Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

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Coordinates: 6°54′52″N 79°58′20″E / 6.91444°N 79.97222°E / 6.91444; 79.97222

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
SLIIT
SLIIT logo.PNG
Established 1999
Type Public autonomous
Chancellor Prof S. Karunaratne
President Prof Lalith Gamage
Faculty 100
Staff 250
Students 4,000
Undergraduates 3,600
Postgraduates 200
Other students 200
Location Malabe, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Campus Main Campus 25 acres (Suburban) - Malabe ,
Metropolitan Campus (Urban) - Colombo
Colors Blue, white, orange
            
Athletics Seven sports teams
Affiliations Association of Commonwealth Universities,
University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka
Website www.sliit.lk/
SLIIT's Malabe campus, located 16km from Colombo (Sri Lanka's capital)

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), is a university-level information technology institute in Sri Lanka. The main campus is located in Malabe, 16 km from Colombo. It also has a metropolitan campus in Colombo, island's largest city. SLIIT offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in information technology and related fields. It is also a research university.

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[edit] History

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology was established in 1999 by an Act of Parliament, with ability to award degrees following amendments to the Universities Act the same year, thus gaining recognition from the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). SLIIT was established primarily to educate and train information technology professionals required in Sri Lanka.

SLIIT is a governmental institution with initial funding from the government. It is a statutory board and a company by guarantee[1]. Although still remaining a public institute under the purview of the Ministry of Science and Technology[2], unlike other state universities it does not depend on government funding and therefore has a great deal of autonomy. In 2007 SLIIT began expanding into fields of study out side that of IT and computing. These include electronic engineering and business management in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University[3].

Since its conception it has become the leading degree-granting institute in Sri Lanka for information technology, producing 600 graduates annually[4]. SLIIT has expanded its IT education from Colombo and its suburbs to various other parts of the Sri Lanka, including Kandy and Matara, making the SLIIT accessible in five locations throughout Sri Lanka.

SLIIT operates two campuses and two centres viz. the Malabe Campus at Malabe and the Metropolitan Campus at Kollupitiya, Colombo, the Kandy Centre at Kandy and the Matara Centre at Matara. In 2009 it was announced that SLIIT plans on establishing an campus in Jaffna[5].

[edit] SLIIT objectives

  • Education and training of IT professionals
  • Provision of IT consultancy services and software services to the public and private sector of Sri Lanka
  • Conduct and promotion of research and development in IT leading to specialized applications, services and innovative IT products.
  • Ensuring the availability of a pool of IT experts in the country

[edit] Affiliations

SLIIT has built partnerships with Australian Universities including Curtin University of Technology, Australia [6]. This partnership with Curtin allows students to study for Curtin degrees at SLIIT. The partnership with Sheffield Hallam University in United Kingdom enables SLIIT to offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and degree transfer programs [7]. The University of British Columbia allows students to study for postgraduate degree from SLIIT[8]. Similar partnerships with other universities allow students to complete several semesters of study at SLIIT and to finish the degree work at the other universities.

SLIIT has affiliations with Uppsala University in Sweden and CIMA in UK. Recently SLIIT signed agreements with RMIT and Swinburne University in Australia as well as three others.

[edit] Research

SLIIT conducts IT and computer related research in Sri Lanka and is a partner of ConceptNursery.com, Sri Lanka's Technology Incubator. The SLIIT Research Symposium, which is held annually, showcases and helps advance research in the IT field in Sri Lanka[9].

[edit] Academic departments

The four departments of the Institute are:

  • Department of Information Technology - Head Mr Nuwan Kodagoda
  • Department of Computer Systems and Networking - Head Dr. Malitha Wijesundara
  • Department of Business and Information Management - Head Dr Theekshana Suraweera
  • Department of Multimedia and Animations - Head Dr. Sirimevan Widyasekara

[edit] Campuses

[edit] Degree courses

[edit] Undergraduate degree programmes

SLIIT Degrees

Curtin University of Technology Degrees

Sheffield Hallam University Degrees

[edit] Postgraduate degree programs

SLIIT Masters Degrees

Sheffield Hallam University Masters Degree

  • M.Sc. in Enterprise Application Development

University of British Columbia Masters Degree

  • M.S.S. (Master of Software Systems)

[edit] Other courses

[edit] Diploma programmes

Postgraduate-SLIIT

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management

Undergraduate-SLIIT

  • Advanced Diploma in Information Technology
  • National Diploma in Information Technology
  • National Diploma in Business Management
  • Diploma in Information Technology
  • Associate Diploma in Information Technology

Undergraduate-Edexcel

  • BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing (General)
  • BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing (Network Engineering)
  • BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing (Software Development)
  • BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business Management

[edit] Professional courses

SLIIT conducts the Cisco Network Academy courses (CCNA,CCNP and CCSP) under the only regional Cisco Network Academy in Sri Lanka. SLIIT is the only Microsoft Academy in Sri Lanka offering Certification Courses [10].

[edit] Student life

The Student's Interactive Society (SIS) is the main student body at SLIIT, the Society organizes student activities which includes the annual Freshers Night Dance, the Sports day and the Colours Night. Apart from the SIS there are the HEDRA which is the SLIIT programming community; the FOSS Community and the CSNSC which is the student community of the CSN Department.

[edit] Partner universities

The Institute holds formal links with institutions from around the world to share teaching and research and facilitate staff and student exchanges.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statutory Boards, index.comlanka.com
  2. ^ Institutions that come within the purview of the Science and Technology Ministry
  3. ^ SLIIT offers UK recognised BBA Degrees, ITpro.lk
  4. ^ SLIIT produces 675 IT Graduates this year, Sundayobserver
  5. ^ Many opportunities in NE: SLIIT to set up Jaffna IT campus , ITpro.lk
  6. ^ a b Media release, Curtin University of Technology
  7. ^ a b SLIIT-SHU partnership, Sheffield Hallam University
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i SLIIT Affliations
  9. ^ SLIIT Research Symposium, SLIIT
  10. ^ Keynote Address to the hSenid 10th Anniversary Celebration, 22 March 2007, U.S. Embassy, Colombo
  11. ^ Industrial Automation Laboratory

[edit] External links

Official Website
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