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Table  32A (Education, University, General)
University Education (University)(Staff)(Student)(Field)(Finance)  (1999-2008)
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                                             year                               Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007    2008(a)
No. of Universities 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 15 15
No. of Universities Institutes        -        -        -        -        - 14 16 16 16        17(b)
No. of  Students  (Undergraduates) 47,914 48,296 48,661 48,666 59,740 60,350 66,386 65,206 66,996 65,987
No. of  Lectuers 3,228 3,241 3,110 3,225 3,543 3,611 3,875 4,016    4312(c )    4277( c)
New Adnissions for basic Degree 11,896 11,805 11,962 12,144   25471(d) 13,396 14,520 16,585 17,196 20,069
No. of Graduated (e) 8,787 9,374 8,484 9,027 9,890 10,477 8,659 11,713 12,005      n.a.
Arts & Oriental Studies            B.A./B.A.Special 3,613 3,656 3,214 3,288 3,373 3,366 2,410 4,405 5,142      n.a.
Commerce & Mgt Studies             B.Sc/B.Com./B.B.A. 1,271 2,448 1,854 2,018 2,121 3,091 2,357 2,198 2,301      n.a.
Law L.L.B.  325 173 182 170 188 166 345 327 208      n.a.
Science  B. Sc. 1,418 1,264 1,335 1,159 1,726 1,323 1,402 2,348 1,492      n.a.
Engineering B.Sc.(Eng.) 631 548 653 1,060 629 984 755 809 894      n.a.
Medicine M.B.B.S. 1,049 904 801 754 1,273 964 593 896 901      n.a.
Dental Surgery . B.D.S 70 77 71 75 74 84 74 123 70      n.a.
Agriculture  B.SC. 298 249 225 377 394 388 554 430 484      n.a.
Veterinary ScienceB.V.Sc.. 35      n.a. 70 68 61 42 74 64 57      n.a.
Architecture &  Quantity Surveying  B.Sc. 77 55 79 58 51 69 95 13 132      n.a.
Computer Science /IT/ICT/MIT       -       -       -       -       -       -       - 100 107      n.a.
Food Science       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       - 83      n.a.
Indigenous Medicine       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       - 134      n.a.
Expenditure on Higher Education  (Rs. Mn. 4,995 5,411 6,384 6,309 6,707 7,622 8,178 12,607 12,281      n.a.
Capital Expenditure 1,353 1,464 1,439 1,097 1,173 1,384 2,133 2,816 3,129      n.a.
Recurrent Expenditure 3,642 3,947 4,945 5,212 5,534 7,622 6,045 9,791 11,775      n.a.
© 2010 KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:  Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka
Key:  (a) Provisional
(b) Includes 7 postgraduate institutes and 10 other higher educational institutions which are under UGC. Out of these 17 institutions
  only 4 institutions namely IIM,UCSC, GWAI and SVIA admit students   for undergraduates programmes under the UGC intake.
(c) As at 1st of January in the year.
(d) Qualified students from two GCE(A/L) Examinations held in August 2001(12,431) and April 2002(13,040) were admitted to
   University in this Year.
(e) Excluding Open University and External degree Courses..
Note: 
Number of Graduated can be different from year to year, because of some Universities have not been held their exams.
Revised:  2010(y)/08(m)/31(d)
Chief Editor:
   Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Former Head, Department of Management Studies, 
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka