Undergraduate Admission
Admission to the Faculty of Engineering is subjected to the government policy on the university admission. At present 455 students are admitted to read for the degree of the Bachelor of the Science of Engineering Honors (BScEngHons) program at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.
The minimum requirements are three passes at the General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (GCE/AL) examination in the following subjects:
- Combined Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry.
The selection of students to the faculty is done by the University Grants Commission (UGC) based on the merit order of the average Z-score obtained by candidates at the GCE/AL examination and district quota system.
Degree Program
The Bachelor of the Science of Engineering Honors (BScEngHons) program at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya shall be of four academic years’ duration in eight semesters or equivalent. From the E22 batch (i.e. those who enter based on the results of the GCE Advanced Level in year 2022) onwards will follow the first semester as a common semester and seven semesters or equivalent in the field of specialization and an Industrial Training course of total duration not less than 24 weeks. The fields of specializations are
- Chemical & Process Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
Each semester of the Degree Program shall typically be 14 weeks in duration. The Degree Program may be preceded by a Foundation Program of 6-10 weeks’ duration.
Course Durations
One course credit is equivalent to 15 hours of lectures. An hour of tutorial work, demonstrations, small-group discussions, or two hours of practical classes or in-class assignments is equivalent to one lecture hour. The number of credits assigned to each course is in accordance with the total number of equivalent lecture hours associated with the course.
Following the Sri Lanka Qualifications Framework (SLQF), for lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, practical classes, in-class assignments, small-group discussions and field studies work, one credit (the measure of volume of learning) corresponds to 50 notional learning hours (including the 15 hours above) and in the case of industrial training, research project, and workplace-based learning (in suitable settings) one credit is equivalent to a minimum of 100 notional hours.
The nominal number of credits per semester is 18 and that of a short semester is 9. The corresponding maximum credits are 24 and 12 respectively. The courses are divided into Core Courses and Elective Courses. The Elective Courses are further divided into Technical Elective (TE) Courses and General Elective (GE) Courses. To claim the degree, one must earn 150 credits where the credit composition under each specialization is given in the student handbook. The nominal duration of the degree program is 4 years whereas the maximum duration to complete the degree program is 8 years.