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In 2014 TPG Group, a USA based private investment firm with over US$70 billion of assets, acquired 70 percent of the issued share capital of UBC through its subsidiary, Culture Financial Holdings. The deal was valued at US$117 million, and was at the time one of the largest foreign direct investments in Sri Lanka's financial sector. [8] [9]
Based on a proposal submitted in 1992 to Sri Lankan government, [5] LEARN connected to the internet in 1995 opening doors to the Internet era in Sri Lanka [3] [6] Today LEARN as the National Research and Education Network in Sri Lanka, connects all of the UGC funded Sri Lankan national universities, a number of public universities, higher ...
The science faculty was the first among the Sri Lankan universities to initiate the changeover from the traditional three subject (General) degree with end of year examinations to a more flexible course unit system, i.e., a modularized credit-based system in a two-semester academic year with the end of semester examinations.
Sri Lankan English (SLE) is the English language as it is used in Sri Lanka, a term dating from 1972. [1] Sri Lankan English is principally categorised as the Standard Variety and the Nonstandard Variety, which is called as "Not Pot English". The classification of SLE as a separate dialect of English is controversial.
The school changed its name in 2020, but was previously known as the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS or SLAIS, The iSchool at UBC). [1] UBC iSchool is an internationally ranked, multi-disciplinary school, ranked first in the world for graduate education in library and information management based on 2019 and 2020 QS ...
Post graduate institute of English of the open university is a dedicated institute for postgraduate level studies in English language and progression of English education in Sri Lanka. The institute issues following postgraduate programmes to the nation. * PhD in English. * Mphil in English. * MA in English teaching.
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) is a facility at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. The learning centre is built around the refurbished core of the 1925 UBC Main Library. [1] [2] The Centre is named for Irving. K. Barber, a philanthropist and graduate of UBC.
SEUSL offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses that award degrees such as BA, BBA, BSc. in MIT,BCom, BSc and MBA. The university had 2,237 students and 338 employees in 2010. [2] It is the thirteenth largest university in Sri Lanka in student numbers. [2] In 2009/10 the university admitted 836 undergraduates. [3]