Welcome to the Career Guidance Unit
Welcome to the Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.
Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science in its simplest sense is a platform that builds the founding stones for our undergraduates to achieve soft skills and qualities of leadership skills by taking an optimum advantage out of the experience gained through academic and enhancement courses offered by us. Thus, considering the successful journey we have trodden so far, even amidst a pandemic, we, the Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science make it a moment to reconfirm our efforts to strive for excellence and give our maximum service.
Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science has always been a place of opportunity for our students. Facilitating with dynamic courses, which the students can excel and master various soft skills, we take it upon ourselves to be the best in guiding you to be better leaders and young entrepreneurs of tomorrow by providing you the best experiences we have to offer. By and by, we are looking forward to making Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science the best place for the undergraduates of the Faculty of Science to improve their leadership, social, and communication skills, as you may find sanctuary with us at Career Guidance Unit of Faculty of Science.
Career Guidance Unit
Faculty of Science
University of Colombo
PO Box 1490
Colombo 00300
Sri Lanka
+94 11 258 0848
cgu@sci.cmb.ac.lk
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Co-Directors
Prof. Dilushan R. Jayasundara
Email: dilushanj@phys.cmb.ac.lk.
EXPLORE OUR PROGRAMMES
The Career Guidance Unit of the Faculty of Science (CGU/FOS) is one of the leading units in the University that caters the undergraduates with the essential aspects of career and personal development. With the active participation of a dedicated group of volunteers consisting of academic staff members, CGU/FOS assist students with plentiful opportunities for their personal and professional development.
Amidst the new normal, the 2021 Academic year successfully facilitated more than 1000 students partnering with nearly 50 private and corporate sector establishments, alumni, and Human Resource Professionals.
Why Career Guidance?
Today academic knowledge single-handedly does not suffice to grow and excel in professional and personal life. Therefore, career and personal development are essential aspects of undergraduate training.
It is important that our graduates not only be academically and technically sound, but also have the knowledge in other personality fronts. Thus, it is essential to develop transferable/life skills, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of undergraduates that would eventually lead to both their professional and personal success.
VISION
- Guiding and providing required resources to support career & life aspirations of undergraduates of the Faculty of Science.
MISSION
- To become a center of excellence to empower students with the required knowledge and experience to mould and fortify their professional, higher educational, career and life aspirations though a well-crafted series of events and programs.
Objectives
- Helping students to profile oneself and realize ones true potential within the realm of their personality.
- Creating an environment where students identify personality developments in themselves in relations to professional expectations.
- Introducing the students to the world of work and its dynamics.
- Help the students transform ones academically strengthened knowledge to suit industry and academia.
- Help develop a robust career/life plan for oneself and make the right decisions in life.
