Our Vision
The Faculty of Science to be a center of scientific and technological excellence nationally and internationally.
Our Vision
To develop honest, adaptable productive citizens; with multidisciplinary knowledge, creative thinking and analytical skills with a high degree of civic conscientiousness. To articulate and promote interaction with public and private sector and society at large, with the view to contributing towards the development of the nation. To institute mechanisms for partnership programs for improving resources and infrastructure facilities.
History
The Faculty of Science, which is clearly distinguished by its icon the University tower, was formed with the advent of the University College in Colombo in 1913. It continued in the same location with the establishment of the University of Ceylon in 1942. Though a section of the University moved to Peradeniya in 1949, the Faculty of Science continued in Colombo. The Faculty, in 1967, became a part of the University of Colombo, Ceylon, later re-named University of Ceylon, Colombo. In 1972 the Faculty came under the University of Sri Lanka, Colombo Campus and finally in 1978, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Presently the Faculty of Science has about 1529 undergraduate students and 371 postgraduate students, 102 academic staff and 104 other staff. The annual intake to the Faculty increased to 487 in 2007 with the introduction of two new streams, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Industrial Statistics & Mathematical Finance.
The Faculty consists of seven Departments of study – Chemistry, Mathematics, Nuclear Science, Physics, Plant Sciences, Statistics and Zoology and Environment Science, and conducts courses leading to the Bachelor of Science (03 years duration) and Bachelor of Science Honours (04 years duration). A comprehensive range of subject combinations are available for the general degree while special degree programs allow students to specialize in some of those subject areas. The Faculty together with the School of Computing of the University also offers several joint special degree programs.