University of Vavuniya
State university · Vavuniya · vau.ac.lk
Undergraduates, 2024
2,922
Courses with a 2025/26 cut-off
8
Undergraduates, 2022 → 2024
+611
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 Studies (TV) - B [Any Subject Combination] | 1.2955 | 1.3730 | — | 8 of 25 |
| Information Communication Technology | 0.0787 | 1.3156 | 1.0225 | 3 of 25 |
| Applied Sciences (BIO.SC) | 0.6287 | 1.3129 | 1.0586 | 2 of 25 |
| Banking & Insurance | 0.7732 | 1.2870 | 1.2798 | — |
| Information and Communication Technology (ICT) | 0.9059 | 1.2694 | 1.1908 | — |
| Project Management | 0.9657 | 1.2599 | 1.2536 | — |
| Management Studies (TV) - A [Commerce Stream] | 1.0569 | 1.2284 | 1.2116 | 8 of 25 |
| Applied Sciences (PHY.SC) | 0.8139 | 1.0519 | 0.9636 | 5 of 25 |
Undergraduates by field, 2024
- Management & Commerce1,217
- Technology635
- Science583
- Computer Science487
Undergraduates by year
2022
2,311
2023
2,704
2024
2,922
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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