Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
  • ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තා‌ක්ෂණ ආයතනය
  • இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம்
Other name
SLIIT University
MottoDiscover Your Future
SloganThe Knowledge University
TypePrivate
Established1999; 25 years ago (1999)
FounderKingsley Wickramaratne, Richard Pathirana
AccreditationUGC,[1] IET
Academic affiliations
ChancellorLakshaman L Rathnayake
Vice-ChancellorLalith Gamage
Academic staff
400
Administrative staff
200
Students19,000[2]
Undergraduates16,000[2]
Postgraduates3,000[2]
Location
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Sri Lanka
CampusMultiple Sites
Campus sizeMalabe, 10 ha (25 acres) Metro, 8 Floors
Colors   
Websitewww.sliit.lk

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තා‌ක්ෂණ ආයතනය; Tamil: இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம்; also known as SLIIT) is a private university located in Malabe and Colombo, Sri Lanka. It specialises in various fields like technology and management.[3][4][5][6]

SLIIT has three campuses. The main campus being based in Malabe, Metropolitan Campus in Colombo and the new Kandy Campus based on Pallekele. There are also four regional centers around the island. SLIIT is associated with several world class universities such as University of Queensland, Curtin University and Liverpool John Moores University. SLIIT offers more the 75 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees on a vast field ranging from Computer Science to Education. These degrees are either affiliated with a foreign university or offered by the SLIIT themselves under the approval from the UGC.

SLIIT is one of the few Sri Lankan universities on the QS Asia University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is the only non-state university to be named on both of the lists.[7]

  1. ^ "Other Recognized Degrees". ugc.ac.lk. UGC. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Building higher education as an industry: A rejoinder to Dhammika Perera - Features | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. ^ "The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary)" (PDF). Department of Government Printing. documents.gov.lk. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Universities Act of Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 1 August 2015.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference gazette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Silva, Anusha. "SLIIT to launch UGC approved Engineering degrees". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. ^ "SLIIT makes History with 2023 QS Asia University Ranking – Sunday Observer". SLIIT. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.