Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
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Other name | SLIIT University |
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| Motto | Discover Your Future |
| Slogan | The Knowledge University |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1999 |
| Founder | Kingsley Wickramaratne, Richard Pathirana |
| Accreditation | UGC, IET |
Academic affiliations | |
| Chancellor | Lakshaman L. Rathnayake |
| Vice-Chancellor | Lalith Gamage |
Academic staff | 400 |
Administrative staff | 200 |
| Students | 19,000 |
| Undergraduates | 16,000 |
| Postgraduates | 3,000 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Multiple Sites |
| Campus size | Malabe, 10 ha (25 acres) Metro, 8 Floors |
| Colors | |
| Website | www |
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ ආයතනය; Tamil: இலங்கை தகவல் தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம்; also known as SLIIT) is a non-profit private university located in Malabe, Colombo, and Pallekele, in Sri Lanka. It specialises in various academic and professional fields, such as computer science, information technology, and business management.
SLIIT has three campuses: the main one is based in Malabe, the second one (Metropolitan Campus) in Colombo, and the third one (Kandy Campus) in Pallekele. There are also four regional centers around the island. SLIIT is associated with several world class universities such as University of Queensland, Curtin University, and Liverpool John Moores University. SLIIT offers more the 75 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees on a vast field, ranging from informatics to education. These degrees are either affiliated with a foreign university or offered by the SLIIT themselves under the approval from the UGC.
SLIIT is one of the few Sri Lankan universities on the QS Asia University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is the only non-state university to be named on both of the lists.