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Sri Lanka 26 Public Universities Rankings 2026
AD Scientific Index is the only system that ranks a total of (24,498) institutions using near real-time data. In addition to global, continental, and national rankings, universities are categorized separately as: All Universities (40), Public Universities (26), and Private Universities (14). The system also includes research institutions (13), companies (9), and hospitals (1). Exclusively in AD Scientific Index, each institution can be compared by: Total and recent 5-year H-index, i10 index, and total citation counts. Additionally, the platform offers: Subject-based University Rankings and Young University Rankings.
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,087
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
University of Colombo
කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්යාලය
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1921
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
24
Top 30
101
Top 50
199
Top 70
396
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,268
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
University of Peradeniya
வொர்க்னியா பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Peradeniya ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1942
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
17
Top 30
127
Top 50
295
Top 70
450
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
1,708
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
University of Kelaniya
කැළණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලය
Kelaniya ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1959
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
9
Top 30
49
Top 50
131
Top 70
284
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
2,092
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්ව විද්යාලය
Nugegoda ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1959
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
5
Top 30
50
Top 50
192
Top 70
369
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
2,204
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Rajarata University
රජරට විශ්වවිද්යාලය ரஜரட்ட பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Mihintale ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1966
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
5
Top 30
17
Top 50
65
Top 70
121
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
2,535
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
University of Ruhuna
රුහුණු විශ්ව විද්යාලයஉருகுணை பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Matara and Galle ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1978
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
3
Top 30
28
Top 50
114
Top 70
234
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
2,637
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Sabaragamuwa University
சபோனனகாமுவா பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Sendai ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1907
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
3
Top 30
20
Top 50
54
Top 70
118
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
3,280
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
University of Moratuwa
මොරටුව විශ්ව විද්යාලය
Moratuwa ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1978
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
1
Top 30
41
Top 50
101
Top 70
197
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
3,303
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
University of Jaffna
யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்යාපනය විශ්වවිද්යාලය
Jaffna ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1974
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
1
Top 30
19
Top 50
65
Top 70
138
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
3,572
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Open University of Sri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකා විවෘත විශ්ව විද්යාලයஇலங்கை திறந்த பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Nawala ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1978
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
1
Top 30
11
Top 50
47
Top 70
116
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
4,372
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Uva Wellassa University
ශ්රී ලංකා ඌව වෙල්ලස්ස විශ්වවිද්යාලය
Badulla ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 2005
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
15
Top 50
39
Top 70
83
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
4,378
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකා වයඹ විශ්වවිද්යාලයஇலங்கை வயம்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Kuliyapitiya ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1991
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
10
Top 50
33
Top 70
83
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
4,492
World Rank
13
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Eastern University of Sri Lanka
නැගෙනහිර විශ්ව විද්යාලය, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Batticaloa ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1981
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
7
Top 50
26
Top 70
72
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
5,068
World Rank
14
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
ගිනිකොන දිග විශ්ව විද්යාලය
Addalachchenai ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1995
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
3
Top 50
33
Top 70
92
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
5,652
World Rank
15
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidypeeth
டாக்டர். பாலாசாஹேப் சாவந்த் கொங்கன் கிருஷி விடிபெத்
Dapoli ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1972
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
2
Top 50
3
Top 70
4
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
5,830
World Rank
16
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකා බෞද්ධ හා පාලි විශ්වවිද්යාලය
Homagama ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1985
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
1
Top 50
1
Top 70
2
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
6,317
World Rank
17
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
University of Vavuniya
வவுனியாப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்වවුනියා විශ්වවිද්යාලය
Vavuniya ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 2021
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
7
Top 70
19
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
6,733
World Rank
18
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Ocean University of Sri Lanka
இலங்கை சமுத்திர பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 2014
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
1
Top 50
4
Top 70
12
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
7,413
World Rank
19
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana
தொழில் தொழில்நுட்ப பல்கலைக்கழகம் ரத்மலானா
Ratmalana ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 2009
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
1
Top 70
4
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
8,224
World Rank
20
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine
ගම්පහ වික්රමාරච්චි දේශීය වෛද්ය විශ්වවිද්යාලයகம்பஹா விக்கிரமராட்சி சுதேச மருத்துவப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்
Gampaha ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1928
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
2
Top 70
8
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
8,763
World Rank
21
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
National Institute of Business Management
ජාතික ව්යාපාර කළමනාකරණ ආයතනය
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1968
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
1
Top 70
2
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
9,284
World Rank
22
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
University of the Visual and Performing Arts
දෘශ්ය හා ප්රසාංගික කලා විශ්ව විද්යාලය
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 2005
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
0
Top 70
0
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
9,479
World Rank
23
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
National Institute of Education Sri Lanka
தேசிய கல்வி நிறுவனம் இலங்கை
Maharagama ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1986
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
0
Top 70
1
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
9,627
World Rank
24
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies
ப Buddhist த்த ஆய்வுகளுக்கான நாகானந்தா சர்வதேச நிறுவனம்
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1996
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
0
Top 70
0
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
9,807
World Rank
25
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Colombo ,
Sri Lanka
- Public 1993
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
0
Top 30
0
Top 50
0
Top 70
0
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