University of Kelaniya
State university · Kelaniya · kln.ac.lk
Undergraduates, 2024
15,549
Courses with a 2025/26 cut-off
26
Undergraduates, 2022 → 2024
+1,224
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Technology (Et) | 1.9576 | 2.0993 | 1.9576 | 6 of 25 |
| Information Communication Technology | 1.6166 | 2.0885 | 1.6361 | 6 of 25 |
| Medicine | 2.0017 | 2.0535 | 2.0038 | 6 of 25 |
| Financial Engineering | 1.2006 | 1.8010 | 1.7961 | — |
| Management | 1.6654 | 1.7730 | 1.6668 | 3 of 25 |
| Peace & Conflict Resolution | 1.7433 | 1.7433 | 1.7433 | — |
| Accounting Information Systems | 0.7990 | 1.7181 | 1.6978 | — |
| Applied Chemistry | 0.9960 | 1.6219 | 1.6053 | — |
| Computer Science | 1.5228 | 1.5906 | 1.5237 | 13 of 25 |
| Translation Studies | 1.3414 | 1.5843 | 1.4162 | 14 of 25 |
| Occupational Therapy | 1.0840 | 1.5707 | 1.4487 | — |
| Commerce | 1.5171 | 1.5581 | 1.5187 | 6 of 25 |
| Biosystems Technology (Bst) | 1.5033 | 1.5484 | 1.5149 | 11 of 25 |
| Electronics and Computer Science | 0.6619 | 1.5367 | 1.5154 | — |
| Management and Information Technology (MIT) (Bio Science Stream) | 0.9583 | 1.5264 | 1.4652 | — |
| Biological Science | 1.4679 | 1.5242 | 1.4681 | 8 of 25 |
| Software Engineering | 1.4521 | 1.4936 | 1.4521 | 15 of 25 |
| Speech and Hearing Sciences | 1.0084 | 1.4817 | 1.4491 | — |
| Management and Information Technology (MIT) (Other Stream) | 0.7092 | 1.4653 | 1.4612 | — |
| Arts | 1.4229 | 1.4229 | 1.4229 | — |
| Physical Science | 1.2087 | 1.2555 | 1.2092 | 9 of 25 |
| Environmental Conservation & Management | 0.5140 | 1.2462 | 1.2124 | — |
| Physical Science -ICT | 0.1596 | 1.2346 | 1.2346 | — |
| Film & Television Studies | 0.5461 | 1.1904 | 1.1681 | 7 of 25 |
| Teaching English As A Second Language (Tesl) | 1.0505 | 1.0505 | 1.0505 | — |
| Sports Science | -0.0195 | 0.8404 | 0.7496 | — |
Undergraduates by field, 2024
- Arts5,907
- Management & Commerce4,020
- Science2,445
- Medicine1,001
- Computer Science981
- Technology739
- Allied Health Sciences456
Undergraduates by year
2022
14,325
2023
15,195
2024
15,549
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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