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299:'s Intermediate and Final examinations. Edwin Evans, the acting director of education, was the college's first principal. All classes were held at College House except science which was taught at Government Technical Schools. 115 students were registered at the college in its first academic year at the end of which eight students sat the University of London's examinations, seven of whom passed.
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to look into education in Ceylon. The
Macleod Committee finished its work in 1912 and amongst its recommendations were that a university college be established to centralise the country's fragmented higher education system. McCallum accepted the committee's recommendations and submitted the proposals
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appointed a committee to investigate a site for the university. The committee recommended that the university should be residential and be based at
Uyanawatta near Kandy. In 1927 the legislative council resolved that the university should be located in the Dumbara Valley near Kandy and requested the
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on 1 October 1921 and the teaching of science was transferred from
Government Technical Schools to the new laboratories. The Christian Hostel (Brodie House, Bagatelle Road) and Union Hostel (Guildford Crescent) were opened in October 1922 whilst the Catholic Hostel (Havelock Road) opened in November
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courses followed by external examinations for Indian or
British universities. The country's elite would send their children to be educated at British universities. Demand started growing for the establishment of a university in Ceylon. The Ceylon University Association was formed in 1906 by a group
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near Kandy. However, Paul and
Andreas Nell argued that the site should be in Peradeniya not Aruppola, and they were now supported by Marrs. Eventually Peradeniya was chosen to be the site and it was decided the university would be residential. The Buchanen-Riddel Commission's recommendations were
270:, and would offer general higher education including courses in arts and sciences for trainee teachers and preliminary courses in chemistry, physics and biology for medical students. The college was to be residential and
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was transferred to the college in
October 1923 and teaching of arts was transferred from College House to the Old Royal College Building. A hostel for women students (Cruden, Queen's Road) opened in June 1932.
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would be provided by the government. The college was to be open to women. The college would in due course be converted into a degree-granting university. The proposals were accepted by the
Secretary of State.
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The project was resurrected in 1917 and provision was made in the 1917/18 budget for construction of new facilities and purchase of equipment. However, work was slow and in May 1920 the government purchased
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in 1931, and responsibility for the establishment of the university was entrusted to the State
Council's various executive committees. In 1937 the State Council approved a motion by
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Robert Marrs succeeded the director of education as principal at the beginning of the 1921/22 academic year. The
University College laboratories were opened by Governor
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The college had always been intended to be a stepping stone to a fully fledged degree-granting university. In
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government appoint a commission (the Buchanen-Riddel Commission) to formulate the details. A draft constitution for the university was prepared in 1930.
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3 million for the creation of such a university. Marrs had prepared a draft university ordinance, based on the
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because of their climate and they had ample cheap land. Governor
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and the resulting increases in prices put a halt to the project.
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942:"Beginnings of University Education in Sri Lanka; in Retrospect"
763:"Who was Jennings and what was his contribution to Peradeniya?"
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on 1 July 1942 by amalgamating Ceylon University College with
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In the nineteenth century the only institutions to offer
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Sri Lanka Air Force Junior Command & Staff College
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Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College
897:"University of Ceylon, Peradeniya – its glorious past"
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Sir James Peiris (Public Life: The Ceylon University)
197:. Its buildings and grounds are now occupied by the
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under its own name but prepared students to sit the
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1230:Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration
1160:Compulsory leadership training for undergraduates
872:"University of Peradeniya - more open than usual"
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1225:South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine
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1645:Educational institutions disestablished in 1942
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711:Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences)
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695:
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1635:Defunct universities and colleges in Sri Lanka
1258:General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
1113:University of the Visual & Performing Arts
1640:Universities and colleges established in 1921
1235:Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
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932:Ceylon University College Prospectus 1936-37
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369:The legislative council was replaced by the
245:appointed a ten-member sub-committee of the
221:and a small number of schools which offered
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449:. Concept Publishing Company. p. 109.
1337:Ceylon-German Technical Training Institute
1278:Defence Services Command and Staff College
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664:Samaraweera, Chandrabhanu (30 June 2012).
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384:Ceylon University Ordinance No. 20 of 1942
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1304:Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka
1215:National Institute of Business Management
1004:Ministry of Higher Education and Highways
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815:"From scholarship boy to Vice Chancellor"
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870:Abeygunawardene, H. (23 December 2002).
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491:Appointment of the Colombo University VC
404:List of Ceylon University College people
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895:Banduwardena, Rupa (9 October 2011).
761:Dharmasena, G. T. (22 October 2007).
562:de Silva, Eric J. (1 February 2011).
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1650:Universities and colleges in Colombo
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377:for the university to be located at
1600:Volunteers for English in Sri Lanka
1342:Institute of Engineering Technology
949:Vidyodaya Journal of Social Science
685:Now a showcase of fabulous mansions
473:Ceylon Under British Rule 1795-1932
252:Secretary of State for the Colonies
201:which is considered its successor.
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1210:Institute of Technological Studies
935:. Ceylon University College. 1936.
446:Accounting Education in South Asia
14:
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1200:Aquinas College of Higher Studies
1103:University of Sri Jayewardenepura
813:Dewaraja, Lorna (26 March 2006).
426:Institute of Commonwealth Studies
226:of the country's elite including
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1416:Primary and secondary education
1347:Advanced Technological Institute
185:. The college was also known as
1299:Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University
909:from the original on 2013-02-08
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1327:Maradana College of Technology
940:Ratnapala, Noeline S. (1991).
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652:Ceylon University College 1936
598:Ceylon University College 1936
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1373:North Colombo Medical College
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247:Legislative Council of Ceylon
34:, later renamed College House
1368:College of Chemical Sciences
1332:Technical College Balapitiya
1309:Theological College of Lanka
1180:University Grants Commission
820:The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
702:Breckenridge, W. R. (1998).
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1273:Sri Lanka Air Force Academy
902:Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
191:University College, Colombo
173:. The college was based in
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1496:Department of Examinations
1268:Naval and Maritime Academy
1263:Sri Lanka Military Academy
521:Cambridge University Press
513:Walter Rüegg, ed. (2004).
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309:Old Royal College Building
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195:Colombo University College
187:University College, Ceylon
1625:Ceylon University College
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53:24 January 1921
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1098:South Eastern University
1078:University of Peradeniya
719:University of Peradeniya
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112:6.8999722°N 79.8588333°E
1511:Scholarship Examination
1144:University of Sri Lanka
1108:Uva Wellassa University
1093:Sabaragamuwa University
478:Oxford University Press
371:State Council of Ceylon
228:Ponnambalam Arunachalam
1455:North Western Province
1450:North Central Province
1292:Religious institutions
1068:University of Moratuwa
1063:University of Kelaniya
991:Education in Sri Lanka
877:Daily News (Sri Lanka)
768:The Island (Sri Lanka)
671:The Island (Sri Lanka)
569:The Island (Sri Lanka)
443:Sharma, K. R. (2004).
392:Ceylon Medical College
386:which established the
382:incorporated into the
264:Royal College, Colombo
215:Ceylon Medical College
179:Ceylon Medical College
61:–1 July 1942
1527:Madhya Maha Vidyalaya
1460:Sabaragamuwa Province
1363:Sri Lanka Law College
1250:Military institutions
1220:NSBM Green University
1048:University of Colombo
1000:Ministry of Education
287:, a private house on
199:University of Colombo
117:6.8999722; 79.8588333
1139:University of Ceylon
1088:University of Ruhuna
1058:University of Jaffna
523:. pp. 207–208.
388:University of Ceylon
297:University of London
268:University of Oxford
183:University of Ceylon
181:in 1942 to form the
171:external examination
167:University of London
140:University of London
1083:Rajarata University
213:in Ceylon were the
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1501:GCE Advanced Level
1319:Technical colleges
1118:Wayamba University
1053:Eastern University
375:George E. de Silva
256:Board of Education
219:Ceylon Law College
155:university college
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325:Sadler Commission
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