The Open University of Sri Lanka the Pioneer in Distance Learning
We are the pioneer in distance learning education in Sri Lanka. If you have missed the opportunity to gain a degree after your A/Ls, then, we are here to give you another opportunity in keeping with its vision to enhance university-level learning to professionals and those who are keen to learn. Since its inception in 1980, we offer education to individuals regardless of geographic, economic or social circumstances.
With our experience in providing distance learning, you can read for a degree while working or you can pursue your higher education as a fulltime distance learner.
It is a choice that will change your life.As the premier Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution in the island, with the same legal and academic status as any other National University in Sri Lanka.
Allied Health Science Degrees that Meet National Standards in Higher Education
The Faculty of Health Sciences:
We are one of the six Faculties at the OUSL and have reached a milestone in 2020 by completing five years since its inception as a faculty. We currently provide higher education to an excess of 4,000 students enrolled in the Honours degree programmes.
Teaching and learning:
The Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of teaching and learning is based on self-study and independent learning where distance learners assume responsibility in initiating a self-directed learning experience. You will have the opportunity to plan your studies according to your schedules as students learn through carefully prepared study material together with other forms of support that facilitate theself-study mode of learning. You will have discussion classes, online forums, audio visual support material complemented with compulsory practical exposure through laboratory and work-based training. The OUSL is committed to helping learners of different ages and experiences to develop their competencies in independent learning, soft skills and English Language and computer skills are offered to all new students.The OUSL consists of a central campus in Nawala, and our regional centres inColombo, Kandy, Matara, Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Badulla, Kurunegala, Batticaloa and Ratnapura offer theseprogrammes.
Affordability of fees
The cost of the OUSL degrees are very reasonable, since part of the fees are subsidised by the Government as it is one of the 15 national universities coming under the UGC, Sri Lanka. Also, the flexible scheme of payment allows students to pay annually, in two instalments. Moreover, the OUSL provides financial assistance through several scholarships and bursaries based on merit and need.
Succeed as a graduate nurse
The OUSL’s Bachelor of Science HonoursinNursing is the first Nursing Degree offered to the working professionals from a State University in Sri Lanka. In 2020 Convocation, a record number of 543 nurses would be graduating which will increase the total number of Nursing Graduates produced by the OUSL to 2142 over the years. Our regional network provides an outstanding opportunity for nurses working in any part of the island to develop competency in nursing education, evidence-based nursing practice, leadership and management.
To be a pharmacist with a HonoursDegree
Bachelor of Pharmacy HonoursDegree at the OUSL was launched with the continuing and expanding demand for higher education opportunities for pharmacists already employed in the health sector. The major objective of this programme is to develop a graduate with knowledge, skills and attitudes to become a competent pharmacist who can effectively contribute to the needs and challenges in the pharmacy profession.
Graduate with an HonoursDegree while working as a Medical Laboratory Technologist
Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Sciences Honoursat OUSL offers opportunities for medical laboratory technologists (MLTs) to update their knowledge and skills in Medical Laboratory Sciences. This programme is therefore, an excellent opportunity for MLTs who have diploma level qualifications to become graduates and update themselves while working in the government or private health sector.
Turn your interest in Psychology to a degree level qualification
Bachelor of Science Honours in Psychology Degree Programme was launched for the first time in 2018 with the intention of widening opportunities for working professionals, adult learners as well as A/L school leavers. A degree in Psychology provides the first step towards becoming a professional psychologist in Health, Counselling, Developmental, Educational, Occupational and Clinical branches or any other sub-fields of the discipline.
This year, applications for the above four HonoursDegree programmes will be accepted until 11thNovember,2020. All four HonoursDegree Programmes consider previous academic qualifications and grant exemptions on evaluation for selected courses. For enrolment in all four study programmes applicants are selected through an entry test. For more information, visit https://www.ou.ac.lk/faculty-of-health-sciences/or drop an e-mail to pio@ou.ac.lk.