University Selection Cut-off Marks for the Academic Year 2020/2021 based on the GCE (A/L) Examination in 2020 has been released. Accordingly, Cut-off marks for both New & Old Syllabus as been released today (29th October 2021). Minimum Z-scores for selection to courses of study of universities in respect of each district and detailed information of […]
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Can you guess course/ university before Z score cut off marks are released by UGC?
Answer to this question can be found in UGC student admission book, under frequently asked questions by students. Following is the FAQ that can be found in that book. Is it possible to predict the course of study and the university to which a candidate will be assigned before releasing the cut off marks? No. […]
Z-score cut off marks for 2019 A/L (2019-2020 University Selection) New & old syllabus
Z-score cut off marks of GCE A/L 2019 Examination have been released today (26 October 2020) . Z scores values for 2019 Old Syllabus and New Syllabus students for different courses can be obtained from UGC official website below. Students are admitted to state universities for 2019-2020 Academic year based on these Z-score values. https://www.ugc.ac.lk/ […]
How UGC select 2019 A/L New and Old syllabus students to Universities
2019 GCE A/L results have been released and now the students want to know how they will get admission based on New Syllabus (first time candidates) and Old syllabus (second and third time candidates). University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that they consider 2019 G.C.E. (A/L) Examination under new syllabus and old syllabus as two […]
Download A/L Z Score table from UGC University admission book
University Admission Handbook published by University Grants Commission contains Z-score table. This table gives Minimum Z score cut off values for selection of various University courses in each district. 2017-2018 University handbook contains Z score values for 2017 GCE A/L Examination. Download Z Score Table 2017 A/L Z -Scores – Minimum “Z” Scores for selection […]
Z Scores Cut off marks for University admissions 2016 based on 2015 A/L results
Minimum Z-scores for selection to courses of study of universities in respect of each district and detailed information of course selection based on the GCE (A/L) Examination in 2015 were released by University Grants Commission (UGC). According to these Z Score values, 27, 603 students will be enrolled for this year in all government universities […]
2014 University cut off marks based on 2013 A/L Z scores for colombo district
University cut off marks based on 2014 Z scores for colombo district ranked according to Z score values. Check z scores of other districts and courses here. https://studentlanka.com/2014/08/07/z-scores-for-university-courses-2013-2014-2013-al-exam-released-in-september/ District : COLOMBO Course Name Z-Score LAW 1.946 MEDICINE 1.9205 DENTAL SURGERY 1.8896 ENGINEERING 1.8685 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 1.8566 ENGINEERING (TM) 1.8475 PUBLIC MANAGEMENT (SPECIAL) 1.8417 […]
Z scores for University courses 2013- 2014 (2013 A/L exam) released
Minimum Z – Score values for university entrance (cut-off marks) for academic Year 2013/2014 based on GCE (A/L) Exam 2013 were released today. According to this, Minimum Z scores of Colombo District for Medicine is 1.9205, Engineering 1.8685, Biological Science 1.3264, Physical Science 1.1909, Management 1.7388 and Arts 1.3778. Minimum Z-scores for selection to courses […]
How Z score is calculated for University selection in Sri Lanka
All subjects are not equivalent. There are easy subjects as well as difficult subjects. There are high scoring subjects and low scoring subjects. Marking also can vary: there can be strict marking or liberal marking in different subjects. As such, aggregate of different subjects is not a fair criterion to give an overall rank to […]
Z scores for University courses 2011- 2012 academic year (2011 A/L examination)
The University Grants Commission (UGC) released the university entrance (cut-off marks) Minimum Z – Score values for academic Year 2011/2012 based on GCE (A/L) Exam 2011. Following a Court order UGC issued minimum Z – Scores separately for New Syllabus and Old Syllabus. This year release of Z-scores was delayed due to the ‘Z-score crisis’ […]