University Of Moratuwa
The University of Moratuwa (Sinhala: මොරටුව විශ්වවිද්යාලය, Tamil: மொறட்டுவ பல்கலைக்கழகம்), located on the banks of the Bolgoda Lake in Katubedda, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, is the most sought after technological university in Sri Lanka. Apart from the academics including the undergraduate and postgraduate studies, university of Moratuwa presents a variety of social and cultural activities, student services, societies, and sports and recreational activities. The institution was known as Ceylon College of Technology, Katubedda ( Katubedda Tech) before gaining university status. Its roots however go back to the Institute of Practical Technology, founded in 1960 to provide technician education.
Students from the University of Moratuwa have won a number of competitions for Google Summer of Code in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, Imagine Cup Sri Lanka, and IEEEXtreme Competition. Further in Google Summer of Code, University of Moratuwa was ranked as the top university Worldwide in terms of the number of awards received by students for the five-year period from its inception in 2005.
University of Moratuwa has won the Microsoft Imagine Cup Sri Lankan Software Design Finals in 5 out of 8 occasions including 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012.
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