Advanced Certificate in English for Professional Communication
The Advanced Certificate in English for Professional Communication offers learners the opportunity to enhance their communication abilities and develop the language skills needed to function effectively in professional settings.
Advanced Certificate in Human Resource Management
Upon Successful Completion, gain direct entry to the OUSl’s Bachelor of Management Studies Honours Degree Programme.
No Selection Test Required.
Get started with just O/L passes.
Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (ESBM)
In Sri Lanka, many businesses fall under the small business category, with most located outside Colombo. Small enterprises play a key role in generating rural employment. Recognizing the socio-economic value of these ventures, the government has implemented policies to support and promote small businesses. Despite favorable conditions, many of these ventures experience failure or slow growth, often due to poor selection processes and inadequate management.
To address these critical issues, the Open University of Sri Lanka offers a program focused on the selection and management of small businesses. Designed as a training tool, this program is tailored for aspiring entrepreneurs, managers, and other business support staff.
Advanced Certificate in Apparel Technology (ACAT)
This programme is designed to provide an opportunity to those engaged in the relevant industry to gain an in-depth knowledge in the subject of specialisation. Obtaining six passes at G.C.E.(O/L) examination including Mathematics and the first language is required for admission to the Study Programme.
Advanced Certificate in Pre-school Education
This program aims to enhance the knowledge of those involved in the education and care of young children regarding Child Development principles. It raises awareness of early childhood issues, focusing on Sri Lankan children, and promotes values and ethics related to child development within the current socio-cultural context.
Advanced Certificate in Social Sciences
The Certificate in Social Sciences is a distance education program offered by the Open University of Sri Lanka for employed adults and school leavers over 18 without formal secondary education. Completing the program allows entry into the Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences and qualifies students to sit for the Selection Test for LL.B and Management degree programs.
Advanced Certificate in English for Business & Professional Communication
Advanced Certificate in Applied Earth Sciences
Advanced Certificate in Applied Earth Sciences programme (SLQF -Level 2) is designed to create the awareness of the importance of earth resources in Sri Lanka through identifying, discovering, value addition and sustainable utilization of it among the personnel interested and/or engaged in earth science related fields and activities.
Advanced Certificate in Laboratory Technology
The aim of the Advanced certificate in Laboratory Technology programme is to provide a basic scientific knowledge and training needed for employees in laboratories of government and private sector and to provide necessary qualifications to any interested personal who seek employment in laboratories. The programme designed to provide up to date theoretical knowledge and hands […]
Advanced Certificate in Science programme (Foundation Courses for Science & Engineering Degree)
The Advanced Certificate in Science Programme (ACS) is designed to encourage those without the basic entry qualifications to pursue higher studies in Bachelor of Degree, Bachelor of Engineering Technology (BIT) and Bachelor of Industrial Studies (BIS) programmes to achieve such qualifications.
Courses are delivered according to the Level 2 of the Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF) (equivalent to GCE (Advanced Level).
The credit content of courses is thirty (30) per each level, which will include six (6) courses, each of five (5) credit weightage totaling up to ten (10) credit of courses each for a discipline. The main disciplines are Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. The courses will be offered by the Faculty of Natural Sciences.