Open University of Sri Lanka
The Open University of Sri Lanka is a national university in Sri Lanka. It is unique within the Sri Lankan national university system for being the only university to offer programs of study leading to certificate, diploma, degrees and postgraduate degrees up to PhD level through the Open and Distance Mode of Learning (ODL). The degrees awarded by the university are treated as equivalent to degrees awarded by any other Sri Lankan University under the preview of the University Grants Commission.
Crest of Open University of Sri Lanka
The concept of establishing the Open University of Sri Lanka in 1978 by Cabinet Minister of Education & Higher Education at the time Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne
Main campus at Nawala
OUSL Kandy regional center at Polgolla
University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)
University Grants Commission is the body responsible for funding most of the State Universities in Sri Lanka, and operates within the frame work of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978. A public organisation, established under the Parliament Act No 16 of 1978. Location is at No 20, Ward Place Colombo 07.
University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka)