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Abbreviation | UGC |
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Formation | 22 December 1979 |
Purpose | planning and co-ordination of university education, allocation of funds to Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs), maintenance of academic standards, regulation of the administration of HEIs and regulation of admission of students to HEIs. |
Headquarters | Colombo |
Location | |
Official language | Sinhala, Tamil, English |
Chairman | Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge |
Main organ | Commission Members |
Affiliations | Government of Sri Lanka |
Staff | Over 200 |
Website | ugc.ac.lk |
University Grants Commission is the body responsible for funding most of the State Universities in Sri Lanka, and operates within the frame work of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978. A public organisation, established under the Parliament Act No 16 of 1978. Location is at No 20, Ward Place Colombo 07.
It distributes public money, allocated by the Government for teaching and research to universities and university affiliated institutes, as such controls much influence and appointments at state universities.