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Acknowledgement of Country. The National Library of Australia acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples – the First Australians – as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The first unitary arts and research university in Sri Lanka, the University of Peradaniya, retains much from the early days following its formation from a merger of the Ceylon University College and the Medical College in 1942. Five of its nine faculties – arts (established in 1942), dental science (1943), agriculture (1947), veterinary medicine and animal science (1947) and engineering (1950) date back to its first decade, as does the 700 hectare campus. The campus has earned the title ...
The following is a list of notable people associated with the University of Ceylon (1942–52), University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (1952–72) and University of Ceylon, Colombo (1967–1972). This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Under tho Ceylon University Ordinance, Xo. 20 of 1942, tho Vice- tChancellor is the princii>al executive officer of the University anil it is his -duty to see that t-hc provisions of the Ordinance and of the Statutes,Ac-ts "and Regulations made thereunder arc duly observed, and he isgiven suchpower as ho may deem necessary to exercise for that purpose.
The Department of Physics of the University of Colombo is the oldest and one of the most prestigious physics departments in the university system of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1921 under the University College affiliated to the University of London. Later it became the Department of Physics of the former University of Ceylon when it was ...
The Ceylon University Ordinance No. 20 of 1942 was replaced by Higher Education Act No. 20 of 1966. At the 1967 Throne Speech it was announced that a new university was to be established in Colombo. Under the provisions of the Higher Education Act the University of Ceylon, Colombo was established with effect from 1 October 1967.
