Top Universities in Sri Lanka 2022-2023

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Top Universities in Sri Lanka 2023-2024

Here are the Top Best Universities in Sri Lanka in 2022 according to the most popular World University Ranking Lists: Webometrics, QS, and THE Higher Education World Ranking.

New: Best State and Private Universities in Sri Lanka according to THE Times Higher Education Ranking 2024

University Colombo — University of Colombo

University of Sri Jayewardnepura — University of Colombo

1. Webometrics World University Ranking

webometrics sri lanka ranking 2022 july — webometrics sri lanka ranking 2022 July

The most popular ranking system in Sri Lanka is Webometrics ranking as it lists all universities with a visible website. They give their ranking based on web impact and research impact (based on Google Sholar data and Scopus research publication data)

Best Universities in Sri Lanka (Webometrics, 2022 July Ranking)

https://webometrics.info/en/Asia/Sri%20Lanka%20?sort=asc&order=Impact%20Rank%2A

Ranking	World Rank	University	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	1531	University of Colombo	1996	1168	2082
2	1962	University of Sri Jayewardenepura	2504	1612	2654
3	2394	University of Moratuwa	4316	1943	2754
4	1972	University of Peradeniya	4493	1150	2075
5	3005	University of Kelaniya	5648	1580	3595
6	3216	Rajarata University	6117	2826	3526
7	9776	University Grants Commission Sri Lanka	6594	7521	7216
8	6741	Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology	7128	7521	6372
9	5258	Open University of Sri Lanka	7198	2873	6209
10	2464	University of Ruhuna	7530	2022	1984
11	3712	University of Jaffna	7933	2322	3980
12	7268	Uva Wellassa University	8826	3525	7216
13	7219	General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University	8923	3328	7216
14	4331	Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	8942	3118	4664
15	7711	South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	9896	3638	7216
16	13132	International Institute of Health Sciences	11028	7521	7216
17	13194	National Institute of Education Sri Lanka	11091	7521	7216
18	4723	Eastern University of Sri Lanka	11448	3833	4664
19	4743	Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	11564	2992	4860
20	15164	University of the Visual & Performing Arts	13560	7521	7216
21	15315	ESOFT Metro Campus	13741	7521	7216
22	15329	National Institute of Business Management	13758	7521	7216
23	14896	Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka	13850	7425	7216
24	14048	CINEC Campus	14290	7121	7216
25	15552	NSBM Green University	14720	7425	7216
26	13803	Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education	15326	6747	7216
27	17049	Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka	15813	7521	7216
28	17259	Horizon Campus	16060	7521	7216
29	17502	ANC Education	16322	7521	7216
30	13433	Sri Lanka Technological Campus	16829	5777	7216
31	18004	Australian College of Business and Technology	16918	7521	7216
32	9592	National Institute of Fundamental Studies Sri Lanka	17414	4394	6829
33	11431	Industrial Technology Institute	18047	6007	6829
34	19412	Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration Colombo	18561	7521	7216
35	19463	University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana	18624	7521	7216
36	19615	Arthur C Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies	18801	7521	7216
37	19655	Sri Lanka Institute of Architects	18854	7521	7216
38	19753	Buddhist & Pali University of Sri Lanka	18968	7521	7216
39	20526	BMS Business Management School	19850	7521	7216
40	20857	IDM University	20222	7521	7216
41	20857	Royal Institute of Colombo	20222	7521	7216
42	20857	American College of Higher Education	20222	7521	7216
43	21360	Sri Lanka Press Institute	20804	7521	7216
44	21411	Ocean University of Sri Lanka	20856	7521	7216
45	21455	Aquinas College of Higher Studies Colombo	20905	7521	7216
46	21721	Kaatsu International University Sri Lanka	21207	7521	7216
47	22002	Institute of Engineering Technology	21521	7521	7216
48	22054	Imperial Institute of Higher Education	21575	7521	7216
49	22093	IDM Nations Campus	21621	7521	7216
50	22240	Nawaloka College of Higher Studies	21790	7521	7216
51	23517	Bhiksu University of Sri Lanka	23180	7521	7216
52	23644	SLIIT Academy	23311	7521	7216
53	24752	Saegis Campus	24508	7521	7216
54	25062	Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy SIBA	24842	7521	7216
55	25374	National Institute of Social Development	25178	7521	7216
56	25862	Northshore College	25696	7521	7216
57	27429	Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies	27341	7521	7216
58	28569	IUHS Campus	28518	7521	7216
59	28569	(3) Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Peradeniya	28518	7521	7216
60	28665	IESL College of Engineering	28618	7521	7216
61	30973	Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies	30967	7521	7216

Webometrics Ranking of Sri Lankan Universities, 2022 July

Check Best Private Universities in Sri Lanka 2023 as per webometrics ranking

2. QS Asia University Rankings 2022

QS has only ranked only following six Universities in Sri Lanka: Peradeniya, Colombo, Jaffna, Moratuwa, Sri Jayewardenepura and Kelaniya.

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2022

Rank	QS World Rank	University
1	261-270	University of Peradeniya
2	301-350	University of Colombo
3	351-400	University of Jaffna
4	401-450	University of Moratuwa
4	401-450	University of Sri Jayawardenapura
6	451-500	University of Kelaniya

QS Asia world university Srr Lanka Ranking 2022

THE Times Higher Education ranking 2023

THE Times Higher Education World Univesity Ranking 2023 was released today (12 October 2023). Six Sri Lankan Universities have been included in this ranking. University of Peradeniya and Colombo are the best Universities in Sri Lanka with four other Universities being given “Reporter” status.

Rank	University	No. of FTE Students	No. of students per staff	International Students
501-600	University of Peradeniya	16,123	10.7	1%
601-800	University of Colombo	31,792	31.9	0%
Reporter	General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University	5,136	21	2%
Reporter	University of Kelaniya	17,082	17.1	3%
Reporter	University of Sri Jayewardenepura	17,069	23.4	0%
Reporter	Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology	11,151	38.7	0%