Congratulations on your hard work towards the Advanced Level examination! Let us learn how to select a course correctly and increase the chance of selecting government university courses. Usually, you can apply for 50 courses in the application, and it’s crucial to apply for all the relevant courses by checking the minimum qualifications. Because there are subject restrictions for some courses, and some of them have aptitude tests. We will notify the test details when they publish them on their official websites. We recommend you contact your friends, social media groups, and teachers to get more information about the aptitude tests.
First, you will need to Download University Admissions Handbooks 2020/21 (The book is available in English, Sinhala, and Tamil medium. Download any convenient book. In this article, we will share the content from the English copy.)
The book has six mainstream classifieds, and the courses are given according to the stream. You can start with your stream without reading all the content.
The book has six mainstream classifieds, and the courses are given according to the stream. You can start with your stream without reading all the content. Refer to the list of courses for each stream at the end of this article.
Government university courses for main subject streams
You can start with section 2 of the book. You can download the PDF for each subject stream separately to see all the available courses and the entry criteria for each course from the links below. We are trying to make it much simple for you.
Download list of courses
The expected student count, medium, the university, minimum results, and subject combination for each course are showcased on these PDFs.
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Art Stream
Click here to download the university courses available for Art students
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Commerce Stream
Click here to download the university courses available for Commerce students
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Biological Science Stream
Click here to download the university courses available for Bio students
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Physical Science Stream
Click here to download the university courses available for Maths students
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Engineering Technology Stream
Click here to download the university courses available for ETech students
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Biosystems Technology Stream
Click here to download the university courses available for Bio Tech students
For example, let’s check courses in Physical Science Stream.
New courses are highlighted in the book.
You may see some courses are listed in multiple streams, for an example, Law, Architecture, Design, etc.
University courses for students with other subject combinations
If you do not study any mentioned stream, there are some courses you can follow. You will have to check the list of required subject combinations or minimum results for applying to each course as they may vary from each other.
- Information Technology (IT)
- Management and Information Technology (MIT)
- Quantity Surveying
- Surveying Science
- Town & Country Planning
- Architecture
- Fashion Design & Product Development
- Landscape Architecture
- Design
- Law
- Facilities Management
- Management and Information Technology (SEUSL)
- Computer Science & Technology
- Entrepreneurship and Management
- Tea Technology & Value Addition
- Industrial Information Technology
- Mineral Resources and Technology
- Palm and Latex Technology & Value Addition
- Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management
- Physical Education
- Sports Science & Management
- Speech and Hearing Sciences
- Information Technology & Management
- Tourism & Hospitality Management
- Information Systems
- Translation Studies
- Film & Television Studies
- Project Management
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- Software Engineering
- Food Business Management
University courses for IT students
If you studied information technology (IT) as a subject along with two main subjects you can select the following courses according to the other subjects.
- Management Studies (TV)
- Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- Sports Sciences & Management
- Physical Education
- Fashion Design & Product Development
- Design
- Entrepreneurship and Management
- Industrial Information Technology
- Management and Information Technology (SEUSL)
- Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management
- Translation Studies
- Film & Television Studies
- Project Management
- Human Resource Development
- Health Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Yoga and Parapsychology
- Social Studies in Indigenous Knowledge
How to find Z-score required for a course?
Now , when you select a few courses, you may wonder whether you are eligible for the course even though you have minimum qualifications. According to your district, you can get an idea about the chance of selecting to a course using the previous year’s Z-score cut-off marks for each course.
You can find these Z-score values on the last pages of the university handbook.
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