Open University of Sri Lanka

The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL; , ) is a national university in Sri Lanka. It is unique within the Sri Lankan national university system for being the only university to offer programs of study leading to certificate, diploma, degrees and postgraduate degrees up to PhD level through the Open and Distance Mode of Learning (ODL). The degrees awarded by the university are treated as equivalent to degrees awarded by any other Sri Lankan University under the preview of the University Grants Commission. The OUSL Main Campus and Colombo regional centre (C010) is located in Colombo in Nawala, Nugegoda. There are 8 regional centers in addition to main campus at Nawala. They are: Kandy Regional Center ( K030 ) – Polgolla, Kandy Matara Regional Center ( M050 ) – Nupe, Matara Jaffna Regional Center ( J060 ) – Kokuvil, Jaffna Anuradhapura Regional Center ( K110 ) – Jayanthi Mawatha, Anuradhapura Batticaloa Regional Center ( K070 ) – 23, New Road, Batticaloa Badulla Regional Center – No 18/1, Bandaranayake Mw, Badulla Kurunegala Regional Center ( K090 ) – Negombo Road, Malkaduwawa, Kurunegala Ratnapura Regional Center ( C130 ) – Hidellana, Ratnapura The Open University of Sri Lanka is currently ranked as No.9 among Sri Lankan Universities and No. 6353 among international Universities. Establishment and history The concept of establishing the Open University of Sri Lanka was by Dr. Nissanka Wijeyeratne the Cabinet Minister of Education & Higher Education at the time.