World Ranking of Sri Lankan Universities 2017

Webometrics.info published 2017 July edition of Web Ranking. According to this latest ranking University of Peradeniya became  the best University in Sri Lanka, while University of Colombo was down to the 2nd place for the first time in the history. University of Kelaniya also improved their ranking and now ranked as the Third best university in the country. University of Moratuwa which was ranked 3rd in 2017 January ranking now down to the 4th place. 5th and 6th Universities were Ruhuna and Jayewardenepura.


However none of the Sri Lankan Universities are among the top 2000 universities in the world, and many universities decreased their world ranking position compared with previous 2017 Janurary webmetrics ranking.

World Ranking of Best Sri Lankan Universities – 2017 List by Webometrics

Sri Lanka Ranking


ranking World Rank University Det. Presence Rank* Impact Rank* Openness Rank* Excellence Rank*
1
2113
University of Peradeniya
799
6136
1459
1789
2
2259
University of Colombo
710
4788
1782
2314
3
2808
University of Kelaniya
768
6923
1624
2839
4
2861
University of Moratuwa
959
4305
2530
3394
5
2874
University of Ruhuna
3858
8702
940
2625
6
3349
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
481
7285
2255
3602
7
4506
University of Jaffna
1793
11066
2980
4135
8
4508
Rajarata University
2768
13617
3863
3510
9
4855
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
2620
3738
4895
5722
10
5304
Eastern University of Sri Lanka
1707
12873
4575
4251
11
5414
Open University of Sri Lanka
973
9655
2903
5208
12
5993
Sabaragamuwa University
9013
13294
4997
4369
13
7328
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
2646
10236
4404
5722
14
7738
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
5633
10935
4133
5722
15
9787
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
1782
13379
5427
5722
16
9985
Industrial Technology Institute
10500
16711
4026
5208
17
11241
Uva Wellassa University
5889
16046
4156
5722
18
11894
ANC Education
22299
8910
9491
5722
19
13086
University of the Visual & Performing Arts
5125
13070
9241
5722
20
14324
Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture
6850
16330
8368
5722
21
14567
ESOFT Metro Campus
6575
13991
9491
5722
22
14919
South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine Malabe
7834
16751
8532
5722
23
15143
Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka
6275
16842
8745
5722
24
15592
National Institute of Education Sri Lanka
19305
13954
9491
5722
25
16583
Sri Lanka Press Institute
21013
15086
9491
5722
26
16674
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration Colombo
5268
16842
9491
5722
27
16811
National Institute of Business Management
17527
15771
9491
5722
28
17025
Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College
21211
17931
8582
5722
29
17285
Arthur C Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies
19801
16110
9491
5722
30
18028
Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka
20909
16930
9491
5722
31
18154
Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
20751
17108
9491
5722
32
18556
Postgraduate Institute of Sciences
19192
17773
9491
5722
33
18829
Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka
21381
17879
9491
5722
34
18972
National Institute of Fundamental Studies Sri Lanka
22795
17879
9491
5722
35
19514
BMS Business Management School
19878
18893
9491
5722
36
19599
Horizon Campus
15572
20556
9159
5722
37
19658
Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education
4567
20556
9491
5722
38
20142
Australian College of Business and Technology
25468
18893
9491
5722
39
20525
University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana
22985
19705
9491
5722
40
20717
American College of Higher Education
23750
19865
9491
5722
41
21372
Northshore College
6990
22229
9491
5722
42
21463
Imperial Institute of Higher Education
24044
20723
9491
5722
43
21663
Institute of Engineering Technology
24849
20826
9491
5722
44
22521
Royal Institute of Colombo
23336
22048
9491
5722
45
22565
National Institute of Social Development
14412
22854
9491
5722
46
24330
Kaatsu International University Sri Lanka
23259
24149
9491
5722
47
24798
Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka
23130
24716
9491
5722
48
24835
Hardy University College Ampara
23610
24716
9491
5722
49
24977
International Institute of Health Sciences
23785
24864
9491
5722
50
26455
IESL College of Engineering
25987
26284
9491
5722
51
26939
Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies
24758
26891
9491
5722
52
27034
Ocean University of Sri Lanka
27539
26709
9491
5722
53
27322
Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy SIBA
26238
27214
9491
5722

* Lower is better

Goto Webometrics website:
http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Sri%20Lanka%20

QS World Ranking

Only University of Colombo is ranked in QS Top Universities world ranking. University of Colombo has ranked #172 in Asia and #751-800 in 2017 QS World Ranking.

QS University of Colombo page https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-colombo

QS Sri Lankan Universities page https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/country/sri-lanka

2015 Ranking
https://studentlanka.com/2015/08/03/world-ranking-of-top-sri-lankan-universities-2015-july/


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