WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT AND LOGISTICS ENGINEERING (TMLE)

The establishment of the department of TLM in 2005 was an attempt to answer the need of professional intervention in the transport and logistics industry which had become promising over the past decade. The transport sector with shipping & aviation makes around 15% of the GDP and the numbers are continuously accelerating. In addition to playing a vital role in business, technology, and daily life; Land, Air and Water transport contributes to about 20% of the employment in Sri Lanka of which an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 executive positions subsists requiring high degree of management skills.