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The
University
of
Moratuwa
is
an
independent
state
university
in
Katubedda,
Moratuwa,
Sri
Lanka
overlooking
Bolgoda
Lake.
It
was
established
as
the
University
of
Moratuwa
(UoM),
Sri
Lanka
on
22
December
1978
under
the
Universities
Act
No.
16
of
1978
and
operates
under
the
general
direction
of
the University
Grants
Commission.
Its
origin
can
be
traced
to
the Government
Technical
College (GTC)
which
was
established
in
Maradana,
Colombo
in
1893.
The
GTC
was
one
of
the
first
institutions
for
formal
technical
education
in
Sri
Lanka
(the Ceylon
Medical
School was
established
in
1870,
followed
by Colombo
Law
College (1875),
School
of
Agriculture
(1884)
and
the Government
Technical
College (1893)).
It
became
the
pioneering
institution
for
science
education
in
Sri
Lanka
and
its
name
was
changed
to
the Ceylon
Technical
College (CTC)
in
1906.
The
CTC
provided
technical
education
in
civil, electrical and mechanical
engineering fields
even
before
the
establishment
of
the University
College
Colombo,
affiliated
to
the University
of
London,
in
1921.
The
Ceylon
Technical
College,
Katubedda
was
established
in
1966
offering
the
Diploma
in
Technology,
it
gained
University
status,
as
the
Katubedda
Campus
of
the
single University
of
Ceylon,
on
15
February
1972.
The
Department
of
Architecture,
then
at
Colombo,
was
transferred
to
Katubedda
in
the
formation
of
this
new
campus.
The
Katubedda
Campus
thus
began
with
one
faculty,
that
of
Engineering
and
Architecture.
The
first
president
was
Dr. LH
Sumanadasa who
steered
the
progress
of
the
institution
and
was
the
principal
of
the
IPT
before
it
became
the
Katubedda
Campus.
When
Ceylon
became
a
Republic
on
22
May
1972,
the
corporate
name
of
the
university
was
changed
to
the University
of
Sri
Lanka.
In
1978
it
gained
the
Independent
University
Status
under
Universities
Act
No.
16
of
1978.
Students
from
the
University
of
Moratuwa
have
participated
in Google
Summer
of
Code in
2007,
2008,
2009,
2010,
and
2011, Imagine
Cup
Sri
Lanka, and
IEEEXtreme
Competition. In
the Google
Summer
of
Code,
University
of
Moratuwa
was
ranked
as
the
top
university
worldwide
in
the
number
of
awards
received
by
students
for
the
five-year
period
from
its
inception
in
2005.
The
University
of
Moratuwa
won
the Microsoft
Imagine
Cup Sri
Lankan
Software
Design
Finals
in
five
out
of
eight
occasions,
including
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008
and
2012.
In
addition
to
this,
the
university
maintains
a
stellar
record
in
the
world
stage
in
competitions
such
as
the CFA
Institute
Research
Challenge and
the
CIMA
Global
Business
Challenge.
