Affirming its status as the leading degree awarding institute in the fields of IT, Business and Engineering, SLIIT was ranked by LMD as the number one institute in Higher Education in 2013.
The cornerstone of SLIIT's success has been attributed to its uncompromising commitment to maintaining high academic standards, a high level of discipline and engagement in extra curricular activities among students. Upbeat on the 15 years of excellence, Lalith Gamage, President and CEO of SLIIT noted, “We started in 1999, with just 360 students, to gain an edge in the IT sector. Now, SLIIT has grown exponentially from an operation at the BOC Merchant Tower building to a multi campus university with over 6,000 students. Over the past 15 years we have commenced new academic programmes, introduced over 20 foreign partnerships, increased the facilities and strengthened our staff to suit the increasing demand in the higher education sector. With a bright future ahead of Sri Lanka, our goal is to make Sri Lanka an education hub, which will not only attract more local students but also attract many more international students”.
All the programmes offered at SLIIT are industry oriented, which provide students with an insight to the industry. Students are also offered enhanced support in career guidance to help them find internships and employment. Due to SLIIT's prestigious foreign university and industry ties, students are sought after by leading companies within a period of one year after graduation.
SLIIT has two state of the art campuses in Malabe and Colombo 03 and four established centres in Matara, Kandy, Jaffna and Kurunegala. The campus in Malabe, is situated on a 25 acre land, overlooking the hills of the mid country. This building complex has a faculty of Computing, faculty of Business, faculty of Engineering, a Hospitality school, lecture theatres, laboratories, reading rooms, libraries, an auditorium, tennis and basketball courts and a jogging track. The centres are all conveniently located, providing opportunities for students in regions away from the city of Colombo.
“In addition to academic excellence, we also encourage students to engage in extracurricular activities. This will enable students to develop creativity, think critically, learn to communicate eloquently and manage time effectively. We also have plans to launch more programmes and enhance our R & D facility in order to achieve our vision of being among the top ten universities in the region” commented Professor Lakshman Ratnayake, Chairman, SLIIT.
In commemorating 15 years of academic excellence in Sri Lanka, SLIIT has planned many celebratory activities. The student Interactive Society (SIS) of SLIIT, recently held a walk to raise funds to upgrade the computer labs of six schools in the Sabragamuwa province. SLIIT has planned a variety of 15th anniversary celebratory events throughout the year; such as logo design competition open to SLIIT alumni and students, a wall calendar competition, Island wide art competition,faculty led exhibition, online competitions, school competitions and quizzes. In addition, to the celebratory events, SLIIT will continue to conduct national level events such as ROBOFEST, CODEFEST, Soft Skills, faculty events, talent shows and sporting activities.
Commenting on the island wide art competition, Asangi Jayasinghe, Manager Business Development said, "the island wide art competition is open to residents of Sri Lanka between the ages of 10 to 25. Inculcating the theme 'Amazing Sri Lanka', in the form of a drawing on a A3 paper (Portrait), participants should portray how Computing, Business, Engineering or Tourism field/fields can help develop Sri Lanka in becoming an amazing country to visit, study and/or live”.
"The competition will be in three segments; Ages 10 to 15, 16 to 20 and 21 to 25, with the first, second and third place winners receiving rupees 40,000, 20,000 and 10,000 respectively. The deadline will be the 24th October” stated Jayasinghe.
More details of the art competition can be obtained via www.sliit.lk , contact the hotline 0777 605077 or visit the SLIIT fan page on FB https://www.facebook.com/sliit.lk.
