University of Sri Jayewardenepura
State university · Nugegoda · sjp.ac.lk
Undergraduates, 2024
16,661
Courses with a 2025/26 cut-off
33
Undergraduates, 2022 → 2024
+1,603
Undergraduates on the UGC's own count, excluding students carried over from earlier years (the backlog). The Open University of Sri Lanka is counted separately and isn't included.
Z-score cut-offs, 2025/26
State universities admit on the A-level Z-score, which places a candidate against everyone who sat the same subjects that year. Each course has a cut-off for every one of Sri Lanka's 25 districts, because places are shared out between districts — so the same course can need a very different score in Colombo and in a rural district. Shown: the lowest and highest district cut-off, and Colombo's. Z-scores compare courses within a year and a subject stream, not across them.
| Course | Lowest district | Highest district | Colombo | No qualified candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Technology (Et) | 2.2865 | 2.7935 | 2.2995 | 4 of 25 |
| Information Communication Technology | 1.8768 | 2.3976 | 1.8841 | 4 of 25 |
| Biosystems Technology (Bst) | 1.8689 | 2.1989 | 1.9262 | 3 of 25 |
| Medicine | 2.0602 | 2.0972 | 2.0605 | 8 of 25 |
| Business Information Systems (Honours) (BIS) | 1.2264 | 2.0655 | 2.0387 | — |
| Dental Surgery | 1.4272 | 2.0019 | 1.8596 | 12 of 25 |
| Software Engineering | 1.4432 | 1.9886 | 1.4446 | 12 of 25 |
| Information Systems | 1.7201 | 1.9317 | 1.7274 | 12 of 25 |
| Management | 1.7985 | 1.9134 | 1.8054 | — |
| Engineering | 1.8073 | 1.8650 | 1.8079 | 6 of 25 |
| Financial Economics | 1.0929 | 1.8521 | 1.7935 | — |
| Arts-Information Technology | 1.7910 | 1.7910 | 1.7910 | — |
| Commerce | 1.6280 | 1.7507 | 1.6280 | 8 of 25 |
| Medical Laboratory Sciences | 1.7160 | 1.7337 | 1.7160 | 13 of 25 |
| Music | -0.4010 | 1.7258 | 0.1863 | 12 of 25 |
| Social Work | 1.7080 | 1.7080 | 1.7080 | — |
| Pharmacy | 1.6419 | 1.6694 | 1.6420 | 14 of 25 |
| Computer Science | 1.5765 | 1.6534 | 1.5765 | 15 of 25 |
| Real Estate Management & Valuation | 1.2457 | 1.6343 | 1.6110 | — |
| Optometry | 1.1852 | 1.6225 | 1.5511 | — |
| Biological Science | 1.5304 | 1.5904 | 1.5305 | 9 of 25 |
| Management and Public Policy | 1.2876 | 1.5742 | 1.5556 | — |
| Polymer Science and Industrial Management | 0.8908 | 1.5532 | 1.5423 | — |
| Creative Music Technology & Production | 1.2369 | 1.5451 | 1.5067 | — |
| Food Science & Technology | 1.5191 | 1.5393 | 1.5393 | 12 of 25 |
| Arts | 1.5309 | 1.5309 | 1.5309 | — |
| Sports Science & Management | 0.8658 | 1.4175 | 0.8858 | 8 of 25 |
| Physical Science -ICT | 1.1645 | 1.3331 | 1.2180 | 11 of 25 |
| Nursing | 1.3152 | 1.3291 | 1.3191 | 10 of 25 |
| Physical Science | 1.2856 | 1.3140 | 1.2857 | 9 of 25 |
| Aquatic Bioresources | 0.4325 | 1.2823 | 1.2417 | — |
| Urban Bioresources | 0.4475 | 1.2137 | 1.1739 | — |
| Teaching English As A Second Language (Tesl) | 1.1427 | 1.1427 | 1.1427 | — |
Undergraduates by field, 2024
- Management & Commerce4,875
- Arts4,045
- Science2,702
- Technology1,767
- Medicine948
- Allied Health Sciences747
- Engineering622
- Computer Science602
- Agriculture260
- Dental Science93
Undergraduates by year
2022
15,058
2023
16,142
2024
16,661
Undergraduate study at Sri Lanka's state universities is free for students admitted through the UGC. Compare every state university.
Sources: University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka — “Sri Lanka University Statistics 2024” (Table 3.2) and the 2025/26 minimum Z-score cut-offs; Ministry of Higher Education — list of degree-awarding institutes. Figures re-keyed and summarised by CollegeMatcher.