Visit of the AIT President to UoM

Prof. Kazuo Yamamoto, President of Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (AIT) visited the University of Moratuwa on 15thNovember 2022 and met with the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, Prof. N.D. Gunawardena. He was accompanied by Mr. Sanjeev Jayasinghe, Director/Office of Advancement & Alumni Affairs and Assistant to the President, and Ms. Sirikate Owasit, Senior Advancement Officer/Office of Advancement & Alumni Affairs.

Professor Yasangika Sandanayake elected as the new Dean of the Faculty of Architecture

Prof. Yasangika Sandanayake has been appointed as the Dean, Faculty of Architecture, with effect from 3rd November 2022. She obtained her BSc in Quantity Surveying from University of Moratuwa, and PhD from University of Wolverhampton, UK. She joined the University of Moratuwa staff as a Lecturer in 2001. Currently, she is a Professor in Building Economics and is attached to the Department of Building Economics, University of Moratuwa.

PROF. RUNE BAKKE IN NORWAY WAS COMMEMORATED BY PROF. P.G. RATHNASIRI

The MSc/PGD Program in Sustainable Process Engineering was developed under Norwegian (NOMA project) funding and as a result the program as well as the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Moratuwa gained multiple benefits such as development of learning environment, upgrading degree programs, student transfer, post-graduate scholarships, foreign training, and many more.