Sri Palee Campus

Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo

කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය ශ්‍රීපාලී මණ්ඩපය
Sri Palee Campus - Layan House
Type	Undergraduate, Postgraduate Education
Established	1996
Rector	Prof. Ranjan Hettiarachchi (Chairperson)
Location	Horana, Sri Lanka
Publications	The International Journal of Communicology (IJC)
Website	http://spc.cmb.ac.lk/

The Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo is located in Wewala, Horana, Sri Lanka. Established in 1996 it conducts undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of performing arts and mass media.

The Sri Palee Campus was first established as the Western Campus of the University of Colombo by a notification of the Sri Lanka government Gazette (Extraordinary) No 928/1 dated 20 June 1996. Its name was subsequently amended as Sri Palee Campus of the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka with effect from 11.09.1998 by an order made by the Hon. Minister of Education and Higher Education under 27(1) of the Universities Act No-16 of 1978.

It is located in the Kalutara district at Wewala, Horana on the lands and buildings donated to the University of Sri Lanka in 1976 by the board of the Sri Palee Trust set up by the late Mr. Wilmot A. Perera, a veteran politician and well-known philanthropist.

The campus has two faculties i.e the Faculty of Performing Arts and the Faculty of Mass Media. The academic staff of the campus is allocated to the five academic departments mentioned below based on their specialization and teaching expertise.

The Sri Palee Campus publishes the International Journal of Communicology (IJC) via the Center for Media Research (CMR). The main task of the Center for Media Research and the International Journal of Communicology is to develop interface between academics, practitioners, policy makers and the lay parsons who are involved in and concerned with the development of the country, the media and communication. The pioneer of the Center for Media Research (CMR) is Dr. DharmaKeerthi Sri Ranjan.