Bachelor of Science – OUSL – 2023

The Faculty of Natural Sciences, Open University of Sri Lanka invites Applications for Bachelor of Science 2023/24

The B.Sc. degree programme is designed to contribute towards raising the general educational standards of the public by providing an opportunity for higher education in Science. This programme facilitates those already employed in the field, and late developers to acquire a B.Sc. degree in their own time at an affordable cost. It specifically aims to:

• provide an opportunity for persons to obtain a Science Degree and thereby improve their promotional/career prospects
• enable any person to pursue a degree course in Science in their own time at an affordable cost
• combine courses within and outside the Faculty to suit a student’s interest or job requirements.

The B.Sc. programme offers courses at Levels 3, 4 and 5/6, equivalent to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years of the B.Sc. Degree programme of a conventional university.

Programme Code :	S1
Programme Category :	Undergraduate Programme
Conducted by :	Faculty of Natural Sciences
Programme duration :	Minimum three years
Discipline(s) / Course(s) :	Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Zoology.

A person seeking admission to the BSc degree Programme leading to the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Science shall be required to have four (04) options of admission;

Option 1

a minimum of three (03) Pass grades at the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) Examination, Sri Lanka, in any of the following three (03) science subjects among

• • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Combined Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Agricultural Science
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Applied Mathematics (old syllabus)
  • Higher Mathematics (old syllabus)
  • Pure Mathematics (old syllabus)
  • Botany (old syllabus)
  • Mathematics (old syllabus)
  • Zoology (old syllabus)

Option 2

PASS grades in three (03) science following subjects in the Advanced Certificate in Science programme offered by the Open University of Sri Lanka

• Combined Mathematics
•  Biology
•  Chemistry
• Physics

Option 3

A minimum of three (03) PASS grades in three (03) science subjects, obtained from the combination of Option 1 and Option 2

Option 4

An equivalent or higher qualification acceptable to the Senate (e.g. GCE Advanced Level – London can be considered with this option)

Closing Date for Applications: March 8, 2023

Online application has to be made through

https://reginfo.ou.ac.lk/applyonline/

Other details

https://ou.ac.lk/nsc/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Regulation-for-Bachelors-Degree-Programmes-NS1.pdf

https://ou.ac.lk/nsc/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Regulation-for-Bachelors-Degree-Programmes-S1.pdf