Sri Lanka University Cut-Off Marks 2025/2026 (Z-Scores by District)

The minimum Z-score actually needed for selection to each course at each state university, for the 2025/2026 academic year, based on the G.C.E.

Source: University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka
G.C.E. (A/L) 2025, after re-scrutiny
260 courses
25 districts

Key facts

What NQC means: NQC stands for No Qualified Candidates. It is not a Z-score of zero. The UGC lists three causes: the district quota for that course was already filled by students from that district, the places were filled by higher Z-scores from other districts, or no candidate from that district met the minimum requirements.
What the table covers: 260 course and university pairs at 20 universities, each with a minimum Z-score for all 25 districts, for the 2025/2026 intake, based on G.C.E. (A/L) 2025, after re-scrutiny.
How common NQC is: 1,026 of the 6,500 district cells (15.8%) are NQC.
Medicine: Between the lowest and highest district-level minimum across the 12 medical schools, Medicine runs from 1.4584 (Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Mannar) to 2.4753 (University of Colombo, Kandy).
District changes the number: The same course has a different minimum in each district. Medicine at Eastern University, Sri Lanka runs from 1.4584 (Mannar) to 1.9151 (Hambantota), a gap of 0.4567.
NQC by district: Mannar has the most NQC cells (107 of 260 courses); Colombo and Ratnapura have the fewest (12).
Merit and aptitude courses: 23 of the 260 course rows were selected 100% on all-island merit, and 20 needed a practical or aptitude test. Both are marked in the Notes column of the full table.

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One page per course: every university that offered it, the lowest Z-score that won a place from each district, and how the universities compare.

What the whole list shows

Full table: every course by district

All 260 course and university pairs for 2025/2026, each with the minimum Z-score selected from each of the 25 districts. This is the same data the tool above searches, grouped by field for browsing; the field is taken from the course title and is not an eligibility statement. NQC means No Qualified Candidates and is not a Z-score of zero.

Medicine & health45 courses

Medicine and health: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Notes	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
MEDICINE University of Colombo		2.2721	2.2624	2.2765	2.3047	2.4753	2.3333	2.2760	2.3067	2.2701	2.2664	2.3845	NQC	2.2932	2.4617	2.4391	2.2624	2.2757	NQC	2.2625	2.3199	2.4030	2.4005	2.4056	2.2754	2.2757
MEDICINE University of Peradeniya		2.0762	2.0793	2.1120	2.0810	2.0776	2.1645	2.1395	2.0793	2.0782	2.0810	2.2288	2.1216	2.0978	2.1161	2.0959	2.1155	2.0773	2.0946	2.0843	2.0982	2.0991	2.0944	2.1142	2.0826	2.0791
MEDICINE University of Sri Jayewardenepura		2.0605	2.0602	2.0626	NQC	2.0604	NQC	2.0734	2.0673	2.0972	2.0609	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	2.0673	2.0604	2.0613	NQC	2.0602	2.0649	NQC	2.0635	2.0615	2.0651	2.0767
MEDICINE University of Kelaniya		2.0038	2.0030	2.0025	2.0191	2.0034	NQC	2.0439	2.0055	2.0101	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	2.0053	NQC	2.0064	2.0017	2.0029	2.0021	2.0040	2.0417	2.0030	2.0535	2.0238	2.0017
MEDICINE University of Jaffna		1.8896	1.7361	1.8562	1.7887	1.8219	1.7332	NQC	1.8638	NQC	1.8897	1.8044	1.7722	1.7349	1.7034	1.7530	1.8035	1.8203	1.7202	1.8182	1.6924	1.7644	1.7790	1.7354	1.7540	1.8442
MEDICINE University of Ruhuna		1.9520	1.9623	1.9509	1.9617	1.9539	1.9893	1.9530	1.9522	1.9511	NQC	1.9600	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.9606	1.9537	1.9630	1.9664	1.9546	1.9722	NQC	1.9509	1.9582	1.9550	1.9509
MEDICINE University of Moratuwa		1.9290	1.9335	1.9279	NQC	1.9333	NQC	1.9299	1.9305	1.9345	1.9819	NQC	1.9314	NQC	1.9285	NQC	1.9335	1.9301	1.9320	1.9464	NQC	NQC	1.9333	1.9569	1.9309	1.9307
MEDICINE Eastern University, Sri Lanka		1.9143	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5425	NQC	NQC	1.9151	NQC	NQC	1.4584	1.6920	1.6040	1.7339	1.7920	1.7909	1.7892	NQC	1.6891	1.5569	NQC	1.6382	1.7524	NQC
MEDICINE Rajarata University of Sri Lanka		1.8831	1.8822	1.8786	1.8988	1.8759	1.8937	1.8821	1.8811	1.8988	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.8819	1.8757	1.8942	1.8810	1.8745	1.8860	1.8817	1.8742	1.8788	1.8753	1.8744
MEDICINE Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		1.8841	1.7883	1.8429	1.8394	1.8081	1.7909	1.8794	1.8711	1.8992	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.8659	NQC	1.7926	1.7961	1.8596	NQC	1.7911	1.7883	1.8332	1.8263	1.8221
MEDICINE Wayamba University of Sri Lanka		1.8873	1.7898	1.8666	1.8061	1.8069	1.8042	1.8965	1.8741	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.8280	1.8821	1.7995	1.7954	1.8229	1.7903	1.8360	NQC	1.8341	1.7915	NQC
MEDICINE Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka		NQC	1.7283	1.8703	NQC	NQC	1.5657	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7721	NQC	1.6870	1.5563	NQC	1.6382	1.7656	1.8237
DENTAL SURGERY University of Peradeniya		1.8584	1.7149	1.8292	1.7666	1.7930	NQC	1.8475	1.8601	1.8552	1.8604	1.7839	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7163	1.7868	1.7862	1.7174	1.7978	NQC	NQC	1.7617	NQC	1.7320	1.8095
DENTAL SURGERY University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.8596	1.7179	2.0019	NQC	NQC	1.5214	NQC	NQC	1.8982	NQC	NQC	1.4272	1.6425	1.5631	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6984	NQC	1.6644	1.5513	NQC	1.6177	NQC	1.8143
VETERINARY SCIENCE University of Peradeniya		1.8062	1.6955	1.8076	1.7481	1.7731	1.4980	1.8172	1.8098	1.8045	1.7849	1.7832	1.4130	1.6302	1.5519	1.6803	1.7728	1.7756	1.6423	1.7836	1.6485	1.5224	1.7474	1.5915	1.7130	1.8032
AYURVEDA MEDICINE & SURGERY University of Colombo		1.3185	1.3211	1.3167	1.3567	1.3220	1.3822	1.3186	1.3355	1.3166	1.3833	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3595	1.3173	1.3671	1.3185	1.3308	1.3204	1.3197	1.3835	1.3165	1.3313	1.3169	1.3389
AYURVEDA MEDICINE & SURGERY Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka		1.1441	0.9570	1.2439	0.9549	1.0653	0.7805	1.2003	1.1915	1.2412	1.0857	1.0597	0.9499	0.6658	1.0171	1.1229	1.0988	1.0337	0.9170	1.1188	1.1655	0.8137	1.0867	1.1577	1.1511	1.1165
UNANI MEDICINE & SURGERY University of Colombo		1.0176	0.8677	1.0111	1.0748	1.1347	0.9295	1.0750	0.9898	1.0078	0.9231	0.8136	0.8867	0.6329	0.9167	1.1350	1.0954	1.1753	1.1005	1.0594	0.7766	0.8584	0.9148	1.0717	1.0841	1.0326
SIDDHA MEDICINE & SURGERY University of Jaffna		0.6888	0.0450	0.8155	0.9575	0.8519	0.5878	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.8567	0.5789	0.7388	0.6667	0.7417	0.8002	0.8394	0.8534	0.5182	0.8194	0.5310	0.5578	0.7910	0.7953	0.8549	NQC
SIDDHA MEDICINE & SURGERY Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka		0.7173	0.7285	0.8097	0.8552	0.7974	NQC	0.7760	0.7744	0.8320	0.8935	1.1140	NQC	NQC	0.9518	0.9010	1.0943	0.8696	0.7609	0.8099	0.7136	NQC	0.7851	0.7700	0.8519	0.7943
HEALTH PROMOTION Rajarata University of Sri Lanka		0.8543	0.8513	0.9300	0.8917	0.9057	0.7910	0.9709	0.9557	0.9783	1.0101	0.8521	0.8780	0.6682	0.4817	1.0251	1.0148	0.9882	0.8472	1.0240	0.6995	0.9799	0.8704	0.8989	0.9949	0.9361
NURSING University of Colombo		1.3784	1.3868	1.3827	1.4022	1.4903	NQC	1.3861	1.3889	1.3962	1.4169	1.4158	NQC	1.5488	NQC	1.3880	1.3863	1.3866	1.3919	1.4203	1.3820	NQC	1.3803	1.4089	1.4245	1.3859
NURSING University of Peradeniya		NQC	1.3304	1.3332	1.3545	1.3321	1.3334	1.3671	1.3342	1.3282	1.3717	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3463	1.3351	1.3404	1.3717	1.3479	1.5819	NQC	1.3296	1.3594	1.3427	1.3433
NURSING University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.3191	1.3173	1.3291	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3186	1.3159	1.3255	1.3172	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3154	1.3193	1.3171	1.3169	1.3160	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3152	1.3210	1.3205
NURSING University of Jaffna		1.0427	1.0478	1.1863	1.1276	1.0828	1.0488	1.2429	NQC	NQC	1.2605	1.0375	1.2575	1.2040	1.0936	1.2223	1.2494	1.2437	1.1086	1.1476	1.1371	1.0844	1.0390	1.2074	1.1093	1.2809
NURSING University of Ruhuna		1.1110	1.1078	1.1386	1.1132	1.1342	1.1688	1.2141	1.2005	1.1960	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1917	NQC	1.2770	1.2794	1.1549	1.1072	1.1136	1.1082	1.1070	1.1196	1.2061	1.1212	1.1493
NURSING Eastern University, Sri Lanka		1.0011	0.9035	NQC	NQC	1.0837	1.0336	1.2443	1.2044	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.2764	NQC	NQC	1.2335	1.2468	1.1625	NQC	1.2036	1.0960	0.9792	1.0104	1.2204	NQC	NQC
PHARMACY University of Peradeniya		1.6944	1.6629	1.6632	1.6688	1.6606	NQC	1.6616	1.6655	1.6573	1.6625	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6629	1.6980	NQC	1.6580	NQC	NQC	1.6700	NQC	1.6711	1.6896
PHARMACY University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.6420	1.6694	1.6419	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6549	1.6438	1.6462	1.6558	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6425	1.6546	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6487	1.6534
PHARMACY University of Jaffna		1.2838	1.2586	1.5960	1.3673	1.4115	1.2235	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6102	1.5171	1.3024	1.3009	1.4950	1.6079	1.6252	1.5909	1.4713	1.5668	1.4702	1.1884	1.4188	1.4412	NQC	1.5922
PHARMACY University of Ruhuna		1.5754	1.5571	1.5849	1.5500	1.5666	NQC	1.5627	1.6072	1.6348	1.6225	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5930	1.6318	1.5857	1.5851	1.5702	1.5565	NQC	1.5496	1.6098	1.5629	1.5904
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES University of Peradeniya		1.7699	NQC	1.7665	NQC	1.7529	NQC	1.7683	1.7523	1.7855	1.7696	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7524	1.7529	NQC	1.7549	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7556
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.7160	NQC	1.7301	NQC	1.7166	NQC	1.7322	1.7212	1.7171	1.7218	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7274	1.7183	NQC	1.7186	NQC	NQC	1.7337	NQC	NQC	1.7292
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES University of Jaffna		1.4010	1.3831	NQC	1.5120	1.6287	1.3833	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6922	1.6088	1.3558	1.2894	1.5261	1.6247	1.7002	1.6931	1.5359	NQC	1.5554	1.2385	1.4401	1.4977	1.6674	1.6683
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES University of Ruhuna		1.6415	NQC	1.6578	NQC	1.6380	NQC	1.6502	1.6604	1.7120	1.6922	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6567	1.6986	1.6625	1.6417	1.6397	NQC	NQC	1.6500	NQC	1.6539	1.6490
RADIOGRAPHY University of Peradeniya		1.5893	1.5406	1.5865	1.6002	1.6751	1.3872	1.6716	1.6360	1.6941	1.6920	1.5526	1.3988	1.3014	1.4312	1.6900	1.6946	1.6937	1.6134	1.6358	1.5956	1.4329	1.5360	1.5597	1.6750	1.6772
MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGY University of Colombo		1.6615	1.5214	1.6186	1.4790	1.6459	1.4393	1.6909	1.5934	1.6786	1.6479	1.6521	1.3900	1.3941	1.5123	1.6270	1.6657	1.6560	1.6801	1.6326	1.5932	1.4396	1.6588	1.5499	1.6567	1.6926
PHYSIOTHERAPY University of Colombo		1.7444	NQC	1.7347	NQC	1.7618	NQC	1.7409	1.7550	1.7544	1.7531	1.7688	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7665	1.7492	NQC	1.7325	NQC	NQC	1.7297	NQC	NQC	1.7462
PHYSIOTHERAPY University of Peradeniya		1.6970	1.6458	1.7344	1.6268	1.7132	1.4346	1.7879	NQC	NQC	1.7187	1.5962	1.4114	1.4427	1.5181	1.6646	1.7292	1.7724	1.6633	1.7251	1.6308	1.4442	1.6066	1.5877	1.6773	NQC
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY University of Kelaniya		1.4487	1.4206	1.5150	1.4768	1.4462	1.3555	1.5313	1.5107	1.5012	1.5707	1.1952	1.2745	1.0840	1.3646	1.5620	1.5696	1.5587	1.4638	1.5345	1.5204	1.3307	1.4911	1.2900	1.5320	1.4565
OPTOMETRY University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.5511	1.4932	1.6068	1.5649	1.4981	1.4446	1.5429	1.5765	1.6225	1.6083	1.5330	1.3908	1.2900	1.5216	1.5984	1.6117	1.5934	1.5953	1.6057	1.4640	1.1852	1.4950	1.5741	1.6203	1.5861
SPORTS SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT University of Sri Jayewardenepura	Aptitude test	0.8858	0.9881	0.9106	1.1178	0.9023	NQC	0.9608	0.9758	0.9334	0.9412	NQC	NQC	1.4175	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9983	NQC	0.8892	0.8658	NQC	0.9536	0.9190	1.0483	0.9084
SPORTS SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	Aptitude test	0.6338	0.2918	0.8046	0.4031	0.5785	0.1791	0.6734	0.6787	-0.0724	0.8062	0.7687	0.5631	0.6905	0.1119	0.5343	0.6257	0.4495	0.3530	0.6632	0.7171	0.8250	0.7357	0.4029	0.4560	NQC
SPORTS SCIENCE University of Kelaniya		0.7496	0.7521	0.6475	0.6587	0.7731	0.1416	0.7399	0.7978	0.6059	0.3876	0.4427	0.7328	0.5899	-0.0195	0.7943	0.4757	0.3690	0.5257	0.8262	0.7972	0.2898	0.7527	0.6405	0.8041	0.8404
SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCES University of Kelaniya		1.4491	1.4509	1.4361	1.3891	1.4175	1.1121	1.4708	1.4013	1.4445	1.4573	1.3298	1.2016	1.0084	1.3685	1.4817	1.4760	1.4511	1.3534	1.4302	1.3752	1.1360	1.3515	1.3645	1.4123	1.4577

Engineering & built environment26 courses

Engineering and built environment: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Notes	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
ENGINEERING University of Peradeniya		1.8674	1.8723	1.8698	1.8779	1.8738	1.8820	1.8740	1.8716	1.8747	1.8689	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.9276	1.8745	1.8723	1.8901	1.8721	1.8675	1.9992	1.8966	1.9032	1.8713	1.8723
ENGINEERING University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.8079	1.8080	1.8204	NQC	1.8106	1.8650	1.8075	1.8106	1.8087	1.8073	1.8617	NQC	NQC	1.8422	1.8121	1.8481	NQC	NQC	1.8080	1.8097	NQC	1.8259	1.8642	1.8073	1.8269
ENGINEERING University of Jaffna		NQC	1.4556	1.6049	1.3743	NQC	1.4216	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5065	1.4206	1.4398	1.3873	1.4350	1.5048	1.4656	1.3764	NQC	1.3779	1.3774	1.4837	1.4211	NQC	1.4391
ENGINEERING University of Ruhuna		1.7895	1.6055	1.6066	1.6893	1.6624	1.6058	1.7514	1.8169	1.6952	1.7017	1.6422	1.7826	1.6187	1.6689	1.6203	1.6065	1.6073	1.6203	1.6926	1.6131	1.6070	1.6095	1.6095	1.6228	1.6090
ENGINEERING University of Moratuwa		2.0363	2.0379	2.0325	2.0364	2.0414	2.0534	2.0403	2.0315	2.0291	2.0432	2.1689	NQC	NQC	2.0624	2.0682	2.0769	2.0323	2.0371	2.0573	2.0381	2.1203	2.0291	2.0381	2.0461	2.0333
ENGINEERING South Eastern University of Sri Lanka		NQC	1.5207	NQC	1.2556	NQC	1.0464	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5757	1.1270	1.1816	1.1070	1.0908	1.5645	1.4561	1.4199	NQC	1.3158	1.1104	1.4786	NQC	NQC	1.4522
ENGINEERING (EM) University of Moratuwa		1.6602	1.5376	1.5772	1.5044	1.6049	1.3719	1.6529	1.6456	1.6471	1.4352	1.3691	0.7500	1.0548	1.0850	1.4284	1.4658	1.4303	1.4449	1.6448	1.4417	1.5068	1.5813	1.5912	1.6129	1.5674
ENGINEERING (TM) University of Moratuwa		1.6643	1.5628	1.5798	1.4418	1.6017	1.4901	1.6609	1.6534	1.6497	1.4238	1.0311	0.6966	0.9939	1.0321	1.4283	1.4701	1.4042	1.5007	1.6473	1.3985	1.3675	1.5364	1.5189	1.5944	1.5781
QUANTITY SURVEYING University of Moratuwa		1.5466	1.4651	1.5400	1.4198	1.5033	1.1646	1.5675	1.5653	1.5189	1.4650	1.4124	1.0061	1.0241	1.2352	1.3442	1.4198	1.4173	1.3668	1.5439	1.3595	1.2051	1.4310	1.4164	1.5146	1.4899
SURVEYING SCIENCE Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		1.1320	1.0847	1.1987	1.0621	1.1305	0.9144	1.1940	1.2422	1.2189	1.2116	0.9706	0.6889	0.5316	0.8864	1.0369	1.1903	1.2060	1.0517	1.1864	1.1164	1.0172	1.1971	1.1620	1.2437	1.1912
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & VALUATION University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.6110	1.5072	1.6067	1.6339	1.5943	1.5517	1.5902	1.6343	1.6086	1.3929	1.5216	1.4792	1.2457	1.5066	1.5258	1.3541	1.3251	1.4765	1.5589	1.5605	1.4520	1.5978	1.5871	1.6063	1.5824
ARCHITECTURE University of Moratuwa	Aptitude test	0.9680	0.0843	0.2418	0.9922	0.8100	0.1058	0.8599	0.9088	0.4784	0.9789	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.4557	-0.2638	1.1451	0.3918	-0.4582	0.8873	0.7362	0.9218	0.8486	1.9291	0.8492	0.8005
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE University of Moratuwa	Aptitude test	-0.1033	0.1045	NQC	0.7278	0.2998	NQC	0.0333	-0.1211	0.4494	0.3890	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.2376	NQC	-0.0129	0.2122	0.1564	0.0776	NQC	-0.3265	0.4534
URBAN INFORMATICS AND PLANNING University of Moratuwa		1.3245	1.2854	1.3374	1.1427	1.2532	1.1078	1.3131	1.3261	1.2859	1.3033	0.8167	0.8753	0.8059	0.9389	1.0110	1.2726	1.2910	1.3019	1.3109	1.2335	1.0545	1.3109	1.3179	1.1821	1.3352
Electronic and Intelligent Systems Engineering University of Peradeniya		1.9867	1.9058	1.9730	1.9663	1.9534	1.8267	1.9543	2.0039	1.9983	2.0033	1.4912	1.5951	0.8645	1.8672	1.6684	1.7138	2.0046	1.8490	1.9599	1.9015	1.9835	1.8366	1.8917	1.9437	1.9754
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT University of Moratuwa		1.5828	1.5471	1.5392	1.5771	1.4560	1.4328	1.5827	1.5995	1.5208	1.3786	1.1283	1.2870	0.9535	1.3335	1.5123	1.4004	1.2767	1.2898	1.5309	1.5427	1.3436	1.4707	1.5267	1.4491	1.5601
TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT & LOGISTICS ENGINEERING (TMLE) University of Moratuwa		1.7415	1.5895	1.6090	1.5357	1.6242	1.4026	1.7487	1.7415	1.6862	1.6073	1.2185	0.7340	0.7632	1.1369	1.5349	1.4580	1.4531	1.5830	1.6845	1.4944	1.5337	1.5781	1.6016	1.6221	1.5992
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) University of Colombo		2.0686	2.0995	2.1270	2.0905	2.0780	NQC	2.0870	2.1201	2.1208	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	2.1046	2.0733	2.0681	2.1352	2.2135	2.0732	2.0774	2.0958	2.0789
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) University of Sri Jayewardenepura		2.2995	2.2865	2.2951	2.6662	2.3315	2.3798	2.2886	2.2987	2.3101	2.7935	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	2.6439	2.7900	2.3615	2.3593	2.3294	2.3034	2.6017	2.4257	2.4812	2.3019	2.3011
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) University of Kelaniya		1.9576	1.9611	1.9669	1.9865	2.0019	2.0021	1.9595	1.9617	1.9594	NQC	NQC	NQC	2.0993	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.9613	1.9605	1.9707	1.9783	1.9837	1.9734	1.9917	1.9665	1.9621
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) University of Jaffna		1.2895	1.2736	1.9089	1.4082	1.4621	1.0296	NQC	1.4616	1.2600	0.7780	0.3619	0.0849	0.2527	0.3652	1.0787	0.9095	1.0545	1.0021	1.4904	1.7050	1.0081	1.2397	1.4868	1.5757	1.4552
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) University of Ruhuna		1.6011	1.6014	1.5998	1.6183	1.6369	1.6011	1.6004	1.5970	1.6150	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7477	1.7150	1.7049	1.7660	1.6057	1.5972	1.6211	1.6189	1.6666	1.6005	1.6087
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) Rajarata University of Sri Lanka		1.3333	1.3225	1.3353	1.4234	1.3397	1.3198	1.4495	1.4440	1.5516	1.4394	1.5785	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3668	1.3438	1.3456	1.4893	1.4302	1.4165	1.3252	1.3290	1.5647	1.3880
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		1.3965	1.3869	1.4289	1.3911	1.3982	1.4298	1.4702	1.4118	1.3892	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3922	1.3985	1.4583	1.5664	1.4872	1.4795	1.5438	1.4470	1.3821	1.5717	1.4754
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) Wayamba University of Sri Lanka		1.5865	1.5775	1.5918	1.5850	1.5906	1.5818	1.5952	1.5817	1.6983	1.6576	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6063	1.5887	1.6128	1.5854	1.5779	1.5854	1.5805	1.5925	1.6265	1.5798	1.6630
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ET) Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka		1.2872	1.2763	1.2844	1.3060	1.3067	1.2800	1.4902	1.4096	1.2740	1.2883	NQC	NQC	1.4414	NQC	NQC	1.2869	1.2785	1.3820	1.5027	1.5158	1.3020	1.2930	1.3131	1.7142	1.4032

Computing & IT39 courses

Computing and IT: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Notes	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Colombo School of Computing		1.6565	1.6588	1.6668	1.7198	1.6684	1.8029	1.6577	1.6585	1.6592	1.6568	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7082	1.6652	NQC	1.7841	2.0124	NQC	1.6935	1.6749
COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.5765	1.5869	NQC	NQC	1.5917	NQC	1.5802	1.5765	1.5798	1.5884	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5779	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6534	1.6211
COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Kelaniya		1.5237	1.5552	1.5265	NQC	1.5243	NQC	1.5260	1.5320	1.5228	1.5325	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5276	NQC	NQC	1.5906	NQC	1.5294	1.5494
COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Jaffna		1.2058	1.1515	NQC	1.2034	1.1816	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5042	1.3049	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1539	1.2180	1.1745	1.2750	1.1614	NQC	1.1765	1.1833	1.1946	1.1716
COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Ruhuna		1.3825	1.3908	1.3842	NQC	1.4000	NQC	1.5398	1.5430	1.4522	1.4879	1.3896	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3867	NQC	1.3765	NQC	NQC	1.3774	1.3944	1.3856	1.3912
COMPUTER SCIENCE Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka		NQC	1.0600	NQC	0.9535	1.0898	0.8112	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9133	0.6526	0.5437	0.6663	0.7218	1.0743	1.1960	0.9070	NQC	0.8833	0.6510	1.1136	1.0334	1.2791	1.0492
BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HONOURS) (BIS) University of Sri Jayewardenepura		2.0387	1.9758	1.9418	1.9526	1.7473	1.8263	1.9772	2.0167	1.7524	1.6559	1.5113	1.7369	1.2264	1.5705	1.8059	1.6699	1.6055	1.9368	1.8773	2.0655	1.7147	1.7293	1.9987	2.0266	1.7369
ARTS-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY University of Sri Jayewardenepura	All-island merit	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910	1.7910
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE University of Moratuwa		2.4074	2.3055	2.3817	1.7755	1.9858	1.9404	2.4677	2.3319	2.1539	2.2442	1.3978	1.1199	1.2772	1.4349	1.9656	1.9416	1.6692	2.1163	2.2025	2.3262	2.2782	2.1463	1.9323	2.4000	2.0883
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) University of Moratuwa		1.6293	1.4401	1.5721	1.4473	1.5366	1.2592	1.6763	1.7024	1.6649	1.6991	1.5251	1.3083	1.6268	1.5058	1.5932	1.5698	1.5345	1.3939	1.6067	1.4464	1.2123	1.4270	1.4453	1.5327	1.5214
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT University of Moratuwa		1.7401	1.5852	1.6440	1.5083	1.5730	1.2366	1.6907	1.6823	1.5816	1.6675	1.5179	1.0430	1.3364	1.4214	1.4171	1.5323	1.4371	1.4242	1.5578	1.5717	1.3991	1.4594	1.5272	1.6291	1.6680
MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MIT) (BIO SCIENCE STREAM) University of Kelaniya		1.4652	1.4140	1.3542	1.2674	1.4209	1.4343	1.5098	1.5055	1.4872	1.4721	0.9583	1.1889	1.1165	1.2600	1.3704	1.3478	1.4587	1.3123	1.4951	1.4089	1.0819	1.3951	1.4791	1.5264	1.4363
MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MIT) (OTHER STREAM) University of Kelaniya		1.4612	1.4101	1.4635	1.3914	1.4244	1.0353	1.4215	1.4481	1.4653	1.4536	1.1612	0.8178	0.7092	1.0776	1.0481	1.4189	1.2577	1.3326	1.4587	1.2617	1.0929	1.3853	1.3321	1.4084	1.4138
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE University of Peradeniya		1.9246	1.9035	1.8814	1.9807	1.9416	1.7519	1.9108	1.9461	1.9232	1.9354	2.0022	2.0858	1.8908	1.8769	2.0456	2.0427	1.9247	1.8578	2.0258	1.9250	1.8730	1.9982	1.8880	1.9735	1.9422
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS University of Ruhuna		1.7818	1.7649	1.8391	1.8353	1.8291	1.7767	1.7388	1.8852	1.7697	1.8626	1.7350	1.7896	1.8309	1.8288	1.8542	1.8556	1.8955	1.7849	1.8758	1.8992	1.8032	1.6915	1.8744	1.8245	1.8994
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) Rajarata University of Sri Lanka		1.2734	1.2737	1.2747	1.2842	1.2993	1.3096	1.2822	1.2742	1.2822	1.2773	NQC	NQC	1.3585	NQC	1.4502	1.2757	1.2846	1.4512	1.2744	1.2737	1.5202	NQC	1.3527	1.2904	1.2924
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka		1.1908	1.1740	1.2333	1.2639	1.1831	0.9925	1.2329	1.2694	1.1556	1.2256	1.1504	0.9832	0.9059	1.0214	1.0131	1.2246	1.2242	1.0578	1.2626	1.2312	0.9635	1.0892	1.1078	1.2332	1.1795
INFORMATION SYSTEMS University of Colombo School of Computing		1.7912	1.7869	1.8597	1.8159	1.8250	1.8998	1.8117	1.8361	NQC	1.8981	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.8168	1.8099	NQC	1.8261	1.8016	1.7988	1.8164	2.0351	1.8502	1.8143
INFORMATION SYSTEMS University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.7274	1.7512	1.7452	NQC	1.7559	NQC	1.7201	1.7201	1.7705	1.7417	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.8148	1.7242	NQC	1.7263	1.9317	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7619	NQC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		1.4139	1.2744	1.3939	1.3325	1.2713	1.0530	1.4434	1.6397	1.3862	1.3074	1.4815	1.0430	0.8290	0.8730	1.0785	1.3075	1.5527	1.0836	1.3480	1.2999	1.1808	1.2340	1.2040	1.3049	1.2831
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.4446	1.9886	1.5383	NQC	1.4507	NQC	1.4864	1.5001	1.4578	1.5260	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4704	NQC	1.5561	NQC	1.4457	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4595	1.4432
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING University of Kelaniya		1.4521	1.4538	1.4744	NQC	1.4936	NQC	1.4522	1.4675	1.4604	1.4537	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4740	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4905	NQC
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		1.4369	1.3002	1.3774	1.1213	1.3417	1.0371	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.0247	0.9616	0.9255	1.0597	1.2325	1.2937	1.2886	1.2180	1.3847	1.1799	0.9672	1.3474	1.2270	1.3034	1.3315
ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Kelaniya		1.5154	1.4543	1.5289	1.3036	1.4619	1.1549	1.5245	1.5367	1.5197	1.5162	0.8616	1.0192	0.6619	1.0436	1.2297	1.4123	1.3009	1.3611	1.5228	1.3203	1.3373	1.4255	1.4289	1.5054	1.4604
MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SEUSL) South Eastern University of Sri Lanka		1.2836	1.2935	1.3486	1.5066	1.3808	1.5213	1.3278	1.3615	1.3200	1.3540	1.5696	1.5800	1.5782	1.4697	1.5515	1.5275	1.5254	1.4883	1.4192	1.3860	1.3139	1.4732	1.4539	1.4550	1.3650
DATA SCIENCE Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		1.3945	1.3905	1.3916	1.2547	1.4156	1.2260	1.3952	1.4157	1.4029	1.4058	0.7963	0.8714	0.8184	0.9345	1.4235	1.2881	1.4073	1.3330	1.3978	1.2328	1.0667	1.3583	1.2711	1.4191	1.3764
COMPUTER SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka		1.2456	1.2386	1.2645	1.1392	1.1290	1.0631	1.2518	1.3001	1.3083	1.3154	0.8247	1.0997	1.0082	1.2114	1.2786	1.2514	1.2740	1.0253	1.2736	1.2384	0.9305	1.2296	1.1777	1.2986	1.2936
INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka		1.3400	1.2529	1.3589	1.3363	1.3133	1.2234	1.3652	1.3808	1.2617	1.2918	1.3957	1.0641	1.0371	1.1303	1.2357	1.3449	1.2709	1.0975	1.3294	1.3567	1.2418	1.2757	1.2319	1.3167	1.3709
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY University of Colombo		1.7143	1.7533	2.0221	1.7877	1.7375	NQC	1.7264	1.7397	1.7133	2.2172	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7125	1.7367	NQC	1.7216	1.7833	1.7103	1.7484
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.8841	1.8893	1.8977	1.8942	1.8839	1.9252	1.8936	1.8768	1.8838	1.9652	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.9765	NQC	1.9765	2.3976	1.9673	1.9557	1.8958	1.9095	1.9041	1.9415	1.9168	2.0926
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY University of Kelaniya		1.6361	1.6493	1.7382	1.6910	1.6235	1.6327	1.6225	1.6422	1.6319	1.7088	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6873	2.0885	1.6756	1.7440	1.6475	1.6398	NQC	1.6166	NQC	1.6335	1.6391
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY University of Ruhuna		1.4864	1.4910	1.5002	1.4844	1.4905	1.5349	1.4968	1.5205	1.4839	1.5033	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5021	1.5741	1.5867	1.4992	1.5205	NQC	1.5207	1.5177	1.4997	1.4950
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Eastern University, Sri Lanka		1.0372	1.0471	1.0964	1.1759	1.1017	0.9644	1.3001	NQC	1.2037	0.9815	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9626	1.0034	0.9469	NQC	1.3415	1.1678	0.9518	0.9671	1.0654	NQC	1.1693
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY South Eastern University of Sri Lanka		1.0778	1.1125	1.0899	1.1553	1.1186	1.4317	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1232	1.1133	1.1045	NQC	1.2904	1.1659	NQC	1.1152	1.0829	1.3965	1.1575
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Rajarata University of Sri Lanka		1.2850	1.2921	NQC	1.5027	1.2955	1.3028	1.2865	1.3378	1.2920	1.3348	1.4724	NQC	NQC	1.3271	1.2868	1.2906	1.3046	1.2881	1.2833	1.3157	NQC	1.3202	1.3099	1.2844	1.2850
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka		1.0225	1.0484	1.0937	1.2663	1.1580	0.8671	NQC	NQC	1.2195	0.8777	0.4674	0.0787	0.1303	0.5789	0.7928	0.7941	0.9510	0.7965	1.3156	1.1659	0.7881	0.9579	1.0112	NQC	1.1851
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka		1.4152	1.3510	1.3432	1.4333	1.3753	1.3591	1.3638	1.3419	1.3752	1.4342	NQC	NQC	1.5076	NQC	1.3497	1.4160	1.5087	1.5139	1.3637	1.3427	1.3718	1.3460	NQC	1.3426	1.3435
PHYSICAL SCIENCE -ICT University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.2180	1.1870	1.2238	NQC	1.1720	NQC	1.2154	1.3331	1.2031	1.2844	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1871	NQC	NQC	1.2030	1.1812	NQC	1.2087	NQC	1.1865	1.1645
PHYSICAL SCIENCE -ICT University of Kelaniya		1.2346	1.1378	1.2196	1.0149	1.1217	0.7596	1.2168	1.2271	1.0938	1.1284	0.4767	0.1596	0.5066	0.6644	0.7400	0.7206	0.6225	0.9378	1.2285	1.0005	0.8708	1.0496	0.9471	1.1329	1.1629

Agriculture & food35 courses

Agriculture and food: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT University of Peradeniya	1.3510	1.3438	1.3667	1.3954	1.3797	1.3035	1.4126	1.4295	1.4318	1.3121	1.2416	1.1092	1.0962	1.2977	1.3673	1.3617	1.3863	1.3891	1.4217	1.3940	1.2224	1.3308	1.3743	1.4551	1.4400
AGRICULTURE University of Jaffna	0.8669	0.8671	0.9738	1.0316	0.9408	0.8744	0.9904	0.9631	0.9165	0.9694	1.1252	1.0113	1.2812	0.9727	0.9354	0.9609	0.8975	0.8986	0.9564	0.8855	0.8970	0.8673	0.8837	1.0227	0.8979
AGRICULTURE Eastern University, Sri Lanka	0.8474	0.7658	1.0680	NQC	0.9478	0.6460	0.9919	NQC	0.9523	1.1913	0.5353	0.6168	0.6769	0.7012	0.8365	0.9349	0.8867	0.7150	0.9485	0.7310	0.6830	0.8500	0.8856	1.0966	0.9023
AGRICULTURE Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	0.9735	1.0213	0.9733	0.9713	0.9819	1.1266	0.9578	0.9566	0.9589	0.9681	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.0572	0.9796	0.9982	0.9544	0.9697	0.9588	1.0697	1.0139	0.9603	0.9577	0.9556	0.9630
AGRICULTURE Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	0.9831	0.9989	0.9716	0.9804	0.9770	1.0243	0.9759	0.9708	0.9950	0.9692	NQC	1.0396	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.0403	0.9733	1.0050	0.9904	0.9749	0.9964	0.9753	1.0025	0.9768	1.0044
AGRICULTURE Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	0.9010	0.8989	0.9892	0.9233	0.9319	0.9531	0.9398	0.9628	0.9166	0.9717	1.0854	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9094	0.9288	0.9022	0.9237	0.9500	0.9053	0.9545	0.9005	0.9384	0.9409	0.9026
FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	1.2805	1.2857	1.3406	1.2878	1.3177	1.2454	1.3033	1.3419	1.3515	1.3405	1.2449	1.2434	0.8062	1.2551	1.2547	1.3042	1.3368	1.3402	1.3455	1.3160	1.1616	1.2775	1.3497	1.3537	1.3240
FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY University of Peradeniya	1.5394	1.6763	1.5434	NQC	1.5429	NQC	1.5449	1.5672	1.5543	1.5447	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5869	1.5416	NQC	1.5409	1.5415	NQC	1.6047	NQC	1.5469	1.5530
FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.5393	1.5199	1.5296	NQC	1.5391	NQC	1.5201	1.5196	1.5244	1.5327	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5316	NQC	1.5262	1.5191	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5232	1.5250
FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.3197	1.3107	1.4756	1.2709	1.2860	1.1058	NQC	NQC	1.3767	NQC	0.7638	0.9839	0.8738	1.0775	1.1179	1.1678	1.3199	1.2423	1.3880	1.3334	1.1831	1.2956	1.2762	1.4208	1.3446
AQUATIC BIORESOURCES University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.2417	1.1160	1.2823	1.0241	1.1553	0.9432	1.2253	1.2442	1.2566	1.2113	0.7371	0.4882	0.4325	0.5589	1.0736	1.1343	1.2742	1.0336	1.1122	0.9543	1.1499	1.2441	0.9655	1.1541	1.1919
URBAN BIORESOURCES University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.1739	1.0648	1.2137	0.9284	1.0326	0.9427	1.1831	1.1865	1.1177	1.2111	0.6999	0.9796	0.4475	0.7562	0.9747	1.0851	1.1576	1.0259	1.1381	1.1240	0.7812	1.1722	1.1308	1.1751	1.1203
FISHERIES & MARINE SCIENCES University of Ruhuna	0.9936	0.9425	1.0433	1.0001	0.9706	0.8450	1.0580	1.0367	1.0408	0.8748	0.6117	0.9754	0.5391	0.6547	0.8250	0.9201	0.9289	0.8489	0.9812	0.8169	0.8655	1.0065	0.8577	0.9515	1.0297
ANIMAL SCIENCE & FISHERIES University of Peradeniya	1.1728	1.0682	1.1889	1.2141	1.2059	1.0405	1.2423	1.2442	1.2540	1.2211	0.7335	0.9639	0.9230	0.9361	1.0888	1.1975	1.0687	1.2753	1.2146	1.0611	1.1426	1.1747	1.2025	1.2643	1.2446
FOOD PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	1.0442	1.0645	1.1067	1.0648	1.1100	1.0506	1.1410	1.1194	1.1545	1.1188	0.5180	0.8648	0.5473	0.6683	1.1254	1.0845	1.0206	1.1388	1.1360	0.9773	1.0649	1.0280	1.0957	1.1357	1.0649
FOOD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT [Biological / Physical Science Stream] Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	0.9929	1.0001	1.0318	0.8675	1.0151	0.8546	1.0452	1.0611	1.0512	1.0100	0.5412	0.3753	0.6198	0.4889	1.0412	1.0554	1.0131	0.8826	0.9985	1.0101	1.0530	0.9745	0.9355	1.0360	0.9523
FOOD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT [Commerce Stream] Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.2614	1.2371	1.2660	1.2450	1.2452	1.0853	1.2629	1.2653	1.1563	1.0056	0.6910	0.7151	0.8653	0.9357	1.1397	0.9324	1.0181	1.0773	1.2393	1.1219	0.9637	1.1337	1.2360	1.2458	1.2591
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY University of Ruhuna	1.0099	0.9605	1.0638	1.0264	1.0357	0.8992	1.1052	1.0996	1.1003	0.9613	0.5527	0.5723	0.5576	0.4699	0.9049	0.9249	1.0166	0.8771	1.0723	0.9950	0.9308	1.0064	0.9703	1.0879	1.0605
AGRI BUSINESS MANAGEMENT University of Ruhuna	1.0289	1.0140	1.0977	1.0983	1.0264	0.9300	1.0866	1.0815	1.0500	0.9351	0.5654	0.5090	0.6116	0.4627	0.8417	1.1004	0.9723	0.9399	1.0725	0.9666	0.8814	0.9841	0.9429	1.0736	1.0539
GREEN TECHNOLOGY University of Ruhuna	1.1607	1.1018	1.1334	1.0228	1.1063	0.9193	1.1567	1.1698	1.1426	1.0736	0.5991	0.8562	0.5105	0.4460	0.9742	1.0835	0.9737	0.9923	1.0964	1.0661	0.9250	1.0638	1.1859	1.1194	1.1529
ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	0.8810	0.8681	0.9619	0.8807	0.9347	0.8199	0.9452	0.9830	0.9412	0.9383	0.6179	0.5716	0.4963	0.5901	0.9583	0.9052	0.9710	0.8052	0.9315	0.8042	0.7823	0.9176	0.9290	0.9727	0.9230
EXPORT AGRICULTURE Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	0.9590	0.9181	0.9577	0.9469	0.9241	0.8287	0.9630	0.9941	0.9932	0.9493	0.5545	0.4138	0.4050	0.5731	0.9845	0.9015	0.9321	0.8389	0.9386	0.8699	0.9000	0.9570	0.9419	0.9717	0.9497
AQUATIC RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	0.8445	0.8457	0.8976	0.8897	0.9141	0.7962	0.9294	0.9312	0.9184	0.9008	0.5116	0.6287	0.6490	0.6146	0.9172	0.8994	0.8809	0.7821	0.9145	0.7965	0.7809	0.8939	0.8402	0.9324	0.9042
PLANTATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	0.8792	0.8498	0.9190	0.8450	0.9226	0.7138	0.9267	0.9321	0.9264	0.9116	0.6241	0.6064	0.4339	0.5406	0.7730	0.7802	0.8647	0.8074	0.9169	0.7922	0.8291	0.8980	0.8196	0.9364	0.8706
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) University of Colombo	1.5762	1.6013	1.5822	1.6178	1.6019	NQC	1.7136	1.5822	1.5927	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.8204	1.8981	1.5774	1.6120	1.7429	1.6160	1.5779	1.6125	1.5975	1.6944	1.6125	1.5770
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.9262	1.8791	1.8723	1.9274	1.8788	1.9033	1.8946	2.0099	1.9132	2.1746	NQC	NQC	1.9708	NQC	2.1989	1.9309	1.8742	2.0329	1.8689	1.9373	2.1069	1.8754	1.9227	1.8837	1.9227
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) University of Kelaniya	1.5149	1.5033	1.5063	NQC	1.5055	NQC	1.5124	1.5296	1.5201	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5484	1.5199	NQC	1.5341	1.5436	NQC	1.5055	NQC	1.5099	1.5149
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) University of Jaffna	0.8378	0.8503	0.8374	0.9745	1.0829	0.9861	0.8502	0.9879	0.9662	0.8793	NQC	1.0684	NQC	NQC	0.8495	0.8627	0.8473	0.8457	1.0105	0.9865	0.9228	0.9862	0.8700	1.0935	1.0008
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) University of Ruhuna	1.3598	1.3817	1.4040	1.3836	1.3791	1.4360	1.3879	1.4191	1.3646	1.4613	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4470	1.3751	1.4095	1.3795	1.4269	1.3636	1.3747	1.3987	1.3888	1.3550	1.3746	1.3601
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) Eastern University, Sri Lanka	0.5494	0.6858	0.8599	0.9602	NQC	NQC	0.7921	1.0148	0.9565	0.5637	0.3846	0.5009	0.7874	0.8352	0.8221	0.7480	0.8322	0.4524	1.0096	1.0055	0.5087	1.0361	0.9034	1.3505	1.0102
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	0.5325	0.7003	0.8278	NQC	NQC	0.9901	0.7689	1.0441	0.9524	0.5694	NQC	0.7431	0.5151	0.5251	0.7870	0.8305	0.8402	0.4349	1.0638	0.9959	NQC	NQC	0.8790	NQC	0.9860
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	1.1806	1.1558	1.1588	1.1075	1.0782	1.0784	1.0765	1.2010	1.1181	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1023	NQC	1.4658	NQC	1.1322	1.0977	1.0732	1.0740	1.1411	1.1359	1.0870	1.1994	1.0784
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.0691	1.0636	1.0638	1.0902	1.0682	1.0632	1.0635	1.0686	1.0695	NQC	1.0689	NQC	1.1459	NQC	NQC	1.2183	NQC	1.1702	1.0787	1.0681	1.0990	1.0781	1.0640	1.1073	1.1074
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	1.2030	1.2252	NQC	1.1995	1.1994	1.2045	1.2512	1.2057	1.2385	1.2235	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.2623	1.3010	1.2681	1.3595	1.2013	1.2342	NQC	1.2044	1.2097	1.2143	1.2217
BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (BST) Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	1.2044	1.1072	1.2122	NQC	1.1072	1.1651	1.1797	1.1311	1.1557	1.1142	NQC	1.1656	1.3738	1.1661	1.1069	1.2287	1.2042	1.2870	1.1217	1.1166	1.1897	1.1121	1.7384	1.1228	1.1170

Science34 courses

Science: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY University of Colombo	1.8128	1.6926	1.8191	1.7371	1.7707	1.4913	1.8106	1.8085	1.7921	1.7977	1.4854	1.4126	1.3315	1.5520	1.6802	1.7739	1.7747	1.6803	1.7884	1.6451	1.5216	1.7453	1.6124	1.7124	1.7919
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Colombo	1.7144	NQC	1.7152	NQC	1.7225	NQC	1.7143	1.7195	1.7141	1.7664	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7404	NQC	1.7141	NQC	NQC	1.7225	NQC	1.7310	1.7182
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Peradeniya	1.5936	1.5935	1.5984	1.6060	1.5965	NQC	1.6023	1.5970	1.5987	1.5946	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6317	1.7096	NQC	1.6402	1.6046	1.5937	NQC	1.6098	NQC	1.6088	1.6045
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.5305	1.5307	1.5304	1.5904	1.5339	NQC	1.5319	1.5382	1.5329	1.5356	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5636	NQC	1.5516	1.5309	1.5411	NQC	1.5306	NQC	1.5306	1.5304
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Kelaniya	1.4681	1.4730	1.4679	1.4689	1.4739	NQC	1.4711	1.4767	1.4708	1.4745	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5242	NQC	1.5188	1.4691	1.4761	NQC	1.4687	1.4819	1.4686	1.4720
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Jaffna	1.3477	1.2166	NQC	1.2605	1.2595	1.2079	1.4044	1.2172	1.2825	1.3278	1.4672	NQC	NQC	1.2811	1.2493	1.2252	1.2358	1.2084	1.2805	1.2115	1.3072	1.2212	1.2143	1.2231	1.2088
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE University of Ruhuna	1.3562	1.3605	1.3672	1.3665	1.3560	1.3549	1.3912	1.3624	1.3552	1.4110	1.3550	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3728	NQC	1.3586	1.4573	1.3598	1.3694	1.4405	1.3614	1.3580	1.3574	1.3564
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.3530	1.0948	NQC	1.3362	1.2685	1.0891	NQC	1.1433	1.1928	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1997	1.0930	1.0929	1.1130	1.1128	1.3102	1.1151	1.1364	1.0888	1.0952	1.2450	1.1877
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	NQC	0.9708	NQC	NQC	1.3078	0.7189	NQC	1.1924	1.2172	NQC	0.9423	0.6570	0.7940	0.6979	0.9321	1.0818	1.1269	0.8613	1.2807	0.8212	0.7585	1.0077	0.8626	NQC	1.2095
APPLIED SCIENCES (BIO.SC) Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	1.1633	1.1758	1.1629	1.2050	1.1646	1.1872	1.1616	1.1592	1.1603	1.1928	NQC	NQC	1.2137	1.2205	1.1806	1.1573	1.1728	1.1730	1.1611	1.2397	1.1590	1.1829	1.1895	1.1608	1.1792
APPLIED SCIENCES (BIO.SC) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.1386	1.1627	1.1405	1.1381	1.1427	NQC	1.1730	1.1504	1.1551	1.1563	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1687	NQC	1.3096	1.1493	1.1458	1.1366	NQC	1.2250	1.1400	1.1561	1.1388
APPLIED SCIENCES (BIO.SC) University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka	1.0586	0.8515	1.0658	1.1657	1.1564	0.6291	NQC	1.3129	1.0866	1.0595	0.7548	0.6287	0.8007	0.9428	0.9670	1.0688	0.9955	0.8037	NQC	0.7349	0.7461	0.9145	1.0260	1.0936	0.9278
PHYSICAL SCIENCE University of Colombo	1.4390	1.4402	1.4351	1.4369	1.4374	1.4497	1.4377	1.4393	1.4401	1.6286	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6434	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4417	1.4350	1.6879	NQC	1.4488	NQC	1.4383	1.4527
PHYSICAL SCIENCE University of Peradeniya	1.3408	1.3359	1.3350	1.3856	1.3391	1.4847	1.3415	1.3425	1.3345	1.3457	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.4124	1.3335	1.3548	1.3333	1.3376	NQC	1.3424	1.3342	1.3393	1.3392
PHYSICAL SCIENCE University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.2857	1.2862	1.2863	NQC	1.2856	NQC	1.2881	1.2869	1.2874	1.2869	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.2857	1.2983	1.2863	1.3140	1.2920	1.2879	1.2871	1.2881
PHYSICAL SCIENCE University of Kelaniya	1.2092	1.2094	1.2090	1.2189	1.2093	NQC	1.2122	1.2097	1.2133	1.2555	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.2130	1.2223	1.2182	NQC	1.2262	1.2182	1.2087	1.2102
PHYSICAL SCIENCE University of Jaffna	1.0483	0.9578	1.0254	0.9541	0.9931	0.9638	1.0420	NQC	1.0966	1.0262	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9794	0.9536	0.9752	0.9858	1.0412	0.9656	0.9759	0.9636	0.9516	0.9801	0.9573
PHYSICAL SCIENCE University of Ruhuna	1.1371	1.1369	1.1367	1.1442	1.1383	NQC	1.1360	1.1895	1.1384	1.1361	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1498	1.1408	1.1375	1.1393	NQC	1.1467	1.1490	1.1362	1.1384
PHYSICAL SCIENCE Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.0561	0.9189	1.0614	0.8582	0.9922	0.6770	1.1702	NQC	1.0961	1.2061	0.6721	NQC	0.7247	NQC	0.6835	0.7298	0.8573	0.6777	1.0444	0.7196	0.7279	0.9825	0.8225	1.0143	0.9514
PHYSICAL SCIENCE South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	1.1022	0.9532	1.0686	0.8323	1.0107	0.4966	NQC	NQC	1.0940	1.1322	0.4478	0.1745	0.1981	0.3789	0.4772	0.7361	0.8697	0.6483	1.0697	0.7150	0.5699	0.9743	0.8264	NQC	0.9321
APPLIED SCIENCES (PHY.SC) Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	1.0352	1.0345	1.0462	1.0672	1.0331	NQC	1.0330	1.0350	1.0500	1.0427	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.0502	1.0523	1.0369	NQC	NQC	1.0401	1.0767	1.0335	1.0414
APPLIED SCIENCES (PHY.SC) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.1077	1.1109	1.1208	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1151	1.1158	1.1044	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1060	NQC	1.1044	1.1101	NQC	1.1041	1.1459	1.1116	1.1238
APPLIED SCIENCES (PHY.SC) Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	0.9908	0.9953	0.9954	0.9970	0.9908	NQC	1.0191	1.0344	0.9937	0.9969	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.0253	1.0143	0.9924	1.0359	0.9911	1.0097	NQC	0.9954	1.0068	0.9929	0.9973
APPLIED SCIENCES (PHY.SC) University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka	0.9636	0.8801	0.9791	0.8163	0.9728	0.8606	1.0519	NQC	1.0087	0.9864	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9554	0.8281	0.8160	0.8262	0.9905	0.8139	0.8512	0.8865	0.8359	0.9522	0.8584
APPLIED SCIENCES (PHY.SC) Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.0230	0.8823	0.9799	0.7881	NQC	0.4529	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.4080	0.2211	0.1238	0.3802	0.4560	0.7651	0.7664	0.5762	NQC	0.6517	0.3859	0.8991	0.7925	0.9655	0.8662
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS & MATHEMATICAL FINANCE University of Colombo	1.5561	1.4366	1.5320	1.2767	1.4366	1.0948	1.5660	1.5464	1.4638	1.4245	0.8498	0.5728	0.6145	0.8252	1.0497	1.3189	1.2468	1.2465	1.4490	1.2946	1.0872	1.4878	1.3928	1.4808	1.4237
FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS AND INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS University of Ruhuna	1.3850	1.3338	1.3896	1.1713	1.3272	1.0808	1.3622	1.3774	1.3750	1.3235	0.7030	0.5437	0.5316	0.6439	1.0182	1.1563	1.1867	1.2134	1.3317	1.3117	1.0029	1.3651	1.3541	1.2947	1.3456
STATISTICS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH University of Peradeniya	1.5226	1.4260	1.5114	1.3555	1.5153	1.2832	1.5211	1.5153	1.4400	1.4784	0.8629	0.6706	0.7476	0.8428	1.4181	1.2815	1.2606	1.2784	1.4837	1.3221	1.1532	1.4274	1.3230	1.4986	1.4456
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION & MANAGEMENT University of Kelaniya	1.2124	1.1008	1.1838	1.2397	1.1343	1.2057	1.2439	1.2148	1.2133	0.9968	0.5906	0.5140	0.6993	1.0095	1.0788	1.0611	1.1534	1.1018	1.1926	1.1386	1.0837	1.0949	1.2426	1.2462	1.2098
APPLIED CHEMISTRY University of Kelaniya	1.6053	1.6105	1.5763	1.6063	1.5884	1.4020	1.5675	1.6021	1.6062	1.6219	0.9960	1.1183	1.0381	1.3119	1.3648	1.5672	1.5569	1.5935	1.6085	1.5142	1.4461	1.5281	1.5372	1.5177	1.5481
MARINE AND FRESHWATER SCIENCES University of Ruhuna	1.1238	1.0636	1.1310	1.0633	1.0671	0.9702	1.1404	1.1255	1.0969	1.1214	0.5377	0.5740	0.4628	0.8284	0.9575	1.1690	1.0177	1.0434	1.1352	1.0715	1.0313	1.1192	1.1716	1.0910	1.1037
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	1.0915	1.0703	1.1264	1.0510	1.1005	0.9378	1.1101	1.1287	1.1110	1.1359	0.7938	0.8196	0.5174	0.9727	1.1574	1.1182	1.1270	1.0063	1.0954	0.9971	1.0507	1.0859	1.0548	1.1258	1.0913
MINERAL RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	1.0328	1.0067	1.0211	1.0580	1.0027	0.9371	1.0325	1.0622	1.0109	0.9939	0.6430	0.4680	0.4529	0.6209	0.9882	0.9900	1.0314	0.8282	1.0311	0.9709	0.9483	0.9920	1.0102	1.0210	0.9914
POLYMER SCIENCE AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.5423	1.4803	1.5407	1.5262	1.4823	1.2943	1.5507	1.5532	1.4805	1.2757	1.2545	0.8908	1.0308	1.0622	1.3413	1.2765	1.4299	1.5167	1.5148	1.4595	1.3502	1.5049	1.5096	1.5274	1.5204

Business & management32 courses

Business and management: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
MANAGEMENT University of Colombo	1.7686	1.7718	1.7707	1.7832	1.7698	1.7690	1.7690	1.7736	1.7882	1.7687	1.9736	NQC	NQC	1.7917	1.7997	1.7712	1.7872	1.7791	1.7703	1.7707	1.7723	1.7721	1.7759	1.7808	1.7720
MANAGEMENT University of Peradeniya	1.5941	1.5941	1.5973	1.5945	1.6000	1.6096	1.6234	1.5979	1.5987	1.5968	1.6153	1.6854	1.6079	1.6104	1.6708	1.6073	1.6178	1.6123	1.5943	1.6018	1.6096	1.6042	1.6034	1.6056	1.5976
MANAGEMENT University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.8054	1.8011	1.8034	1.8607	1.8010	1.8009	1.8036	1.8104	1.8278	1.8828	1.8346	1.7985	1.9085	1.8467	1.8135	1.8003	1.8463	1.9134	1.8012	1.8037	1.8154	1.7998	1.9029	1.8782	1.8004
MANAGEMENT University of Kelaniya	1.6668	1.6654	1.6670	1.6678	1.6662	1.6720	1.6732	1.6654	1.6987	1.7303	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.6914	1.7730	1.6760	1.6705	1.6772	1.6668	1.6726	1.7159	1.6782	1.6934	1.6697	1.6654
MANAGEMENT University of Jaffna	1.3407	1.2975	1.3630	1.4707	1.2394	1.1314	NQC	NQC	1.0966	1.1108	1.0377	1.0710	1.0419	1.0636	1.0381	1.0639	1.0408	1.1648	1.3395	1.1492	1.1043	1.1994	1.2305	1.3476	1.3049
MANAGEMENT University of Ruhuna	1.4584	1.4623	1.4586	1.4589	1.4586	1.4780	1.4583	1.4583	1.4627	1.5059	NQC	NQC	1.4779	NQC	1.4720	1.4690	1.4827	1.4598	1.4584	1.4618	1.4647	1.4584	1.4579	1.4582	1.4653
MANAGEMENT Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.3470	1.3179	1.4551	NQC	1.2394	1.1189	1.4398	NQC	1.1838	1.1302	0.7969	0.8671	1.0032	NQC	0.8457	1.0538	1.0044	1.1747	NQC	1.1551	1.1920	1.2020	1.2281	1.3213	1.3193
MANAGEMENT South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	1.3460	NQC	NQC	1.4324	1.2408	1.1298	NQC	NQC	1.1001	1.1317	0.7849	0.8069	1.1226	NQC	0.8817	1.0945	1.0018	1.1762	NQC	NQC	1.2556	1.2663	1.2309	NQC	1.3115
MANAGEMENT Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	1.3409	1.2973	1.3636	1.3133	1.2789	1.2780	1.4017	1.3933	1.2767	1.2822	NQC	1.2835	NQC	1.3321	1.2785	1.2799	1.2831	1.2818	1.3386	1.2777	1.2858	1.2775	1.2799	1.3213	1.2968
MANAGEMENT Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.3636	1.3626	1.3620	1.3944	1.3826	1.3784	1.3620	1.3889	1.3712	NQC	NQC	1.4087	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3785	1.4044	1.3616	1.3700	1.3644	1.3621	1.3743	1.3621	1.3648
MANAGEMENT Wayamba University of Sri Lanka	1.3562	1.3541	1.3708	1.3541	1.3589	1.3611	1.3660	1.3889	1.3577	1.5801	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3587	1.3932	1.3981	1.3582	1.3615	1.3573	1.3644	1.3556	1.3656	1.3566	1.3554
COMMERCE University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.6280	1.6316	1.6337	1.6718	1.6310	NQC	1.6336	1.6563	1.6368	NQC	NQC	1.7507	NQC	1.6602	NQC	1.6530	NQC	NQC	1.6294	1.6370	NQC	1.6934	1.6324	1.6370	1.6294
COMMERCE University of Kelaniya	1.5187	1.5197	1.5191	1.5313	1.5187	1.5240	1.5171	1.5179	1.5377	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.5366	1.5467	NQC	1.5474	1.5205	1.5393	1.5193	1.5581	1.5550	1.5198	1.5241
COMMERCE University of Jaffna	1.2894	1.2468	1.2737	1.2464	1.2363	1.3450	1.3021	1.2773	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3294	1.2470	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.2765	1.2386
COMMERCE Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.2884	1.2482	1.2816	NQC	1.1920	1.0482	1.2969	1.2629	1.0423	1.0091	NQC	NQC	1.0985	1.0128	NQC	0.9957	0.9969	1.0935	1.2585	1.0575	1.0665	1.1360	1.1812	1.2896	1.2113
COMMERCE South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	1.2941	1.2532	1.2711	1.2998	1.2131	1.0478	1.2899	1.2682	1.0350	1.0192	0.7017	0.7786	0.9691	1.0021	0.7536	0.9669	0.9252	1.0725	1.2967	1.0593	0.9664	1.1401	1.1712	NQC	1.2025
MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC POLICY University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.5556	1.4701	1.4866	1.5100	1.4948	1.5309	1.4685	1.4773	1.5029	1.5080	1.5422	1.4888	1.2876	1.5537	1.5492	1.4870	1.3218	1.3843	1.4559	1.4872	1.5742	1.5103	1.5076	1.5375	1.5722
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING University of Kelaniya	1.7961	1.7579	1.7907	1.5910	1.6824	1.6932	1.6630	1.7192	1.6063	1.4978	1.4649	1.2006	1.2040	1.4798	1.5923	1.8010	1.4514	1.6326	1.7451	1.7388	1.6426	1.7363	1.6217	1.7404	1.7175
BANKING & INSURANCE University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka	1.2798	1.2552	1.2720	1.2343	1.2074	1.1172	1.2643	1.2416	1.1739	1.0735	0.8032	0.7732	0.9528	1.0054	1.2645	1.1187	0.9934	1.2666	1.2762	1.1510	1.0394	1.1700	1.2050	1.2740	1.2870
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	1.4179	1.4664	1.4672	1.4779	1.4451	1.7135	1.4256	1.5193	1.6074	1.6663	1.6661	1.6687	1.6513	1.5279	1.6211	1.7253	1.6908	1.5036	1.5036	1.4409	1.6343	1.6223	1.6350	1.6715	1.4646
MANAGEMENT STUDIES (TV) - A [Commerce Stream] University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka	1.2116	1.2179	1.2266	1.2284	1.1841	1.0569	1.1946	1.2180	1.0600	1.0688	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.0691	1.2199	1.0608	NQC	1.1436	1.1280	1.2239	1.1741
MANAGEMENT STUDIES (TV) - A [Commerce Stream] Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.2119	1.2165	1.2277	1.2354	1.1687	1.0490	1.1920	1.2145	1.0439	1.1877	0.6580	0.7444	0.9083	1.0482	0.7431	0.9609	0.9017	NQC	1.2209	1.0561	0.9520	1.1438	1.1350	1.2404	1.1724
MANAGEMENT STUDIES (TV) - B [Any subject combination] University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka	NQC	1.2963	NQC	1.3179	1.3508	1.3152	1.3098	NQC	NQC	1.2964	1.3730	1.2955	NQC	NQC	1.3299	1.3184	1.3050	1.2977	1.3479	1.3177	NQC	1.3310	NQC	1.3235	1.3042
MANAGEMENT STUDIES (TV) - B [Any subject combination] Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka	1.2051	1.2527	1.2550	NQC	1.2670	1.2737	1.3104	1.2847	1.2768	1.2560	1.3208	1.3822	1.2886	1.3003	1.3303	1.2739	1.2780	1.2793	1.2818	1.2845	1.2761	1.2820	1.2830	1.2801	1.2832
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS University of Sri Jayewardenepura	1.7935	1.7517	1.8521	1.7325	1.8222	1.6724	1.8153	1.8232	1.6057	1.6862	1.3739	1.1108	1.0929	1.8080	1.6929	1.5051	1.5708	1.8426	1.7286	1.6673	1.6314	1.6858	1.6876	1.7543	1.8498
BUSINESS SCIENCE University of Moratuwa	2.2306	2.0926	2.1192	1.7329	1.6547	1.6434	1.9971	2.1167	1.6433	1.6749	1.3634	1.6592	1.0598	1.4122	1.7589	1.5428	1.5607	1.6878	1.6526	1.9328	1.7002	1.7921	1.5991	2.1452	1.8395
ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS University of Kelaniya	1.6978	1.6608	1.6708	1.6287	1.6164	1.5940	1.6619	1.7025	1.5791	1.5300	0.8339	0.7990	1.2032	1.3431	1.3773	1.6491	1.7181	1.6957	1.6419	1.6973	1.6860	1.5825	1.3723	1.7135	1.6604
TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	NQC	1.4210	1.4301	1.4777	1.4439	1.4813	NQC	1.5748	NQC	1.4734	1.5649	1.4432	1.5324	1.4885	1.5206	1.4242	1.4437	1.4907	1.4384	1.4839	1.5506	1.4519	NQC	1.4362	1.4819
TOURISM & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	1.3321	1.3588	1.3840	1.4103	1.3443	1.5137	1.3939	1.4768	1.3126	1.3435	1.4923	1.5511	NQC	NQC	1.4976	1.4200	1.6055	1.3933	1.4505	1.3547	1.3246	1.4871	1.4550	1.4613	1.3856
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	1.3275	1.2808	1.3202	1.2926	1.2837	1.1710	1.3228	1.3154	1.2460	1.1262	0.8918	1.2406	0.9077	0.9654	1.1954	0.9773	1.0816	1.2079	1.3033	1.2176	1.2880	1.2583	1.2263	1.2635	1.2943
HOSPITALITY, TOURISM AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka	1.3192	1.2783	1.3181	1.2948	1.2458	1.1174	1.3200	1.3183	1.2538	1.0071	0.6861	1.0125	0.8853	1.0385	1.0882	1.1181	0.9969	1.1275	1.3067	1.2093	1.3265	1.1847	1.1891	1.3061	1.2775
PROJECT MANAGEMENT University of Vavuniya, Sri Lanka	1.2536	1.2338	1.2373	1.2562	1.2208	1.1998	1.2599	1.2598	1.2493	1.1219	0.9657	1.2598	0.9908	1.2213	1.2429	1.1998	1.2568	1.1596	1.2506	1.2004	1.1669	1.1955	1.2282	1.2588	1.2428

Law3 courses

Law: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
LAW University of Colombo	2.0156	2.0132	2.0129	2.0159	2.0182	2.0233	2.0129	2.0251	2.0139	2.0370	2.0430	NQC	2.0541	2.1215	2.0248	2.0238	2.0323	2.0200	2.0146	2.0181	2.0280	2.0197	2.0274	2.0204	2.0147
LAW University of Peradeniya	1.9787	1.9898	1.9941	1.9817	1.9860	NQC	1.9803	1.9914	1.9951	2.2771	1.9884	2.0052	NQC	2.1127	NQC	1.9781	1.9788	1.9836	1.9769	1.9921	1.9894	1.9774	1.9970	1.9769	NQC
LAW University of Jaffna	NQC	1.8642	1.9161	1.8950	1.8965	1.7904	1.9434	1.9409	1.9254	1.9367	NQC	1.9299	1.9639	1.8685	1.8562	1.9625	NQC	1.8477	1.9106	1.9339	1.9435	1.9123	1.8929	NQC	1.9504

Arts & humanities29 courses

Arts and humanities: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Notes	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
ARTS University of Colombo	All-island merit	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989	1.6989
ARTS University of Peradeniya	All-island merit	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201	1.5201
ARTS University of Sri Jayewardenepura	All-island merit	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309	1.5309
ARTS University of Kelaniya	All-island merit	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229	1.4229
ARTS University of Jaffna	All-island merit	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684	1.1684
ARTS University of Ruhuna	All-island merit	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412	1.3412
ARTS Eastern University, Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566	1.1566
ARTS South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388	1.2388
ARTS Rajarata University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924	1.2924
ARTS (SP) / MASS MEDIA University of Colombo - Sri Palee Campus	All-island merit, Aptitude test	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653	1.1653
ARTS (SAB) - A [Arts Stream] Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336	1.3336
ARTS (SAB) - B [Commerce Stream] Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842	1.1842
SOCIAL WORK University of Peradeniya	All-island merit	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577	1.7577
SOCIAL WORK University of Sri Jayewardenepura	All-island merit	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080	1.7080
PRIMARY EDUCATION University of Colombo		1.4899	1.5265	1.6722	1.7479	1.5433	1.6182	1.7482	1.7859	1.7107	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7990	1.4225	NQC	1.4945	1.4735	1.7324	1.7776	1.7532	1.6478	1.6804	1.6498	1.7770
COMMUNICATION STUDIES Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221	1.2221
PEACE & CONFLICT RESOLUTION University of Kelaniya	All-island merit	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433	1.7433
ISLAMIC STUDIES South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502	1.0502
ARABIC LANGUAGE South Eastern University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095	0.6095
PHYSICAL EDUCATION University of Jaffna	Aptitude test	NQC	-0.0570	-0.2379	NQC	NQC	-0.0776	0.3697	0.2583	-0.2398	0.4990	0.7277	1.0179	0.5823	NQC	0.5723	NQC	0.5989	0.0792	0.2526	0.1569	0.2780	NQC	0.2144	NQC	0.2305
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	Aptitude test	0.3267	0.4092	0.4049	0.3932	0.4172	0.9178	0.4193	0.3408	NQC	0.4813	0.5405	0.5633	0.5598	0.3677	0.5559	0.3719	0.3814	0.3283	0.3283	0.3824	0.5361	0.3789	0.3254	0.3598	0.3959
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & APPLIED LINGUISTICS Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka		1.3176	1.3233	1.3966	1.3514	1.3945	1.3963	1.3971	1.3625	1.3226	1.5191	1.4658	1.4940	1.5461	1.2462	1.5062	1.5062	1.5101	1.4110	1.3361	1.4117	1.3927	1.5192	1.5042	1.4282	1.4866
TRANSLATION STUDIES University of Kelaniya		1.4162	1.3553	1.5843	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3665	1.4142	1.3484	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.3623	1.3810	1.4619	NQC	NQC	1.3414	1.3997	NQC
TRANSLATION STUDIES University of Jaffna		1.0331	0.1423	0.8775	0.9380	NQC	1.2104	NQC	0.1915	NQC	1.2321	1.1016	0.7786	1.2021	1.2692	1.2218	1.3710	1.2640	1.1055	0.9968	0.8824	0.5149	1.1279	NQC	0.8750	0.9193
TRANSLATION STUDIES Eastern University, Sri Lanka		NQC	NQC	1.0376	NQC	1.0316	1.1753	1.0038	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.1350	1.4870	1.2169	1.1212	1.3321	1.0154	NQC	NQC	1.0061	NQC	1.1417	1.1528
TRANSLATION STUDIES Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka		0.8722	1.2359	1.2500	1.2274	1.2029	0.9932	1.2979	1.2843	1.3107	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9970	0.9804	NQC	1.1049	1.3061	1.1591	1.2836	1.2821	1.1318	1.2543	1.2610	1.2347
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TESL) University of Sri Jayewardenepura	All-island merit	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427	1.1427
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TESL) University of Kelaniya	All-island merit	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505	1.0505
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (TESL) Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka	All-island merit	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682	0.8682

Performing & visual arts17 courses

Performing and visual arts: minimum Z-score by district, 2025/2026
Course and university	Notes	Colombo	Gampaha	Kalutara	Matale	Kandy	Nuwara Eliya	Galle	Matara	Hambantota	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya	Trincomalee	Batticaloa	Ampara	Puttalam	Kurunegala	Anuradhapura	Polonnaruwa	Badulla	Monaragala	Kegalle	Ratnapura
ARTS (SP) / PERFORMING ARTS University of Colombo - Sri Palee Campus	All-island merit, Aptitude test	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374	0.9374
CREATIVE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTION University of Sri Jayewardenepura		1.5067	1.3651	1.4770	1.3871	1.3809	1.4214	1.5349	1.4892	1.3237	1.4313	1.2663	1.3006	1.5451	1.2473	1.2822	1.2369	1.2633	1.2823	1.4485	1.4200	1.4918	1.4854	1.4533	1.4609	1.4511
DESIGN University of Moratuwa	Aptitude test	0.7374	0.8339	0.3740	1.0464	0.7583	NQC	0.4895	0.8354	0.7152	0.0068	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.6225	0.4949	0.4381	NQC	0.5169	0.0060	NQC	-0.0627	1.2718	0.8001	0.1843
FASHION DESIGN & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT University of Moratuwa	Aptitude test	1.0140	0.6015	0.6247	0.8406	0.8216	0.4842	0.7316	0.7622	0.6267	1.0645	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.7539	0.2945	1.4464	0.1367	0.4464	-0.3476	-0.1583	0.4243
FILM & TELEVISION STUDIES University of Kelaniya	Aptitude test	1.1681	0.5461	1.1685	1.0007	1.0811	1.0308	0.9522	1.1604	0.9356	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.8578	0.7619	1.1428	1.0758	1.1904	1.0189	1.0444	1.1699	1.0858
VISUAL ARTS University of the Visual & Performing Arts	Aptitude test	0.6151	0.7915	0.8501	1.2783	0.3774	0.5906	1.0390	0.9267	1.1206	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.6124	0.8721	0.9542	1.1256	1.2344	0.8275	0.9205	0.9131	0.9713
MUSIC University of Sri Jayewardenepura		0.1863	0.0673	0.7606	NQC	0.6172	NQC	-0.4010	0.3507	1.1213	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	1.7258	0.2703	0.8444	NQC	0.6287	NQC	1.6258	0.3585
MUSIC University of the Visual & Performing Arts		0.4125	0.2635	0.5625	0.8729	0.6296	0.1567	0.8216	0.7274	0.5131	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.6463	NQC	-0.2255	0.2625	0.7031	0.7607	0.7473	0.6660	0.4629	0.7858	0.6911
DANCE University of the Visual & Performing Arts	Aptitude test	0.7874	0.5088	0.9145	0.8353	0.8367	0.6866	0.5737	0.9915	0.8568	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9901	0.8014	NQC	0.4277	0.3655	0.9523	0.9061	0.7905	0.5806	0.9693	0.7964	0.9518
DRAMA & THEATRE University of the Visual & Performing Arts	Aptitude test	0.0672	0.6517	0.8312	0.6765	0.8259	0.8078	0.8892	0.7948	0.8649	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.7757	1.1239	NQC	0.9268	0.7808	0.8589	0.9808	0.9580	0.9098	0.9295	0.9034	0.9307
ART & DESIGN University of Jaffna	Aptitude test	0.1425	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.1013	0.7204	0.0689	NQC	NQC	0.1360	0.6744	1.0198	NQC	NQC	-0.4005	0.0581	0.5456	0.9833	0.9439	0.0759	NQC	NQC	0.5785	0.5490	NQC
MUSIC University of Jaffna	Aptitude test	0.0687	NQC	NQC	-0.0178	-0.0386	0.3784	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.5982	0.5828	0.5345	0.6170	0.6875	0.2870	0.3717	-0.1943	1.1306	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.3471	-0.1890	NQC	0.3902
DANCE University of Jaffna	Aptitude test	-0.4477	NQC	-0.5461	NQC	-0.2663	-0.3652	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.6202	0.7892	0.8401	0.6620	0.1789	-0.8176	0.3892	-0.1420	0.8433	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.9025	-0.0998
VISUAL & TECHNOLOGICAL ARTS Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies	Aptitude test	NQC	0.3948	NQC	-0.1019	0.0338	0.6640	0.5079	NQC	NQC	-0.1699	0.5864	0.4227	NQC	NQC	-0.3718	-0.1532	-0.6710	0.9662	0.8194	-0.0425	0.4486	0.2695	NQC	0.0265	-0.2511
MUSIC Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies		1.0697	NQC	-0.1724	0.0197	-0.0228	0.1355	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.2617	0.2624	0.3676	0.6051	0.5838	-0.3180	0.4802	0.2757	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.0717	NQC	0.9150	0.6695
DANCE Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies	Aptitude test	-0.2511	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.6002	0.1695	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.0083	0.1437	0.0086	0.0527	-0.8505	-0.1943	-0.2068	-0.5648	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.4136	NQC	NQC	NQC	NQC
DRAMA & THEATRE Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies	Aptitude test	0.7413	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.1370	-0.1410	NQC	NQC	NQC	0.6754	0.5062	0.6161	0.9167	0.4033	-0.3959	0.8294	0.5775	-0.6544	NQC	NQC	NQC	-0.0919	NQC	0.1539	-0.3340

About this data

The minimum Z-score actually needed for selection to each course at each state university, for the 2025/2026 academic year, based on the G.C.E. (A/L) 2025 results. Enter your Z-score and district to see what you would have qualified for, compare universities for the same course, or see how a course differs across all 25 districts.

How it works

Selection to Sri Lankan state universities is by Z-score, not raw marks. The Z-score standardises your performance against everyone who sat the same subjects in the same year, which is what makes results comparable across subject combinations of differing difficulty.

Most courses are filled under a district quota system: 40 percent of places go on all-island merit, 55 percent are distributed across the 25 districts in proportion to population, and 5 percent are reserved for the 16 districts the UGC classifies as Educationally Disadvantaged (EDD), flagged directly in the district picker. This is why the same course at the same university has a different cut-off depending on which district you applied from - and why a lower Z-score from one district can be selected while a higher one from another is not.

A handful of courses are marked as all-island merit, meaning no district quota applies and everyone competes against the same threshold. Others require a practical or aptitude test on top of the Z-score. Both are flagged on every row here, because both change what the number means.

The A/L stream filter narrows the table to courses your stream actually admits from, reading directly from the UGC Admissions Handbook's own Section 2 course listing - not a guess from the course name, which is why 'Business Science' correctly filters under Physical Science and Commerce despite the name, and why the six main streams plus the 47-course multi-stream list are each transcribed separately. A stream is one real eligibility gate; it does not model every course's finer subject-and-grade conditions on top, which the handbook itself is linked below for.

The near-miss slider controls how close a 'just missed' result has to be to show up - widen it to see what a modest improvement would open, or narrow it to see only the closest calls.

NQC means No Qualified Candidates. Per the UGC's own note this can happen three ways: the district quota for that course was already filled by students from that district, the course filled up with higher Z-scores from other districts, or nobody from that district met the minimum requirements. It is not a Z-score of zero, and it does not mean the course is closed to your district next year.

Worked examples

Check what you would have got

Enter your Z-score, district and A/L stream. You get every course your stream admits to that you would have cleared, sorted by how much room you had to spare - plus the ones you just missed within the gap you set, so you can see whether you were 0.02 short or 0.4 short.

Compare universities for one course

Pick Medicine and see all twelve universities offering it side by side for your district. Useful when ordering preferences, since the gap between the highest and lowest cut-off for the same degree is often larger than people expect.

See the district effect

Pick a course and view it across all 25 districts at once. This makes the quota system concrete - the same degree at the same university can differ by more than a full Z-score between districts, and EDD districts are marked directly in the list.

Reading the table

What you see	What it means
A number	The lowest Z-score actually selected for that course from that district last year.
NQC	No qualified candidates from that district - quota filled elsewhere, or nobody met the requirements.
All-island merit	No district quota. Everyone competes against the same single threshold.
Aptitude test	A practical or aptitude test was required in addition to the Z-score.

Frequently asked questions

Are these the cut-off marks for next year?

No. These are the minimum Z-scores that were actually selected for the 2025/2026 intake, from the G.C.E. (A/L) 2025 results. They are the best available guide to what a course typically demands, but next year's figures depend on next year's applicants and can move in either direction. Treat them as a strong indication, not a threshold you are guaranteed to clear.

Why is the cut-off different for each district?

Because most places are allocated under a district quota, not purely on merit. Forty percent of places go on all-island merit, 55 percent are shared across districts by population, and 5 percent go to educationally disadvantaged districts. So the last student selected from one district may have a very different Z-score from the last student selected from another for the same course.

What does NQC mean in university cut-off marks (Z-score)?

NQC stands for No Qualified Candidates. It is not a Z-score of zero. The UGC lists three causes: the district quota for that course was already filled by students from that district, the places were filled by higher Z-scores from other districts, or no candidate from that district met the minimum requirements for the course.

Does meeting the Z-score guarantee I get in?

No. The Z-score is one requirement. Courses also have subject and stream requirements that this table does not cover, and some courses are not taught in all three languages, so a student can meet the Z-score and still not be selected. Always check the UGC handbook for the specific course.

Does this tell me which A/L stream I need?

Yes, for the stream-level gate - the A/L stream filter reads the UGC Admissions Handbook's own course listing (Section 2), not a guess from the course name, so choosing your stream narrows the table to what you may actually apply for. It stops short of the handbook's finer per-course conditions on top of that (specific subject grades, O/L requirements for a few multi-stream courses) - the Sources link below goes straight to that document for the exact wording on any one course. The separate Field filter is different and unrelated: it groups courses by subject area purely to make browsing 260 entries manageable, and is not an eligibility statement at all.

Will this page have next year's cut-off marks too?

Yes - this page (not a new one) gets the next academic year's figures added to it as soon as the UGC publishes them, the same way its companion Grade 5 Scholarship page already holds three years side by side. The address moved off a year-locked URL on 2026-09-04 specifically to make that possible without losing this page's standing in search results; the old 2025-2026 address forwards here permanently.

Where does this data come from?

The University Grants Commission's published minimum Z-score table for university admission, academic year 2025/2026, based on the G.C.E. (A/L) 2025 results after re-scrutiny, for the figures - and the UGC's own Admissions Handbook, Section 2, for which A/L stream(s) each course admits from. Nothing here is estimated or interpolated - every figure and every stream is transcribed from one of those two documents.

Why can I not find a course I know exists?

The table only lists courses that admitted students in this cycle through the standard Z-score route. Courses filled entirely through other routes, or that admitted nobody at all, will not appear.

Can I use this on my phone?

Yes. Everything runs in your browser with no account needed, and the whole table works on a phone - which is where most people check this.

Are the 2025 cut-off marks the same as the 2026 cut-off marks?

Yes, when people say '2025 cut-off marks' and '2026 cut-off marks' they are almost always both referring to this same table. The UGC calls it the '2025/2026 academic year' intake - selection based on the G.C.E. (A/L) 2025 exam, for the academic year that starts in 2026. It is one released dataset, not two.

What is the Z-score for a specific university or course?

There is no single Z-score per university - each course at each university has its own minimum, and it varies by district too. Use the search and filters above to find the exact course and district you want; do not rely on an average, which would hide the real number you need.

Sources & references

Updated Sep 4, 2026

Grade 5 Scholarship Cut-Off Marks 2024-2026

District cut-off marks for the Grade 5 Scholarship Exam, Sinhala and Tamil medium, 2024 to 2026. Enter a mark to check it, and see twelve years of the trend. The school-by-school Grade 6 list has its own page.

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GCE A/L results: how to check, re-correction and what next

Where to check G.C.E. A/L results on the official sites, how the re-correction window has run in past years, what a Z-score is, and the steps to a university place. No result lookup and no index numbers.

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All Sri Lanka reference data

The directory of datasets on this site, with what each one covers and when it last changed.

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You are welcome to quote these figures on your website, in class notes or in a report. Please link to this page so readers can check the full list.

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<a href="https://hirantha.me/updates/university-cutoff-marks">Sri Lanka University Cut-Off Marks 2025/2026</a> (hirantha.me, from the University Grants Commission list)

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Sri Lanka University Cut-Off Marks 2025/2026. hirantha.me, based on the University Grants Commission list. https://hirantha.me/updates/university-cutoff-marks (accessed 29 October 2026).

Sri Lanka University Cut-Off Marks 2025/2026 (Z-Scores by District)

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