University of the Visual and Performing Arts
State university · Colombo · vpa.ac.lk
Undergraduates, 2024
2,880
Courses with a 2025/26 cut-off
4
Undergraduates, 2022 → 2024
+140
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts | 0.3774 | 1.2783 | 0.6151 | 7 of 25 |
| Drama & Theatre | 0.0672 | 1.1239 | 0.0672 | 5 of 25 |
| Dance | 0.3655 | 0.9915 | 0.7874 | 5 of 25 |
| Music | -0.2255 | 0.8729 | 0.4125 | 6 of 25 |
Undergraduates by field, 2024
- Arts2,880
Undergraduates by year
2022
2,740
2023
2,837
2024
2,880
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.