University of Sri Jayawardenapura

The University of Sri Jayewardenepura, known as USJ, also spelled Jayawardenapura and sometimes called Jayawardenapura University, is a public research university in Gangodawila, Nugegoda, a suburb of Colombo close to Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka's administrative capital斯里贾亚瓦德纳普拉大学（University of Sri Jayewardenepura，简称 USJ，亦拼作 Jayawardenapura，有时也称 Jayawardenapura University）是斯里兰卡的一所公立研究型大学，位于科伦坡近郊努格戈达的甘戈达维拉，毗邻该国行政首都斯里贾亚瓦德纳普拉科特。

It has eleven faculties and more than 18,000 full-time students, and it traces its origin to the Vidyodaya Pirivena, a Buddhist centre of Oriental learning founded in 1873 that became a university under the Vidyodaya University and Vidyalankara University Act No. 45 of 1958学校设有 11 个学院，全日制学生超过 1.8 万人，其源头可追溯到 1873 年创办的佛教东方学中心维迪约达亚佛学院，该院依据 1958 年第 45 号《维迪约达亚大学与维迪亚兰卡拉大学法》升格为大学。

QS placed it in the 1401+ band of its 2027 world ranking, Times Higher Education lists it in the 1801-2000 band for 2027, and neither U.S. News nor the Academic Ranking of World Universities included it in its 2026-2027 tables在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校被列入 1401+ 并列区间，2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 1801–2000 区间，而 2026-2027 年度的《美国新闻与世界报道》全球大学榜单与软科世界大学学术排名均未收录该校。

History

• The university dates back to 1873, when the Buddhist monk Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero founded the Vidyodaya Pirivena at Maligakanda as a centre of Oriental learning学校的历史可追溯到 1873 年，佛教僧人希卡杜韦·斯里·苏曼加拉长老在马来加坎达创办维迪约达亚佛学院，作为东方学研究中心。
• The pirivena grew into one of the island's leading Buddhist seats of learning, teaching Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhala and Buddhist doctrine to both monks and lay students这所佛学院后来发展成为全岛最重要的佛学教育中心之一，向僧侣和在家学生教授巴利文、梵文、僧伽罗文与佛教教义。
• In 1956 the new prime minister, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, set out to promote national languages and culture, and his government decided to confer university status on the Vidyodaya and Vidyalankara pirivenas1956 年，新任总理所罗门·韦斯特·里奇韦·迪亚斯·班达拉奈克着手推动民族语言与文化，其政府决定授予维迪约达亚与维迪亚兰卡拉两所佛学院大学地位。
• The Vidyodaya University and Vidyalankara University Act No. 45 of 1958 created universities at the Vidyodaya Pirivena in Maligakanda and the Vidyalankara Pirivena in Kelaniya, with the former renamed the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon1958 年第 45 号《维迪约达亚大学与维迪亚兰卡拉大学法》在马来加坎达的维迪约达亚佛学院和凯拉尼亚的维迪亚兰卡拉佛学院分别设立大学，前者更名为锡兰维迪约达亚大学。
• The university dates its university status to 1959, when the Vidyodaya University of Ceylon began operating under the 1958 Act, and it describes itself as the second oldest university in Sri Lanka and the first established in independent Ceylon学校把升格为大学的年份定为 1959 年，锡兰维迪约达亚大学依据 1958 年法案开始运作，校方自称是斯里兰卡第二古老的大学，也是在独立锡兰建立的第一所大学。
• A new site was selected in 1961 at Gangodawila, southeast of central Colombo and within walking distance of the High-Level Road, the A4 trunk road linking Colombo with Ratnapura1961 年，学校在科伦坡市中心东南的甘戈达维拉选定新校址，这里步行可达连接科伦坡与拉特纳普拉的四号幹道高地公路。
• Part of the land belonged to the nearby Sunethradevi Pirivena, an institution associated with King Parakramabahu VI, who reigned from 1412 to 1467校址的部分土地属于附近的苏内特拉德维佛学院，这所佛学院与 1412 年至 1467 年在位的帕拉克拉马巴胡六世国王有关。
• The university moved to the new Gangodawila site on 22 November 1961 under the direction of Weliwitiye Sri Soratha Thero, who guided its transfer from Maligakanda1961 年 11 月 22 日，在韦利维蒂耶·斯里·索拉塔长老的主持下，学校从马来加坎达迁入甘戈达维拉新校址。
• Soratha Thero invited the Department of Government Archives to establish its archives on the campus near the university library, so that staff and students would have documentary records close at hand索拉塔长老邀请政府档案馆把档案馆设在校内图书馆附近，使师生能够就近查阅文献档案。
• In 1962 the Department of Science was elevated to the Faculty of Applied Sciences, with G. C. N. Jayasuriya as its first dean, and the faculty remains one of the university's largest1962 年，理学系升格为应用科学学院，格·西·恩·贾亚苏里亚出任首任院长，该学院至今仍是学校规模最大的学院之一。
• The Higher Education Act No. 20 of 1966 opened Sri Lanka's universities to women, ending the era in which the Vidyodaya Pirivena had admitted only male students1966 年第 20 号《高等教育法》向女性开放斯里兰卡大学，结束了维迪约达亚佛学院只招收男生的历史。
• The university expanded during the tenure of Walpola Rahula Thero as vice-chancellor, and in 1969 he was succeeded by the linguist D. E. Hettiarachchi在瓦尔波拉·拉胡拉长老担任校长期间，学校不断扩张，1969 年由语言学家达·埃·赫蒂阿拉奇接任校长。
• At the time, the future president of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa chaired the campus branch of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union, a body active in university politics当时，后来的斯里兰卡总统马欣达·拉贾帕克萨担任校园联合企业与商业工会主席，该组织活跃于大学政治。
• The 1971 JVP insurrection disrupted teaching, and the university was converted into a detention camp for suspected insurgents in 1971 and 1972, so lectures were delivered at other locations1971 年人民解放阵线起义打乱了教学，学校在 1971 年和 1972 年被改作关押疑似起义者的拘留营，课程只能在校外其他地方进行。
• Under the University of Ceylon Act No. 1 of 1972, all universities became campuses of a single University of Ceylon, and the institution's separate university status was restored in 1978依据 1972 年第 1 号《锡兰大学法》，所有大学都成为锡兰大学的分校，直到 1978 年该校才恢复独立的大学地位。
• The Postgraduate Institute of Management was established in 1986 under the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 as a semi-autonomous, self-financed institute of the university管理研究生院于 1986 年依据 1978 年第 16 号《大学法》成立，是隶属于学校的半自治、自负盈亏机构。
• The Career Guidance Unit was established in 1998 to give graduates professional advice and links with employers, and it later added a job fair and employability awards职业指导中心于 1998 年成立，为毕业生提供职业咨询和与雇主的联系，后来又增设招聘会和就业能力奖项。
• The Research Council was established in 2016 to support high-quality research, starting with 18 research centres and funding schemes for awards, editing, foreign travel and publication研究理事会于 2016 年成立，以支持高质量研究，最初下设 18 个研究中心，并设有奖励、编辑、出国参会与出版资助计划。
• In October 2026 the university held its 52nd convocation at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, and in the same month eight of its researchers were named in the world's top 2 percent scientists list2026 年 10 月，学校在班达拉奈克纪念国际会议中心举行第 52 届毕业典礼，同月有 8 位研究人员入选全球前 2% 科学家名单。
• In 2018 the university marked 145 years since the founding of the Vidyodaya Pirivena, and in 2019 it marked 60 years since it became a university2018 年，学校纪念维迪约达亚佛学院创办 145 周年，2019 年又纪念升格为大学 60 周年。
• The current vice-chancellor is Upul Subasinghe, a forest management scholar who had served as acting vice-chancellor from December 2022 to August 2023 and later as dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences现任校长是森林管理学者乌普尔·苏巴辛格，他曾在 2022 年 12 月至 2023 年 8 月担任代理校长，后出任应用科学学院院长。

Academics

• The university has eleven faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Applied Sciences, Management Studies and Commerce, Medical Sciences, Graduate Studies, Engineering, Technology, Allied Health Sciences, Dental Sciences, Urban and Aquatic Bioresources, and Computing学校设有 11 个学院，分别是人文与社会科学学院、应用科学学院、管理与商业研究学院、医学科学院、研究生院、工程学院、技术学院、联合健康科学学院、牙科学院、城市与水生生物资源学院以及计算机学院。
• Its original faculties covered Buddhist studies, philosophy, languages, arts, Ayurveda and science, and together they had 22 departments学校最初的学院涵盖佛学、哲学、语言、艺术、阿育吠陀和理学，共设 22 个系。
• Full-time enrolment is reported at more than 18,000, including 14,750 undergraduates and 3,560 postgraduates in recent figures, making it one of the largest universities in the country by student numbers学校全日制在校生超过 1.8 万人，近期数据列出本科生 14750 人、研究生 3560 人，按学生规模是斯里兰卡最大的大学之一。
• The Faculty of Graduate Studies coordinates master's and doctoral programmes across the faculties and is responsible for the university's postgraduate research degrees研究生院统筹各学院的硕士与博士课程，负责全校的研究生研究学位。
• The Faculty of Applied Sciences, elevated in 1962, teaches the natural sciences and applied fields from botany and chemistry to forestry and environmental science应用科学学院于 1962 年升格，教授从植物学、化学到林业与环境科学等自然科学与应用领域。
• The Faculty of Medical Sciences includes the Department of Medical Education and Health Sciences, which runs certificate and diploma courses and supports the quality of medical teaching医学科学院下设医学教育与健康科学系，开设证书与文凭课程，并支持医学教学质量的提升。
• The newer faculties of Engineering, Technology and Computing reflect the university's expansion into applied engineering, technology management and information technology较晚设立的工程学院、技术学院和计算机学院，体现了学校向应用工程、技术管理与信息技术领域的扩展。
• The Faculty of Allied Health Sciences and the Faculty of Dental Sciences train the allied health professionals and dentists who staff Sri Lanka's hospitals and clinics联合健康科学学院与牙科学院培养联合健康专业人员和牙医，为斯里兰卡各地的医院与诊所输送人才。
• The Faculty of Urban and Aquatic Bioresources is a distinctive unit that studies the bioresources of cities, wetlands, rivers and coastal waters城市与水生生物资源学院是学校的特色单位，研究城市、湿地、河流与近岸水域的生物资源。
• The Postgraduate Institute of Management, founded in 1986, is a semi-autonomous and self-financed institute that offers management education and is a member of AACSB International管理研究生院成立于 1986 年，是半自治、自负盈亏的机构，提供管理教育，也是国际商学院协会成员。
• The External Degrees and Extension Courses Unit was first created to register women for the Bachelor of Arts external degree when the institution was still the Vidyodaya Pirivena对外学位与推广课程单位最初成立的目的，是在学校还叫维迪约达亚佛学院时为女性登记文学学士对外学位课程。
• The English Language Teaching Department, part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, was renamed by the University Grants Commission in 2017 and introduced a credit course for first-year students in 2013英语教学系隶属于人文与社会科学学院，2017 年由大学拨款委员会重新命名，并于 2013 年为一年级学生开设学分课程。
• The Research Council now coordinates more than 20 research centres and runs schemes for research awards, editing support, foreign travel and publication costs研究理事会目前统筹 20 多个研究中心，并管理研究奖励、编辑支持、出国参会与出版费用等资助计划。
• The Staff Development Centre runs professional development programmes for academic and administrative employees and serves more than 560 academics, 35 academic-support staff, 37 executive staff and 20 non-academic staff教职工发展中心为教学与行政人员开设专业发展课程，服务对象包括 560 多名教师、35 名教学辅助人员、37 名行政人员和 20 名非学术人员。
• The Centre for IT Services manages the campus network, computers and digital services and supports e-learning across the eleven faculties信息技术服务中心管理校园网络、计算机与数字服务，并支持 11 个学院的在线教学。
• The World Class University Project, directed by Ranil De Silva, promotes interdisciplinary research that combines the basic sciences and the humanities and has signed six international memoranda of understanding since 2013世界一流大学项目由拉尼尔·德·席尔瓦主持，推动基础科学与人文科学交叉的跨学科研究，自 2013 年以来已签署 6 份国际谅解备忘录。
• The university has signed more than 60 agreements with foreign universities and more than 60 with companies, and its Invention, Innovation and Venture Creation Council works with about 50 entrepreneurs and holds more than 15 patents学校与外国大学签署了 60 多项协议，与企业签署了 60 多项协议，其发明、创新与创业理事会与约 50 名创业者合作，并持有 15 项以上专利。
• The university is accredited by the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka and is affiliated with the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the International Association of Universities学校获得斯里兰卡大学拨款委员会认证，并加入英联邦大学协会与国际大学协会。
• The Academic Student Affairs, Publications and Examinations Division administers examinations, transcripts and the annual convocation, while each faculty handles its own teaching学术学生事务、出版与考试处负责考试、成绩单与年度毕业典礼，各学院则负责本单位的教学。

Campus

• The main premises stand at Gangodawila in Nugegoda, a southeastern suburb of Colombo, a short distance from Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, where Sri Lanka's parliament and many government offices are located主校区位于科伦坡东南郊努格戈达的甘戈达维拉，距斯里贾亚瓦德纳普拉科特不远，斯里兰卡议会和许多政府机构都设在那里。
• The campus sits within walking distance of the High-Level Road, the A4 trunk route that carries buses and traffic between Colombo and Ratnapura校区步行可达高地公路，这条四号幹道承担着科伦坡与拉特纳普拉之间的公交和交通流量。
• The site was assembled in 1961 from land that included part of the Sunethradevi Pirivena, a foundation linked to the fifteenth-century King Parakramabahu VI校址于 1961 年整合而成，其中包括苏内特拉德维佛学院的部分土地，这所佛学院与十五世纪的帕拉克拉马巴胡六世国王有关。
• A student-hero statue stands on the campus, depicting a man struggling against his chains and serving as a landmark for students moving between faculties校园内立有一座学生英雄雕像，刻画一名挣脱锁链的男子，也是学生在各学院之间往来时辨认方向的地标。
• The university library and the archives of the Department of Government Archives are close to each other on campus, a pairing that Soratha Thero promoted to encourage research大学图书馆与政府档案馆的校内存档区彼此相邻，这一布局正是索拉塔长老为鼓励研究而推动的。
• The Physical Education Division, established in 1968, has facilities for 38 sports, including an outdoor volleyball court, basketball and tennis courts, a swimming pool complex and a cricket ground体育部成立于 1968 年，拥有开展 38 个运动项目的设施，包括室外排球场、篮球场、网球场、游泳池建筑群和板球场。
• The Santhagaraya student centre and the university medical centre serve the daily needs of students on the Gangodawila campus桑塔加拉亚学生中心与校医务中心满足甘戈达维拉校区学生的日常需求。
• Because the campus lies in a densely built suburb rather than in open countryside, academic buildings, halls and sports grounds are woven into the surrounding residential streets由于校区位于建筑密集的郊区而非开阔乡野，教学楼、礼堂与运动场都嵌入周边的居民街道之中。

Reputation

• QS World University Rankings 2027 places the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in the 1401+ band, the shared interval for institutions outside the individually ranked positions2027 年 QS 世界大学排名把斯里贾亚瓦德纳普拉大学列入 1401+ 并列区间，这是未获单独名次的院校共用的区间。
• Times Higher Education lists the university in the 1801-2000 band of its 2027 world ranking, the lowest of the five bands used in that table泰晤士高等教育 2027 年世界大学排名将其列入 1801–2000 区间，这是该榜五个区间中最低的一档。
• U.S. News did not include the university in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, so it has no U.S. News global position for that year《美国新闻与世界报道》2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学榜单未收录该校，因此该校在该年度没有全球名次。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities likewise does not include the university in its main table, leaving it without an ARWU position2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜同样未收录该校，因此该校没有软科名次。
• The university describes itself as the second oldest university in Sri Lanka and the first university established in independent Ceylon, a claim that rests on its 1959 status and its Vidyodaya Pirivena ancestry学校自称是斯里兰卡第二古老的大学，也是在独立锡兰建立的第一所大学，这一说法依据其 1959 年获得的大学地位与维迪约达亚佛学院的渊源。
• It also presents itself as the largest university in Sri Lanka by student population, although published enrolment figures vary between official summaries and its Wikipedia infobox校方还自称按学生人数是斯里兰卡规模最大的大学，不过官方简介与维基百科信息框公布的在校生数字并不一致。
• In October 2026 eight of its researchers were recognised in the world's top 2 percent scientists list, a marker of its research profile in science, medicine and management2026 年 10 月，学校有 8 位研究人员入选全球前 2% 科学家名单，体现了其在理学、医学与管理学领域的研究实力。
• The World Class University Project and the Research Council have built a research culture through interdisciplinary programmes, international memoranda and competitive funding for publication and travel世界一流大学项目与研究理事会通过跨学科课程、国际备忘录以及出版与出国竞争的资助，培育了研究文化。
• The Postgraduate Institute of Management holds AACSB membership and ISO certification, giving the university a visible foothold in international management education管理研究生院拥有国际商学院协会会员资格与 ISO 认证，使学校在国际管理教育领域占有一席之地。

Student life

• The university motto is the Pali phrase Vijja Uppattam Setta, rendered as "Among all that arise, knowledge is the greatest", a line that reflects its Buddhist scholarly origins学校校训是巴利语语句 Vijja Uppattam Setta，意为「一切生起之法中，知识最为殊胜」，这句话体现了其佛教学术渊源。
• The chancellor is Ittapana Dhammalankara Anu Nayake Maha Thero, a senior Buddhist monk whose office links the university to its pirivena heritage校监是伊塔帕纳·达摩兰卡拉长老，这位资深佛教僧侣的职位把大学与其佛学院传统联系起来。
• The Santhagaraya student centre and the student welfare division provide meals, welfare services and a medical centre for students living in and around Nugegoda桑塔加拉亚学生中心与学生福利处为住在努格戈达及周边地区的学生提供餐饮、福利服务与医务中心。
• Sport is organised through the Physical Education Division, whose 38 sports range from cricket and volleyball to swimming and tennis体育活动由体育部组织，其 38 个运动项目从板球、排球到游泳和网球不等。
• The university won the Sri Lanka University Games in 2016 and again in 2019, two consecutive titles that made it one of the strongest competitors in the national university system学校在 2016 年和 2019 年连续两次赢得斯里兰卡大学运动会冠军，成为全国大学体育体系中最具实力的参赛者之一。
• Sumedha Ranasinghe became the first undergraduate from any Sri Lankan university to compete at the Olympic Games when he took part in 2016苏梅达·拉纳辛格在 2016 年参赛，成为斯里兰卡大学首位参加奥运会的本科生。
• The Career Guidance Unit, founded in 1998, runs a Gavel Club, an annual Speech Master contest, a job fair, the J'pura employability awards, the OBT camp and the Arunella seminar for schoolchildren职业指导中心成立于 1998 年，运营辩论俱乐部、年度演讲大师赛、招聘会、贾普拉就业能力奖、OBT 训练营以及面向学童的 Arunella 研讨会。
• Women were admitted only after the Higher Education Act of 1966, and the external degree unit that once registered women for arts degrees remains part of the university's outreach女性直到 1966 年《高等教育法》颁布后才被录取，而当年为女性登记文学学位的对外学位单位至今仍是学校社会推广的一部分。
• The university anthem, the student-hero statue and the annual convocation give students a shared ceremonial calendar that connects the Gangodawila campus to the institution's 1873 origins校歌、学生英雄雕像与年度毕业典礼为学生提供了共同的仪式日程，把甘戈达维拉校区与 1873 年的创校源头连接起来。

Notable people

• Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thero, the Buddhist monk who founded the Vidyodaya Pirivena in 1873, is remembered as the intellectual founder of the institution希卡杜韦·斯里·苏曼加拉长老于 1873 年创办维迪约达亚佛学院，被视为这所机构的思想奠基人。
• Weliwitiye Sri Soratha Thero directed the move to Gangodawila in 1961 and invited the government archives onto the campus, shaping the university's research environment韦利维蒂耶·斯里·索拉塔长老主持了 1961 年迁往甘戈达维拉的工作，并邀请政府档案馆进驻校园，塑造了学校的研究环境。
• Walpola Rahula Thero, a scholar-monk and vice-chancellor, expanded the university during his tenure and is known internationally for his writings on Buddhism瓦尔波拉·拉胡拉长老是学者僧侣兼校长，在任内推动学校扩张，并以其佛学著作享誉国际。
• D. E. Hettiarachchi, a linguist, succeeded Rahula Thero as vice-chancellor in 1969 and continued the university's academic development语言学家达·埃·赫蒂阿拉奇于 1969 年接替拉胡拉长老出任校长，延续了学校的学术发展。
• G. C. N. Jayasuriya became the first dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences when the Department of Science was elevated in 19621962 年理学系升格为应用科学学院时，格·西·恩·贾亚苏里亚出任首任院长。
• Mahinda Rajapaksa, later president of Sri Lanka, chaired the campus branch of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union during the Rahula years后来担任斯里兰卡总统的马欣达·拉贾帕克萨在拉胡拉长老任期内担任校园联合企业与商业工会主席。
• Sumedha Ranasinghe, an undergraduate athlete, became the first university undergraduate from Sri Lanka to compete at the Olympic Games, doing so in 2016本科生运动员苏梅达·拉纳辛格在 2016 年成为斯里兰卡首位参加奥运会的大学本科生。
• Upul Subasinghe, a forestry and environmental science scholar, serves as vice-chancellor after acting in the post from December 2022 to August 2023林业与环境科学学者乌普尔·苏巴辛格现任校长，此前曾在 2022 年 12 月至 2023 年 8 月担任代理校长。
• Ittapana Dhammalankara Anu Nayake Maha Thero serves as chancellor and represents the Buddhist order in the university's governance伊塔帕纳·达摩兰卡拉长老担任校监，在大学治理中代表佛教僧团。
• Senaka Kelum Gamage directs the Postgraduate Institute of Management, the university's semi-autonomous business school塞纳卡·凯卢姆·加马格主持管理研究生院，这是学校半自治的商学院。
• Ranil De Silva directs the World Class University Project, which channels international partnerships and interdisciplinary research funding into the university拉尼尔·德·席尔瓦主持世界一流大学项目，为学校引入国际合作伙伴与跨学科研究资助。
• Lalith Ananda chairs the Foreign Student Affairs Office, which arranges split programmes, exchanges and study visits for international students拉利特·阿南达主持外国学生事务处，为国际学生安排分段课程、交换项目与访学活动。