Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology

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name =Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
native_name =SLIIT


established =1999
type =Public autonomous
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staff =250
faculty =150
president =Prof S. Karunaratne
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students =3,700
undergrad =3,000
postgrad =500
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other =200
city =Malabe
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country =Sri Lanka flagicon|Sri Lanka
campus =Main Campus 25 acres (Suburban) - Malabe ,
Metropolitan Campus (Urban) - Colombo ,
Southern Campus (Rural) - Kamburupitiya
colors =Blue and Orange
athletics =7 sports teams
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website = [http://www.sliit.lk/ www.sliit.lk/]
affiliations =Association of Commonwealth Universities, Curtin University of Technology, Uppsala University, Sheffield Hallam University

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), is a university-level information technology institute in Sri Lanka. The main campus is located in Malabe, 16 km from Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city; it also has a metropolitan campus in Colombo. SLIIT offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in information technology and related fields. It is also a research university.

History

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology was established in 1999 by an Act of Parliament, with ability to award degrees following amendments to the Universities Act the same year. Thus gaining recognition from the University Grants Commission of Sri Lanka. SLIIT was established primarily to educate and train information technology professionals required by the fast growing IT industry in Sri Lanka.

SLIIT is a governmental institution with initial funding from the government. It is a statutory board and a company by guarantee [ [http://index.comlanka.com/government/statutory%20boards.html Statutory Boards, index.comlanka.com] ] . Although still remaining a public institute under the purview of the Ministry of Science and Technology [http://www.most.gov.lk/aboutus.php Institutions that come within the purview of the Science and Technology Ministry] ] , unlike other state universities it does not depend on public funding and therefore has a great deal of autonomy.

Since its conception it has become the leading degree-granting institute in Sri Lanka for information technology, producing 600 graduates annually [ [http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/02/25/fin17.asp SLIIT produces 675 IT Graduates this year, Sundayobserver] ] . SLIIT has expanded its IT education from Colombo and its suburbs to various other parts of the Sri Lanka, including Kamburupitiya, Kandy and Matara, making the SLIIT accessible in 5 locations throughout Sri Lanka.

Presently, SLIIT operates three Campuses and two Centres viz. the Malabe Campus at Malabe, the Metropolitan Campus at Kollupitiya, Colombo and the Southern Campus at Kamburupitiya, the Kandy Centre at Kandy and the Matara Centre at Matara.

Vision ans mission

SLIIT VISIONcquote|""'To be a Center of Excellence to advance and disseminate knowledge, foster and promote innovation and produce world-class intellectuals in the field of Information and Communication technologies to best serve the nation and beyond. [http://www.sliit/lk/ Official website SLIIT] ]

SLIIT MISSION

cquote|""'To ensure that Sri Lanka profits from Information Technology, by providing education and training, conducting and promoting research and development, provide consultancy and software services, nurturing IT ventures, thus ensuring the availability of a rich pool of experts in IT.

LIIT Objectives

* Education and training of IT Professionals at a high level of excellence
* Provision of IT consultancy services and software services to the public sector and private sector of Sri Lanka at reasonable cost.
* Conduct and promotion of research and development in IT leading to: specialized applications, services and innovative IT products.
* Ensuring the availability of a rich pool of experts in IT within the country

Affiliations

SLIIT has built its partnerships with many Australian Universities including Curtin University of Technology, Australia [ [http://announce.curtin.edu.au/release2001/c5901.htm Media release, Curtin University of Technology] ] . This partnership with Curtin allows students to study for Curtin degrees at SLIIT. The partnership with Sheffield Hallam University in United Kingdom enables SLIIT to offer several undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and degree transfer programs [ [http://www.shu.ac.uk/sliit/ SLIIT-SHU partnership, Sheffield Hallam University] ] . Similar partnerships with several other universities allow students to complete several semesters of study at SLIIT and to finish the degree work at the respective Universities.

SLIIT is member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and has affiliations with Uppsala University in Sweden, Tulane University in USA and CIMA in UK. Recently SLIIT signed agreements with RMIT and Swinburne University in Australia as well as 3 others universities.

Research

SLIIT is a leader in IT and Computer related research in Sri Lanka and is a partner of [http://www.conceptnursery.com/ ConceptNursery.com] , Sri Lanka's Technology Incubator. The SLIIT Research Symposium which is held annually, showcases and helps advance research in the IT field in Sri Lanka [ [http://www.sliit.lk/research%20symposium%202006/index.html SLIIT Research Symposium, SLIIT] ] .

Academic Departments

The 4 departments of the Institute are (in no particular order):
*Department of Information Technology - Head - Mr Nuwan Kodagoda
*Department of Computer Systems & Networking - Head - Dr. Malitha Wijesundara
*Department of Information Management - Head - Dr Theekshana Suraweera
*Department of Multimedia & Animations - Head - Dr. Sirimevan Widyasekara

Campuses

*Malabe campus, Malabe (Main campus)
*Metropolitan campus, Colombo
*Southern campus, Kamburupitiya
*Kandy center, Kandy
*Matara center, Matara

Degree Courses

Undergraduate Degree Programmes

SLIIT Degrees

*"B.Sc.(Hons)IT in Information Technology - Department of Information Technology"

*"B.Sc.(Hons)IT in Computer Systems & Networking - Department of Computer Systems & Networking"
*"B.Sc.(Hons)IT in Information Systems - Department of Information Technology"

*"B.Sc. in Information Technology - Department of Information Technology"

Curtin University of Technology Degrees

*"B.Sc. in Information Technology"

*"B.Sc. in Computer Systems & Networking"

Sheffield Hallam University Degree

*"BBA(Hons) in Business Management

Postgraduate Degree Programs

SLIIT Masters Degrees

*"M.Sc. in Information Technology - Department of Information Technology"

*"M.Sc. in Information Systems - Department of Information Technology"

*"M.Sc. in Information Management - Department of Information Management"

Sheffield Hallam University Masters Degree

*"M.Sc in Enterprise Application Development"

Other Courses

Diploma Programmes

Post-Graduate-SLIIT
* Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, Information Systems, Information ManagementUnder-Graduate-SLIIT
* Advanced Diploma in Information Technology
* National Diploma in Information Technology
* National Diploma in Business Management
* Diploma in Information Technology
* Associate Diploma in Information TechnologyUnder-Graduate-Edexcel
* BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing (General)
* BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing (Network Engineering)
* BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing (Software Development)
* BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business Management

Professional Courses

SLIIT conducts the Cisco Network Academy courses (CCNA,CCNP & CCSP) under the only regional Cisco Network Academy in Sri Lanka. SLIIT is currently the only Microsoft Academy in Sri Lanka offering several Certification Courses [ [http://colombo.usembassy.gov/22march07.html Keynote Address to the hSenid 10th Anniversary Celebration, 22 March 2007, U.S. Embassy, Colombo] ] .

tudent life

The Student's Interactive Society (SIS) is the main student body at SLIIT, the Society has the responsibility in organizing all student activities which includes the annual Freshers Night Dance, the Sports day and the Colours Night. Apart from the SIS there are the HEDRA which is the SLIIT programming community; the FOSS Community and the CSNSC which is the Student Community of the CSN Department.

Partner universities

* Curtin University of Technology, Australia
* Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
* Uppsala University, Sweden
* RMIT University, Australia
* Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
* Tulane University, USA

See also

*Education in Sri Lanka
*Sri Lankan universities

References

External links

;Official Website
* [http://www.sliit.lk SLIIT website]
* [http://www.sliit-alumni.com SLIIT Alumni website]

;Other Websites
* [http://www.shu.ac.uk/sliit/ Sheffield Hallam University]
* [http://www.cima.lk/events.htm CIMA - Sri Lanka]
* [http://www.conceptnursery.com/ Conceptnursery]