News & Events

The Department of Town and Country Planning, together with CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, successfully hosted the Final Showcase of the Smart City Ideathon 2025 on 8 November at the Port City Sales Gallery, marking the culmination of a dedicated seven-month journey.

Short Course on Introduction to Urban Informatics and Planning Techniques offered by the Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Moratuwa

ISRP abstracts from the 2020–2024 undergraduate batch are now available. The collection highlights a diverse range of topics, innovative solutions, and research contributions from final-year students across multiple domains.

New issue of Bhumi, the Planning research journal is released in June 2025: 

Nearly 200 years have passed since the first migrant workers settled in Sri Lanka’s hill country, yet the question remains: can it truly be called home?

The Department of Town and Country Planning at the University of Moratuwa is pleased to announce that the title of its undergraduate degree has been officially changed to Bachelor of Science Honours in Urban Informatics and Planning, effective from the 2021 intake onwards.

In line with the University of Moratuwa Vision and the industry demands, revised curriculum introduces important changes from 2021 intake onwards. Accordingly,

09 new modules were introduced to the course curriculum

52 modules were removed and restructured with content changes

13 modules were changed in credit load

13 modules were combined into 06 modules