as a hybrid event on September 12, 2025, at the…
A meeting was held on 19th September 2025, from 11.45 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., at the Vice Chancellor’s Office, University of Peradeniya, between H.E. Dewi Gustina Tobing, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, and Prof. Sanath Rajapakse, Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya. The Ambassador was accompanied by Ms. Lailal Khairiyah Yuniarti, Minister…
The Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, proudly marked a historic milestone with the successful hosting of its first-ever International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICONELT 2025) on 12 th September 2025. Graced by the presence of the Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Ranjith Pallegama, the Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Ravi Kuruppuge,…
The Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, held a Welcome Ceremony on 11th September 2025 at the Physiology Lecture Theatre to greet the 2024/25 batch of 238 new medical undergraduates. The event was held under the patronage of Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ranjith Pallegama and attended by many distinguished guests. The Chief Guest, Dr. Asela Gunawardena,…
The Career Guidance Unit of the University of Peradeniya, in collaboration with the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL), successfully organized the Interfaculty Financial Literacy Quiz Competition 2025 on 3rd September 2025 at the Auditorium, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science. The program aimed to enhance undergraduates’ knowledge of financial literacy, a vital…
As part of the International Week 2025, an international education and employment fair was also conducted at the Senate premises by DAAD-Colombo, Alliance Française de Kandy together with ABEC` Premier and DreamJ institutes. Many students, University staff and the general public attended these events. A special Outreach activity organized by the US embassy and Sarvodaya Fusion,…
International Relations Office organized a workshop as part of its International Week activities, for international students on Stress Management, was conducted at the PGIS, University of Peradeniya by Dr. Rasangi Adicaaram, Director/CAPSU and Mrs. Apsara Diwarathne, a professional Counselor. More than 30 international students attended the workshop. Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Ranjith Pallegama; Prof. Nanda…