South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
State university · Oluvil · seu.ac.lk
Undergraduates, 2024
6,666
Courses with a 2025/26 cut-off
11
Undergraduates, 2022 → 2024
+725
Undergraduates on the UGC's own count, excluding students carried over from earlier years (the backlog). The Open University of Sri Lanka is counted separately and isn't included.
Z-score cut-offs, 2025/26
State universities admit on the A-level Z-score, which places a candidate against everyone who sat the same subjects that year. Each course has a cut-off for every one of Sri Lanka's 25 districts, because places are shared out between districts — so the same course can need a very different score in Colombo and in a rural district. Shown: the lowest and highest district cut-off, and Colombo's. Z-scores compare courses within a year and a subject stream, not across them.
| Course | Lowest district | Highest district | Colombo | No qualified candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management and Information Technology (Seusl) | 1.2836 | 1.5800 | 1.2836 | — |
| Engineering | 1.0464 | 1.5757 | — | 10 of 25 |
| Management | 0.7849 | 1.4324 | 1.3460 | 8 of 25 |
| Information Communication Technology | 1.0778 | 1.4317 | 1.0778 | 10 of 25 |
| Biological Science | 0.6570 | 1.3078 | — | 6 of 25 |
| Commerce | 0.7017 | 1.2998 | 1.2941 | 1 of 25 |
| Arts | 1.2388 | 1.2388 | 1.2388 | — |
| Physical Science | 0.1745 | 1.1322 | 1.1022 | 3 of 25 |
| Biosystems Technology (Bst) | 0.4349 | 1.0638 | 0.5325 | 6 of 25 |
| Islamic Studies | 1.0502 | 1.0502 | 1.0502 | — |
| Arabic Language | 0.6095 | 0.6095 | 0.6095 | — |
Undergraduates by field, 2024
- Arts2,972
- Management & Commerce1,139
- Science859
- Technology772
- Computer Science476
- Engineering448
Undergraduates by year
2022
5,941
2023
6,481
2024
6,666
Undergraduate study at Sri Lanka's state universities is free for students admitted through the UGC. Compare every state university.
Sources: University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka — “Sri Lanka University Statistics 2024” (Table 3.2) and the 2025/26 minimum Z-score cut-offs; Ministry of Higher Education — list of degree-awarding institutes. Figures re-keyed and summarised by CollegeMatcher.
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