Strategic Plan 2015-2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 2

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS 3

OUR VALUES 4

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 5-6

THE TODAY 7-12

STRATEGIC PLAN 12-13

CORPORATE GOALS, WITH KPIS 15-25

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INTRODUCTION

The University of

Deriving its heritage from the Ceylon Medical School which was established in 1870 and the Ceylon University Collegewhich was established in 1921, the is a sprawling complex located in the heart of the capital city of Colombo, .

In keeping with its motto “BuddhiSarvathraBhrajate”, the verse for “Wisdom Enlightens”, the University of Colombo strives to maintain academic excellence in all areas of study. The University of Colombo has seven (7) Faculties with forty three (43) Academic Departments, a Campus, a School, six (6) Institutes and several Centres and Units. Many undergraduate and postgraduate study courses in the fields of Arts, Science, Medicine, Management, Finance, Law, , IT, Aesthetic Studies, Molecular Biology., etc are conducted by the University. The University also offers several other services, such as library services, career guidance, and services for differently-abled students.

Student life is enhanced by a plethora of extra-curricular activities offered on campus. The well developed playground and the modern gymnasium offer sportsmen and women the opportunity to exploit and develop their abilities to the fullest. The New Arts Theatre is often the arena for spotlighting the dramatic/musical/ aesthetic talents of our student population.

Today, the University of Colombo has a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic student and staff population, fostering social harmony, cultural diversity, equal opportunity and unity and with a proud history of over one hundred and forty two years continues in its endeavour to meet the challenge of maintaining its position as the “University with a Modern and International Outlook and Character”. The location of the University affords the student population all the advantages of a “metropolitan university” with easy access to international information/resource centres, libraries, theatres, sports complexes etc. Its central location within the City of Colombo provides easy access to a wide range of cultural, entertainment and business facilities. The University of Colombo has also gained international recognition as it is ranked 8TH in , and number 1 in Sri Lanka.

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VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS

VISION

A centre of excellence in the knowledge society

MISSION

To be a benchmark setter in disseminating, creating and applying multi-disciplinary knowledge in the global presence producing human talents of high quality while upholding national values”

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OUR VALUES

 Academic freedom – Subject to the norms and standards of the University, there is freedom

to conduct research, to teach, speak and publish without interference or penalizing

wherever the search for truth and understanding may lead.

 Life by Learning – The University continues to explore and conduct research and

experiments in search of new knowledge.

 Innovativeness & Exploration – The University is always ready to find new ventures for

development.

 Integrity - Achievements of the University are based on the transparency of its actions and

the integrity of its performance.

 Responsibility and accountability – The University operates with a sense of responsibility

and accountability.

 Diversity of subject discipline – The University continues to operate across a broad

spectrum.

 Commitment & efficiency – University staff is highly committed to its development and to

deliver goods according to challenges, working with highest level of enthusiasm to achieve

high competency.

 Team Spirit – The University has a reputation of working as a Team and, therefore,

developed a team spirit in all its work.

 Equal Opportunity – The University recognizes that its strength and unity comes from

providing equal opportunities to everyone, built on the foundations of social justice and

equality.

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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

The history of higher education in Sri Lanka is closely linked with that of the University of Colombo, which traces its beginnings to the establishment of the Ceylon Medical School in June 1870. In 1880 the School was raised to the status of a College, permitting it to award the Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (LMS), and in 1889 the College was recognized by the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom, making holders of its licence eligible to practise in the Great Britain.

Although Ceylon enjoyed a well developed system of primary and at the end of the 19th century, there were hardly any opportunities for the study of the Arts and Sciences beyond level. The Colombo , later known as Queens College and eventually as Royal College, was the most prestigious secondary school at that time. It was first affiliated to the University of Calcutta, and later prepared students for the external examinations of the .

In the last quarter of the 19th century, agitation for the provision of higher education in the island, and the establishment of a University began. This agitation gathered momentum by the beginning of the 20th century. The University Association, formed in 1906 by a group of western educated elite, urged the establishment of a national University. Owing to the persistent demands of the Association the Government decided in 1913 to establish a University College. Thus the Ceylon University College was established in 1921 at the College House premises.

The was formed in 1942, by amalgamating the founded in 1870 and the Ceylon University College founded in 1921. The central campus was established at Thurstan Road, and the Medical Faculty remained at Kynsey Road. In 1952 the University of Ceylon started to relocate to . Initially, the Department of Law, and the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Studies were shifted to Peradeniya. These were followed by larger Faculties of Arts and Oriental Studies. The Engineering and part of the Faculty of Science were also moved subsequently in different periods while the Medical Faculty and the Science Faculty continued to remain in Colombo. In 1962, a separate Medical Faculty was established in Peradeniya.

In 1920, the government purchased the “Regina Walauwa”, now named “College House”. The University College was formally opened in January 1921. College House, the then “Regina Walauwa”, which is today considered a national heritage site, was a family house that belonged to Arthur de Soysa, the grandson of the philanthropist Sir Charles Henry de Soysa.

By 1950, the University of Ceylon had a reputation as an important centre of excellence in the Commonwealth. The Higher Education Act of 1966 established a National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) and later in 1972, under the University ofCeylon Act No. 1 of 1972, all were brought under one umbrella and made Campuses of a single university established as the . The University of Ceylon, Colombo was named the Colombo Campus of the University of Sri Lanka. This system prevailed until 1977, when University autonomy was weakened and as a result, a new Act was introduced in 1978. Under the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978 all Campuses of the then single University became independent Universities. Accordingly, the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka regained its autonomy in 1978.

It had Faculties of Medicine, Arts, Science, Education and Law. A Faculty of Graduate Studies was created by an Ordinance of the UGC in 1987, to further strengthen post-graduate education. Subsequently, the Faculty of Management and Finance was established in the year 1994. The Sri Palee Campus of the University was established by a Gazette notification in 1996. Institutes with

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Strategic Plan 2015-2019 financial autonomy were created by the earlier Act of 1972. When the single university was dissolved in 1978, the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, the Institute of Workers’ Education and the Institute of Indigenous Medicine were affiliated to the University of Colombo. The Institute of Computer Technology (ICT) was established in 1987. Subsequently, the Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, National Institute of Library and Information Sciences and the Institute of Agro-technology and Rural Sciences were established in 1999, 2003, and 2008 respectively.

The University has recognized the importance of linking with alumni especially in industry and the private sector, through the concept of voluntary mentoring and internal placements facilitated by the Career Guidance Unit. Subsequently, the ICT was renamed as the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) in 2002 and the IWE was renamed as Institute of Human Resource Advancement (IHRA) in 2006.

The Staff Development Centre (SDC) of UOC was established to develop the human resource sector in the University system. SDC provides in-service training for the academic and administrative staff. It has expanded the services to cover other Universities in the country and has received international accreditation for some programs.

In addition to the forty three (43) Academic Departments of the seven Faculties, UOC has established some special centres linked to Faculties with expertise drawn from the civil society. These Centres are Career Guidance Unit, Social Policy Analysis and Research Centre,ColomboUniversity Community Extension Centre (CUCEC), Graduate Foundation, National Education Research and Evaluation Centre (NEREC), Centre for the Study of Human Right (CSHR) and Staff Development Centre (SDC). The Centres undertake research studies and provide community based extension programs in a range of subject areas such as Human Rights, Community Development and Regional Development and Staff Development.

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Strategic Plan 2015-2019 todayTHE UNIVERSITY TODAY

Located primarily in the heart of the city of Colombo, University consists of seven (7) Faculties with forty three (43) Academic Departments, a Campus, a School, six (6) Institutes and several centres and units.

College House

The Central Administration is located at “College House”, No.94, Cumaratunga Munidasa Mawatha, Colombo 3. The Vice-Chancellor’s office and the administrative and financial offices are located here. The Faculty of Graduate Studies is also in the same compound.

The Faculties

The University of Colombo (UOC) has seven Faculties. They are:

 Faculty of Arts  Faculty of Education  Faculty of Law  Faculty of Management and Finance  Faculty of Medicine  Faculty of Science  Faculty of Graduate Studies

The ‘Science Tower’, which is the icon of the University of Colombo.

The seven Faculties of the UOC have forty three (43) Departments The Heads of Departments are responsible for the administration, management of academic activities and examinations of their respective Departments.

Sri Palee Campus

The Sri-PaleeCampus of the UOC was established by Gazette Notification No. 928/1 in June 1996, under the name of Western Campus. The name was changed to SriPalee Campus of UOC in September 1998. The Campus is located at Wewala,Horana in the Kalutara District. The Sri-Palee Campus has commenced its activities with the establishment of two Departments, the Department of Performing Arts and the Department of Mass Media.

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Institutes

The University has six affiliated Institutes and a School.

 University of Colombo, School of Computing (UCSC)  Institute of Human Resource Advancement (IHRA)  Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM)  Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM)  National Institute of Library and Information Sciences (NILIS)  Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB)  University of Colombo, Institute for Agro-Technology and Rural Sciences (IARS)

The Faculties The distribution of the student population among the faculties is shown in table 1.

Table 1: Distribution of the student population

Name of Faculty Student numbers Faculty of Arts 2442 Faculty of Education 242 Faculty of Law 1163 Faculty of Medicine 1163 Faculty of Mgt& Finance 1783 Faculty of Science 1644 Sri Palee Campus 623 Total 9000

The Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts has nine Departments and Five Units in the Faculty, namely;

 Department of English  Department of Economics  Department of Demography  Department of Geography  Department of History  Department of International Relations  Department of Political Science & Public Policy  Department of Sinhala  Department of Sociology

o English Language Teaching Unit o Journalism Unit o Arabic & Islamic Civilization Unit o Mathematics Unit o Computer Unit o Pali and Buddhist Unit

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The Faculty has 136 permanent academic staff members;03 Senior Professors, 23 Professors, 03 Associate Professors, 58 Senior Lecturers, 14 Lecturers, 35 Probationary Lecturers, 04 permanent Instructors, and 02 System Analysts. In addition 44 Temporary Assistant Lecturers, 16 Temporary Tutors and 04 Temporary Instructors were recruited to help with the double batch.

Faculty of Education

The Faculty of Education has 4 departments and one centre.

 Department of Humanities Education  Department of  Department of Social  Department of Science and

o National Education Research and Evaluation Centre (NEREC)

The Faculty has 26 members on the academic staff consisting of 03 Professors, 02 Associate Professors, 10 Senior Lecturers, 7 Lecturers and 04 Temporary Lecturer in the Faculty. Non-Academic staff in the Faculty consisted of 15 members.

The Faculty conducts the Bachelor of Education degree program in all three media. The Departments of Social Science Education, Science and Technology Education, Humanities Education and Educational Psychology contribute in conducting the postgraduate programs.

The Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law has 3 Departments and one centre.

 Department of Private and Comparative Law  Department of Public & International Law  Department of Commercial Law o Centre for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR) The Faculty of Law has 35 permanent members in the academic staff comprising one(01) Professor, Seventeen (17) Senior Lecturers, Nine (09)lecturer and eight (08)Probationary Lecturers and one (01) Instructor. In addition to the Bachelor of Laws course, the Faculty also conducts a Master of Laws program. The Faculty also conducts M.Phil and Ph.D Programmes in Law. The Centre for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR) conducts many outreach educational program, seminars and workshops and training programs.

The Faculty of Management and Finance

 Department of Accounting  Department of Business Economics  Department of Finance  Department of Human Resources Management  Department of Management and Organisational Studies  Department of Marketing

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There are 62 members in the permanent academic staff comprised 02 Professor, 02 Associate Professors, 37 Senior Lecturers, 3 Lecturers, and 18 Probationary Lecturers. In addition, the Faculty has 2 Computer Instructors.

The Faculty of Management & Finance has experienced an increasing demand for Management Education since its inception in 1994. The Faculty was compelled to regularly increase the annual intake to its undergraduate programs and in consequence, it has become the second largest Faculty in the University in terms of number of students. In the meantime, the Faculty has introduced a new undergraduate curriculum in 2004, with six (06) areas of specializations. Few years ago they introduced new single degree BBA nomenclature with 6 specializations and also helped to widen the variety of courses offered under each specialization. The MBA programme has a very high demand and there is also a very strong MBA Alumni working towards upgrading the Faculty.

The Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, began in 1870 (i.e. the second oldest medical school in South Asia) and is the forerunner of university education in the country. The mission of the faculty is to “develop a graduate who will contribute to fulfill the health requirements of the individual and of the community with competence, compassion and care”. To realize this vision, the Faculty had embarked on several fresh initiatives such as development of the existing physical infrastructure, and the diversification of higher education in medical related disciplines.

In 1995, the Faculty pioneered an integrated curriculum which is modular-based and which has since been a model for other universities. The Faculty introduced several innovative teaching / learning methods including the establishment of a Virtual Learning Environment for teaching and learning, a Clinical Skills Laboratory, an Audiovisual Unit and a Development and Research Centre. The Faculty has strengthened international collaborations with several prestigious institutions:. The Faculty has recently launched a rural attachment for students, and a rural population health project in Moneragala, Amparai and Hambantota, and also conducts Bachelors degree programmes in medical related disciplines, BSc in Pharmacy and BSc in Physiotherapy. The Faculty also conducts several Postgraduate and extension courses. The Faculty regularly attracts elective students from foreign universities and trains Bhutanese medical students on behalf of the Bhutanese government. There are several postgraduate students studying for MPhils and PhDs in the Faculty. The clinical units provide training to intern medical officers and postgraduates following clinical training programmes (MD)..

The teaching staff consists of 139 permanent members with 33 Professors and Associate Professors. Several special units have forged ahead in research and these include the Human Genetics Unit, the Diabetic Research Unit, and the Health Systems Research Unit. The Faculty regularly conducts policy oriented research for the government and for international organizations. The Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty is recognized and accredited by the World Health Organization to review projects that include clinical trials.

The Faculty’s main teaching hospital is the Colombo Group of Hospitals that includes the National Hospital of Sri Lanka, De Soysa Maternity Hospital, Castle Street Hospital for Women and the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital. Academics from almost all the departments provide services to the Ministry of Health. The combined clinical services provided by the University Units are estimated to total more than 100,000 patients per year. The Faculty has also pioneered, research in malaria and leishmaniasis, and services such as in-vitro fertilization, renal and liver transplantations in Sri Lanka.

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The Faculty of Medicine has 14 departments and one centre:  Department of Anatomy  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  Department of Physiology  Department of Parasitology  Department of Microbiology  Department of Forensic Medicine  Department of Pathology  Department of Community Medicine  Department of Psychological Medicine  Department of Surgery  Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology  Department of Paediatrics  Department of Clinical Medicine o MEDARC

The Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science, which is clearly distinguished by its icon the University tower, was formed with the advent of the University College in Colombo in 1921. It continued in the same location with the establishment of the University of Ceylon in 1942. Presently the Faculty of Science has 109 academic staff with more than 75 percent having Ph.D. qualifications. The Faculty introduced of two new streams in 2009 which are Biochemistry& Molecular Biology and Industrial Statistics & Mathematical Finance.

The Faculty has 7 Departments.  Department of Chemistry  Department of Mathematics  Department of Physics  Department of Nuclear Science  Department of Plant Sciences  Department of Statistics  Department of Zoology

The Faculty conducts undergraduate degree programs in many subjects. A comprehensive range of subject combinations are available for the general degree while special degree programs are available in several subject areas. The Faculty together with the School of Computing of the University provides computing as a subject for all the students and also offers several joint special degree programs.

The Faculty of Science conducts several postgraduate programs leading to the Master of Science degree, and postgraduate . The Faculty also plays a very active role in research and there are many research degree programmes offered by various departments leading to M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees. Through the research programs the Faculty and the Departments have established strong links with both Sri Lankan and foreign research organizations. In addition, a Science & Technology Cell has already been set up to strengthen its links with the Industry. The members of the Faculty

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Strategic Plan 2015-2019 also play prominent roles in various activities at national level. Several members act as resource persons, consultants and board members in many government and non-government organizations.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies

The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) was established in 1987 with a mandate to “sponsor, coordinate and regulate postgraduate studies and specialized or multi-disciplinary research carried out within the University of Colombo”. Its mission is to promote economic growth through human capital development. In compliance with the objectives of multi-disciplinary programmes, the Faculty carried out its activities to the utmost satisfaction of its students, and other stakeholders. The Faculty of Graduate Studies has thirteen support staff employed on contract basis, and six permanent employees.

The FGS conducts twenty six Postgraduate programs and two non Postgraduate Diplomas. Among the programmes offered there are two Executive Diplomas, eleven Postgraduate Diplomas and thirteen Masters Programmes, one MPhil programme (M Phil in Clinical Psychology) and highly structured interdisciplinary M Phil / Ph D programme. Teaching staff was drawn from the University as well as from the industrial sector. This has enhanced the private sector partnership in teaching and research to a greater extent and such collaborations will be strengthened in the future.

The faculty also embarked upon its most innovating programme, the extension of m-Learning teaching activities to Maldives, making it the only overseas study programme conducted by a Sri Lankan University.

Strategic Plan 2015-2019

The university, being a state sector organization, endeavors to upgrade its contribution to the society within an agreed strategic plan focusing on achieving its established Vision and Mission. The strategic plan for the period of 2015-2019 was prepared by a team of senior academics from the Faculty of Management & Finance.

The process of preparing the Strategic Plan started revisiting the existing plan and therefore SWOT analysis contained therein was adopted with a review. Vision and Mission statements were also reviewed and adopted keeping within the same framework for the purpose of deriving goals for the University.

For the first step, the team considered the Mission Statement of the University as the basis for deriving goals to be pursued by the University.

“MISSION to be a benchmark setter in disseminating, creating and applying multi-disciplinary knowledge in the global presence producing human talents of high quality while upholding national values”

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By analyzing the Mission statement the team identified that the ultimate aim of the university is to reach academic excellence while securing national values. In order to reach the excellence as a state sector entity, the availability of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) need to be assured. Critical Success Factors indicate conditions need to be in existence in order to reach the final goal. For identifying the CSFs the popular strategic framework of Balanced Scorecard was adopted. Accordingly, required critical conditions were recognized into four perspectives namely, Customer perspective; Operations perspective, Human Resource perspective and financial perspective. However, the team recognized the need of revisiting these four perspectives for the purpose of recognizing goals of the University for two reasons. One is that these four perspectives are commonly applicable to organizations especially engaged in commercial operations whereas the University has a national level accountability. The second reason is that the University has a responsibility to support the national level KPIs given in Higher Education Strategic Plan formulated by the Ministry of Higher Education. Accordingly, five specific perspectives for the University were recognized: Academic Perspective, Infrastructure Perspective, Customer Perspective, Human Resource and Financial Perspective, and Social Contribution Perspective. Thus, in order to reach the academic excellence, the team identified five goals that the University needs to reach. These five goals and their correspondence to national level KPIs of the Ministry of Higher Education are shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Goals of the University of Colombo in National level KPIs

Goal of the University Correspondence to National Level KPIs.

GOAL 1: Achieving excellence in facilitation of World Rank and South Asian Rank, Student earning for professionalism centred teaching, Foreign student enrolment GOAL 2: Achieving conducive physical and social Gross Enrolment ratio, Capital Budget environment Utilisation, Infrastructure provided, GOAL 3: Producing high quality human Employability of Graduates, Proportion of PhD competencies leading to innovation holders among academics, Enterprising graduates

GOAL 4 Creating learning support management environment GOAL 5: Commitment for social responsibility and improving University Industry collaboration through generated resources

According to Table 1, the goals of the University not only support the achievement of national level KPIs but also endeavors to create a supportive management system internally, and pay attention to improve and maintain its social contribution. The University decided on the Key Performance Indicators as mentioned in the Table 2

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Table 2: Key Performance Indicators

KPI 2015 Current 2016 2017 2018 2019 1 Gross Enrolment Ratio 2% 8% 9% 10% 11% 12% World Rank 2 2251 1500 1250 1000 800 600 (Webometrics) 3 South Asian Rank 33 31 10 8 7 5 4 Employability Of Graduates 62.5% 70% 72% 75% 80% 81.5%

Infrastructure Provided (Hostel Facility 5 26% 32% 38% 40% 46% 52% Provided for eligible student) 27% 6 Proportion of PhD holders among academics 30% 35% 40% 50% 60%

7 Foreign Student enrolment 15 30 40 60 80 100 8 Enterprising Graduates 05 10 20 30 40 50

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Goal 1 :

Achieving Excellence in Facilitation for learning towards professionalism

For any university in the world the achievement of academic excellence becomes the foremost destination aspired to reach. However, a university would be able to realize this, only when its operations are adequately facilitated and driven to the right direction. Hence, the University of Colombo recognizes its first goal to reach as achieving the excellence in facilitation for learning process of the university.

Objectives

 Dissemination of knowledge.

 Knowledge creation.

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KPI Current 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Level Number of students interactive sessions/subject organized 01 02 03 04 05 06 Number of students per computer 14 12 10 08 06 04 Number of video conferencing units available 7 8 9 10 11 12 Number e-resource data bases available for students 01 01 02 03 04 05 Number of academic staff training sessions organized for student 19 23 25 27 29 30 centered learning Number of MOUs signed for university industry collaboration 20 25 27 30 35 40 Number of public conferences held 10 10 12 15 18 20 Number of academic staff released for industry/state projects 07 07 08 09 10 12 Number of industry/public consultancy projects undertaken 03 07 08 10 11 12 Number of publications made by academics 740 750 760 780 800 820 Number of books published by academics 63 65 70 75 80 85 Number of foreign students visited under student exchange 05 05 07 09 12 15 programmes Number of local students exchanged under interuniversity 09 09 10 12 15 20 exchange programmes Number of university academics visited foreign universities under 06 07 08 10 13 13 staff exchange programmes Number of foreign university academics visited under staff 02 02 04 06 08 08 exchange programme during the year Number of undergraduate programmes conducted through online - - 01 02 05 06 mode Number of postgraduate programmes conducted through online 08 08 09 11 13 15 mode Number of academic field visits 16rganized for students 42 43 47 50 54 57 Number of dissertations submitted by undergraduate students 610 610 630 685 685 700 Number of research papers presented by undergraduate students 10 20 30 40 50 60 Number of research papers presented by postgraduate students 556 570 580 590 600 610 Amount of research grants disbursed - 39M 45M 48M 50M 55M Number of international research grants received 03 05 08 10 13 15 Number of research papers published by academic staff in indexed 210 230 250 260 270 280 international journals Number of patents registered - - 01 02 03 04 Number of inventions made - - 01 01 02 02 Number of new products or service ideas developed 02 02 03 04 05 06 Number of academics presented at international conferences 25 30 35 40 45 50 Number of students presented for international competitions 22 25 27 29 30 35 Number of winnings in international competitions by students 05 05 06 07 09 10 Number of academics having professional memberships 24 29 36 42 47 62 Number of MOUs signed for academic professional collaboration 03 05 07 09 11 13 Number of MOUs signed with collaborations with foreign 18 20 23 25 27 30 universities Number of programmes accredited by international accreditation 02 02 03 04 06 08 bodies Number of students involved in postgraduate programmes 4513 5000 5500 6000 6500 7000

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Goal 2 :

Achieving Conducive physical and social environment

Excellence in facilitating operations for reaching academic excellence can be realized only when necessary physical and social atmosphere is present. Hence, the university, in its strategic plan identifies the next goal to be reached as developing and creating a conductive physical and social environment within the university to reach excellence in operations. Objectives

 Conducive physical environment.

 Conducive social environment.

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KPI Current 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Level 10 12 14 15 16 18 Number of Building renovated

Total capacity of lecture theaters in terms of 11,682 11,732 12,200 12,500 12,700 13,000 number of seats at a time Percentage of lecture theaters with audio 50% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% facilities if necessary Percentage of lecture theaters with 55% 55% 65% 75% 85% 95% multimedia facilities 344 344 365 415 465 500 Total seating capacity of libraries at a time

52 45 40 35 30 25 Number of students per toilet

Number of lecture theaters (including 22 10 10 02 02 02 libraries) having no facilities for disabled access Total number of beds available in student hostels 15 15 14 13 12 10 Number of students per hostel toilet

Number of students per shower unit of 16 16 15 14 13 12 hostels Seating capacity of common room facilities 1650 1650 2250 2750 3300 3450 for students 04 06 07 08 10 12 Number of indoor games facilitated

- 01 02 02 03 04 Number of CCTV systems in operation

Number of Security personal employed at 52 52 52 54 54 55 each unit 43 45 50 55 60 65 Number of cultural activities organized

12 13 15 18 21 24 Number of entertainment activities organized

27 28 29 30 31 32 Number of student societies available

Number of persons served by the counseling 07 07 08 10 12 14 unit

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Goal 3 :

Producing high quality human competencies leading to innovations

Producing technically or professionally competent persons is not adequate for the role of a university especially being a state university. Education should produce high quality human beings with necessary skills and competencies. University of Colombo draws it special attention in this aspect through its goal directed towards producing such people. Objectives

 Enhancing student competencies to fulfill industry/community requirements.

 Enhancing student competencies to reach international standards.

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KPI Current 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Level - 10 15 20 25 30 Number of case studies developed, 03 04 05 06 07 08 Number of enterprise ideas received Number of enterprises started by 02 03 04 05 06 07 University students Number of curriculum revision 33 35 37 40 42 45 meetings held Number of departmental progress 05 07 12 17 22 25 review meetings held Number of international conferences 04 05 06 07 08 10 organized Number of foreign nationals 20 25 30 35 40 45 participated in international conferences organized by the faculties

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Goal 4 :

Creating a learning supportive management environment

University is an organization with interactions among academic staff, students as well as non-academic staff. It cannot reach any of its goals without having a binding among all three categories of people involved. Especially, non – academic staff of the university is the major force facilitating activities of other two categories of people. Hence, development of the non- academic staff and their skills as well as their working patterns and culture cannot be neglected in developing the University. Hence, the University has recognized this fact as a goal.

Objectives

 A learning supportive Human Resource Management system.

 Learning support HRM system.

 Establishing effective HR management systems.

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KPI Current 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Level Number of training programmes 08 14 19 23 25 30 organized for non-academic staff Number of non-academic members 05 07 09 11 13 15 sent for multi- language training programmes Number of staff welfare activities 06 07 08 09 10 12 organized Number of faculty or departmental 30 35 40 45 50 55 level committees in operation for collective decision making Number of rewards awarded for 04 06 08 10 12 14 achievement of performance targets Number of collective shining events 10 12 14 16 18 25 (Shramadana) organized Number of lean management 02 02 03 04 04 05 initiatives organized Number of green initiatives 04 04 05 05 06 07 organized

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Goal 5 :

Commitment for social responsibility and improving University Industry collaborations

The University is an integral part of the social and industrial development process of the country, In that context the contribution of the university to the wider society through its academic development process is of paramount importance. Hence, the commitment of the university to cast its social responsibility and to produce talented people who can satisfy industry requirements is recognized as a goal of the university.

Objectives • Strengthening social engagements.

• Strengthening private and public partnerships.

• Promoting socio-economic inclusiveness projects.

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KPI Current 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Level Number of community awareness programmes 03 05 10 15 20 25 organized Number of policy based dialogue events organised 02 03 04 05 06 07 within the university Number of policy based dialogue events organized 01 02 03 04 05 06 outside the university by the university staff Number of community projects operated by 10 15 20 25 30 35 students 04 05 06 07 08 10 Number of events organized for ethnic harmony

09 09 10 11 12 13 Number of meetings had with the alumni

460 500 550 600 650 700 Number of internships arranged for students Number of MOUs signed with outside 02 05 07 08 09 10 organisations for R&D projects Number of education programmes organized for - 02 03 04 05 06 students in underdeveloped areas Number of social welfare and poverty elevation 04 05 06 07 08 09 projects organized by students Number of environmental awareness projects 01 01 02 03 05 06 organized by the university staff Number of meetings had with state policy makers 01 01 04 04 05 06 for involvements in state policy process - 02 02 03 03 05 Number of policy research conducted Number of intra or interfaculty sports events 03 03 04 05 06 07 organized Number of interfaculty tours organized by the - 01 02 03 04 05 faculty Number of students having physical disabilities 30 - - - - - being served in the university

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