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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	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