Representatives of Sri Lanka University will visit the Urals
USUE Vice-Rector for Social Work and Youth Policy, Roman Krasnov, is now on a working visit to the capital of Sri Lanka - Colombo.
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During the visit, a meeting was held with the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ), Shirantha Heenkenda.
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The University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1873 as a private college and by the second half of the 20th century, it was awarded the status of a university. Today, the university has the faculties of economics, history, linguistics, information technologies, philosophy, and over ten other educational units. Currently, USJ is home to 18,000 students.