Facilities

The research students of UCSC will be provided with access to state-of-the-art research facilities in the newly established Research Laboratory in 2021. The Laboratory is a dedicated interactive research space consisting of over 1000 square feet and aims to strengthen the existing research and development environment of UCSC by providing a conducive research and development. The space will provide students and faculty access to the new instructional research spaces, study areas, mini- library, seminar room, conference room, printing room, common areas and rest areas for students, faculty and community interaction.

The main role of the UCSC library is to facilitate a variety of quality and reliable resources that support learning, teaching, and research purposes for both the students and the staff of the UCSC. The Library possesses a rich collection of books, magazines, conference proceedings, theses, and dissertations covering a vast area of disciplines related to Computer Science. Users of the library can fulfill their need for timely access to information relevant to the resources through the online public access catalog of the UCSC library (http://pusthaka.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/). And also UCSC digital library provides free access to undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations not only for all the students and the staff of the UCSC but also the whole community (http://dl.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/jspui/).

For further information visit, https://ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/library/

UCSC has eight laboratories with over 250 computers. The username and password to access systems are provided by the Network Operating Centre. Wifi access facilities are provided for the registered students on request.

With the view of centralizing the operations of the computer network of the University of Colombo, the Network Operating Centre (NOC) was established in 2002. NOC is located at UCSC and it is the central position, which provides the network connections to all the other faculties and centres in the university. The Internet facility to the university through the LEARN network is also channelled via the NOC. The centre is well equipped with modern networking equipment including servers, switches, routers and test equipment received under the financial assistance of SIDA and ADB. The entire backbone cable system of the campus-wide network is centered at the NOC providing the connectivity to over 2000 users.

The students are required to submit a completed Wi-Fi connection request form to the NOC during office hours. The request forms can be downloaded from UCSC web site (ucsc.lk/noc). One device per student is registered and the service will be bound to the physical address of the device. The service will be activated by one week of the submission of the request.

The UCSC monitors all user activities according to UGC’s policy and guidelines. Students are strongly advised not to engage in unethical or illegal activities using internet connection and computing resources. There is a limited bandwidth allocation for each user.

For further information visit http://ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/noc/

Students are provided with a login to the postgraduate virtual learning environment (PGVLE) at the commencement of the programme. Student is required to refer the PGVLE for learning materials, submission of assignments and masters programme related notices etc.

For further information visit http://pgvle.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/

The UCSC Canteen which is located inside the UCSC building complex is open for the students during the academic semesters from 7.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Canteens of the other faculties are also available for the use of UCSC students.

Photocopy facility is available at the photocopy unit located at the ground floor of the canteen area (East Wing entrance of the UCSC building).

An advanced digital studio is equipped with state-of-the- art digital equipment such as digital video cameras, video switcher, editing control unit, audio mixer, lighting system and non-linear editing system. It is one of the best studios in Sri Lanka and is playing a central role in providing distance-learning material.

UCSC possess the state-of-the-art video conferencing equipment.

A new state-of-the-art multipurpose auditorium is available with over 400 seating capacity.