Notable programs
Medicine (Faculty of Medicine, MBBS)
One of Sri Lanka's premier medical schools, with roots in the 1870 Ceylon Medical College; English-medium and a major trainer of the country's senior physicians and specialists.
Law (Faculty of Law)
A national leader in legal education (est. 1967); its graduates fill a large share of Sri Lanka's senior bench, bar and public legal service.
Computing (University of Colombo School of Computing, UCSC)
Established 2002, Sri Lanka's leading computing school; English-medium degrees feeding the national IT, software and BPO sector.
Science (Faculty of Science)
A founding 1942 faculty offering broad, English-medium programmes across the physical and biological sciences central to the university's research base.
Management and Finance (Faculty of Management and Finance)
Established 1994; supplies accountants, bankers, managers and executives to Sri Lanka's corporate and public sectors from the commercial capital.
Arts (Faculty of Arts)
A founding 1942 faculty covering the humanities and social sciences in Sinhala, Tamil and English, long central to the nation's intellectual and civil-service pipeline.