Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
State university · Kuliyapitiya · wyb.ac.lk
Undergraduates, 2024
6,466
Courses with a 2025/26 cut-off
8
Undergraduates, 2022 → 2024
+686
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine | 1.7898 | 1.8965 | 1.8873 | 8 of 25 |
| Engineering Technology (Et) | 1.5775 | 1.6983 | 1.5865 | 4 of 25 |
| Management | 1.3541 | 1.5801 | 1.3562 | 4 of 25 |
| Biosystems Technology (Bst) | 1.1994 | 1.3595 | 1.2030 | 6 of 25 |
| Food Science & Nutrition | 0.8062 | 1.3537 | 1.2805 | — |
| Food Production & Technology Management | 0.5180 | 1.1545 | 1.0442 | — |
| Agriculture | 0.8989 | 1.0854 | 0.9010 | 3 of 25 |
| Applied Sciences (PHY.SC) | 0.9908 | 1.0359 | 0.9908 | 6 of 25 |
Undergraduates by field, 2024
- Management & Commerce2,366
- Agriculture1,502
- Technology1,393
- Medicine659
- Science546
Undergraduates by year
2022
5,780
2023
6,244
2024
6,466
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.