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FHSS at a glance
Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, without deviating from the great vision and mission of the university, has been able to extend its educational and research offer in line with the national demand of the country. All the degree programmes in the curriculum which are continuously being reviewed and developed are designed to produce globally responsible and socially responsive graduates with broad knowledge and skills related to the respective study areas.
Mission
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed to the development of the community and the nation at large through the dissemination and enhancement of knowledge enriched with the country’s cultural heritage.
Leadership Training Workshop for the Junior Academic Mentors
'Leadership Training Workshop 2026' organized for the Junior Academic Mentors of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, held on 27th February 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at
Chinese Spring Festival 2026
Spring Festival 2026 is organized by the Chinese Language Association of the Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The event aims to celebrate the
Health Camp 2026
2026 වර්ෂයේ ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්යාලයට පැමිණි නවක සිසුන් සඳහා වෛද්ය කඳවුරක් 2026.03.11 වැනි දින පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු සංවිධානය කර ඇත. පීඨාධිපතිතුමන්ගේ ආරාධනයෙන් දෙවන වරටත් පවත්වනු ලබන මෙම වෛද්ය කඳවුර සඳහා ශ්රී
2026 පීඨ ප්රකාශන දිනය සඳහා අයදුම්පත් කැඳවේ
මානවශාස්ත්ර හා සමාජීයවිද්යා පීඨයේ අධ්යයන, අනධ්යයන හා ශිෂ්ය ප්රජාවගේ ප්රකාශන කටයුතු අගයනු වස් සංවිධානය කෙරෙන පීඨ ප්රකාශන දිනය 2026 සඳහා අයදුම් පත් කැඳවේ. අයදුම් පත් බාරගන්නා අවසන් දිනය - 2026
From Compliance to Excellence: Embedding a Culture of Academic Quality in Universities
The Quality Assurance Cell (QAC) of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, is organizing a workshop to enhance the quality and efficiency of the Academic
Upcoming Courses
Conferences and Journals
International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
The 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, invites researchers from around the world to submit their abstracts for presentation at IRCHSS 2023, to be held in a hybrid format on 16th and 17th March 2023. IRCHSS 2023 will feature a wide range of talks on humanities and social sciences and a symposium on English Language Teaching and Learning.
Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (VJHSS)
Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (VJHSS) is the official journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. VJHSS is open access and peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. This peer-reviewed journal publishes two issues annually and invite original research articles from diverse disciplines .
Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day (VURD)
Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura under the theme of “Achieving Greatness” focusing on uplifting the skills of the final year undergraduates and provide an exposure to ascertain and share novel knowledge through research related to the fields of humanities and social sciences. The conference will stimulate interaction between students and faculty, while encouraging undergraduates to pursue higher degrees through advanced research.
National Action Research Conference (NARCHE)
The National Action Research Conference on Higher Education organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on 16th September 2021. This conference enables the researchers to present their new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied learning, teaching and assessment and the participants to critically evaluate and absorb the good practices into their teaching, learning and assessment. For more information visit NARCHE web: http://narche.sjp.ac.lk
International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH)
3rd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the very first conference in this field of studies in Sri Lanka. ICICH will be conducted under the theme “Enriching Global Citizens through Traditional Insights” which promotes folklore research among the academia.
The conference encourages research findings from various fields such as Animal lore, Plant lore, Food culture, Traditional medicine, Traditional knowledge, Folk Art and Craft, Folk Medicine, Folk Drama, Folk Tale, Traditional Heritage, Folk dancing, Supernatural belief systems, Religion and Magic, Folk Poems etc.
