World Ranking of Sri Lankan Universities 2020 – Webometrics, QS and THE

Sri Lankan University ranking 2020 based on three World Ranking systems are presented here

• Webometrics Ranking
• QS World Ranking
• THE – Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Webometrics Web Ranking

Webometrics  released 2020 January edition of World University Web Ranking. According to this latest ranking University of Peradeniya became the best University in Sri Lanka, while University of Colombo and Moratuwa secured 2nd and 3rd ranks.

University of Ruhuna, Kelaniya and Sri Jayewardenepura were in 4th place. 5th and 6th ranks. Compared with last year (2019 July) ranking, many universities have improved their world ranking status.

Eg Peradeniya improved from 1981 to 1895, Colombo from 2023 to 2112, Jayewardenepura from 2960 to 2806.

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	1895	University of Peradeniya		1164	5298	1170	1714
2	2112	University of Colombo		624	4047	1221	2621
3	2188	University of Moratuwa		945	2589	2851	2912
4	2503	University of Ruhuna		1965	8113	2166	1858
5	2741	University of Kelaniya		910	6224	1548	2954
6	2806	University of Sri Jayewardenepura		342	5521	1734	3331
7	4126	University of Jaffna		1656	10420	2402	4213
8	4225	Rajarata University		1194	12747	3582	3651
9	4458	Open University of Sri Lanka		647	9087	2895	4881
10	4607	Sabaragamuwa University		5263	12041	3162	4330
11	5303	Eastern University of Sri Lanka		1748	12458	4065	4881
12	5528	Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology		2926	9383	3179	5624
13	6778	General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University		3964	8992	4044	6084
14	7903	South Eastern University of Sri Lanka		1645	11874	4026	6084
15	8020	National Institute of Fundamental Studies Sri Lanka		23087	19905	3124	4672
16	8172	Wayamba University of Sri Lanka		4039	12576	3331	6084
17	9783	Uva Wellassa University		3098	14266	4156	6084
18	10406	Industrial Technology Institute		9121	16330	6371	5340
19	13528	ESOFT Metro Campus		3160	13333	7357	6084
20	13962	National Institute of Education Sri Lanka		15977	12568	7357	6084
21	15036	University of the Visual & Performing Arts		1390	15711	7357	6084
22	15538	National Institute of Business Management		19109	14289	7357	6084
23	15570	Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka		4533	15752	7357	6084
24	15694	Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka		3548	16056	7357	6084
25	16274	(3) Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture University of Peradeniya		8080	16201	7357	6084
26	16775	Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College		21482	15537	7357	6084
27	17661	Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education		4506	18296	7357	6084
28	17805	Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration Colombo		5704	18321	7357	6084
29	17994	Arthur C Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies		24014	16731	7357	6084
30	18348	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects		11408	18463	7357	6084
31	18557	University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana		21606	17699	7357	6084
32	18565	Horizon Campus		22205	17658	7357	6084
33	18685	ANC Education		26921	17120	7357	6084
34	18953	Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka		23381	17982	7357	6084
35	19187	IDM University		6006	19894	7357	6084
36	19260	American College of Higher Education		19534	18732	7357	6084
37	19504	NSBM Green University Town		20136	19005	7357	6084
38	19511	South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine Malabe		16804	19320	7357	6084
39	19526	Sri Lanka Press Institute		15176	19476	7357	6084
40	19657	Australian College of Business and Technology		25357	18549	7357	6084
41	20083	BMS Business Management School		21223	19538	7357	6084
42	20835	Kaatsu International University Sri Lanka		21752	20392	7357	6084
43	21130	Institute of Engineering Technology		18350	21046	7357	6084
44	21375	Royal Institute of Colombo		20974	21059	7357	6084
45	22201	International Institute of Health Sciences		21422	21945	7357	6084
46	22729	Imperial Institute of Higher Education		27776	21632	7357	6084
47	22740	Aquinas College of Higher Studies Colombo		26798	21886	7357	6084
48	23321	Sri Lanka Technological Campus		24103	22982	7357	6084
49	23659	Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka		21761	23604	7357	6084
50	24312	IDM Nations Campus		3876	25788	7357	6084
51	24393	Northshore College		21588	24404	7357	6084
52	24403	Ocean University of Sri Lanka		23195	24274	7357	6084
53	24983	(3) Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Peradeniya		5062	26255	7357	6084
54	25152	Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy SIBA		23641	25055	7357	6084
55	26146	Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies		24864	26071	7357	6084
56	26533	Hardy University College Ampara		24755	26538	7357	6084
57	26856	National Institute of Social Development		19834	27182	7357	6084
58	27105	IESL College of Engineering		27549	26846	7357	6084
59	28022	IUHS Campus		27776	27918	7357	6084
60	28343	Slintec Academy		28096	28244	7357	6084
61	28622	SLIIT Academy		19381	28931	7357	6084

2 – QS World Ranking

QS is an Internationally accepted one of the serious University ranking system. QS has only selected four Sri Lankan universities in their 2020 ranking: Peradeniya, Colombo, Moratuwa, Jaffna  and University of Sri Jayewardnepura.

3 – THE – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.

The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

Only two Sri Lankan Universities included in this Prestigious ranking system: University of Peradeniya and Kelaniya.

“Most striking feature here is for the first time in the History University of Peradeniya or one of the Sri Lanka University has ranked among worlds best 500 Universities. “

ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities – ARWU

This is also considered as a serious and prestigious ranking: http://www.shanghairanking.com/
But none of the Sri Lankan Universities have been included in this ranking.

ARWU adopts six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, the number of Highly Cited Researchers and the number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index – Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index produced by Web of Science Group, and per capita performance. About 1800 universities are actually ranked by ARWU every year and the best 1000 universities are published.

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