Higher education in the 21st century has redefined and broadened with the emphasis on Knowledge, Recognition and Personality where these have become equally important with the flourishing market segments of many higher education institutes in the play. Decision of selecting a proper path of study and the institute is becoming increasingly complicated when parent’s awareness [...]

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NSBM produces graduate knowledge professionals fortified with skills & aptitudes demanded by the future corporate world

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Higher education in the 21st century has redefined and broadened with the emphasis on Knowledge, Recognition and Personality where these have become equally important with the flourishing market segments of many higher education institutes in the play. Decision of selecting a proper path of study and the institute is becoming increasingly complicated when parent’s awareness on three properties of Knowledge, Recognition & Personality of higher education in the 21st century will unwrap them to make the right choice on their child’s higher education.

Computer Science, Management or any other path you have selected, it becomes compulsory to be capable enough with the physical and human capacity to deliver the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject compatible with international standards. Hence, the parents have to be well aware of the faculty from which their child gets the education as it becomes the key delivering point in higher education backed by a solid pathway with the access to information and practice

Secondly the recognition of the awarded degree is much important as that holds the key for the acceptance in the industry once after the graduation. As a matter of fact rankings of the university, validity of the Programme, stability and the acceptance of local and international bodies such as UGC are some of the aspects those can lead to understand this. In the last decade we witnessed most of the new higher education institutes start but fail in their short run lesser than a survival of five years, which made most of the passed out students stranded in carrier advancement as the recognition for their degree failed dramatically afterwards. Thus parent’s involvement in leading their child to a place where they feel the stability is guaranteed should play a major role in today’s world.
The other most important aspect is that during the process of degree, it must end by grooming your child as an esteemed personality where they will end up as personalities who would respect themselves and respect others in return. The need of a developed society is an enhanced lifestyle which has no aggressive or passive community. This eradicates most of the problems been faced by our society as it gives self-control in all our behaviors and is the need of a nation which is booming after three decades of war. Higher education institutes can play a major role in this regard and position its graduates in higher levels of the industry and society by building of esteem personality’s become a part of their curriculums and culture.

Taking a new leap in higher education offered in Sri Lanka, in February 2012 NSBM, National School of Business Management was established under the statutory board of NIBM as the Degree School of NIBM. With more focus to strengthen the higher education of Sri Lankan students after O/L’s and A/L’s NSBM was established with the vision to prepare breed grounds to future leaders in the country being the foremost business school in the country. As stated by its mission, NSBM is on an expedition to build a prosperous society through education, learning & research.

Understanding the need of 21st Century NSBM will provide access to next generation leaders with major emphasis on Knowledge, Recognition and Personality. The learning culture at NSBM is developed to preserve the values of the society and to enhance the personalities of the undergraduates to an esteem level, making it has the most trusted institute a parent can send their child for higher education is Sri Lanka.

Inspired by the vision to make Sri Lanka the Knowledge Hub in the region, as declared by the Mahinda Chinthanaya, Sri Lanka is booming towards becoming a vibrant, innovative leader in Asia for a knowledge based economy. Initiating the mission of establishing as the ‘Knowledge Hub’ of the region, NSBM, the National School of Business Management has taken a significant turning point in the future of Sri Lankan higher education.

To achieve this ultimate intent NSBM is working at its’ full capacity to integrate innovation, entrepreneurship with a culturally and ethnically diverse workforce, international engagement of expertise in the fields of Information Technology and Management with the vision to build a world- class School of Business, integrating leadership, ethics, global thinking, core management skills, and leading edge technological innovations. As forward thinking NSBM assures the vital need to make learning relevant to industry expectations. NSBM has forged strategic collaborations with leading universities in the world that enables its students to expose themselves with global thinking and best practices in global industries.

Currently NSBM is located at High Level Road, Nugegoda situated in to a most convenient location of a commercialized main city of Colombo. Six storey building facing the main road creates the best experience ever to the students to make their university life worthwhile and unforgettable with modern and fully equipped classrooms, computer labs, libraries & study areas set with a relaxing roof top to spend the leisure time with friends. Education offered at NSBM is way beyond than the ordinary classroom learning offered at many other institutes as we believe it is a compulsory to keep the student’s engagement to all kinds of extracurricular activities to bring their best personalities out while providing opportunities to explore the hidden talents in themselves.

For the first time in Sri Lanka, the concept of the ‘Green University Town’ will get underway by 2014 with NSBM, at the completion of its constructions on 26 acres at Homagama with the capacity to accommodate 30,000 undergraduates to study in the state of the art university class rooms and library facilities. Stirring the local higher education progress to new heights, NSBM will commence the Green university town with its best capacity accommodating local & foreign students making their university life truly memorable and worthwhile. It is an enormous experience for local students planning to migrate, to stay back in the country and get the world class university familiarity & exposure in locally. Not only the state of art class rooms, vast study areas, biggest ever experienced freedom and relaxing environments set at libraries, walking areas, technically developed and equipped computer labs with free Wi-Fi connection, modern auditoriums; but large spaces for student activities as play areas and open areas for sporting and leisure time spending activities will also be a part of the Green University Town commencing in 2014.

In the fields of higher education in Business studies, NSBM has made their collaborations with best world ranked universities as University College of Dublin, Ireland and Plymouth University, UK. Introducing the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology in Malaysia to offer Degree programmes in creative multimedia takes a new landscape in the multimedia education fields in tertiary education in Sri Lanka.

University College of Dublin is one of the leading universities in Europe leading research intensive universities where undergraduate’s education, postgraduate, masters, PhD, training research, innovation & community engagement form a dynamic continuum of activity. It is the largest university in Ireland with almost 25,000 students. It is the most popular destination for Irish school leavers and actively promotes university life as a journey of academic and personal discovery through its highly innovative and flexible UCD horizons undergraduate curriculum. UCD is Ireland’s leader in postgraduate education with almost 7000 postgraduate students, representing approximately 28% of the UCD student population and almost 2,000 PhD students.

Over 50% of UCD undergraduates progress to postgraduate studies with University College of Dublin.

Plymouth University is one of the UK’s top performing ‘Green’ Universities and currently stable as the 2nd out of the 145 universities as reported by the annual People & Planet University Green League ranking. Also it is ranked as one of the top 10 modern universities in the UK and one of the top 60 modern universities in the world according to a leading global university league table. With an excellence experience over decades, Plymouth owns a history of 150 years entering to the history books by winning the ‘Enterprise University’ and one of the top 40 research institutions in the UK.

Limkokwing University is an international university with global presence across 3 continents with over 30,000 students coming over from more than 150 countries. The university has established worldwide through its innovation brand of its creative education merging the best of East and West continents. Limkokwing University has a unique philosophy of merging the best of East and West that allows its students to Criss-cross nations and soak up experiences that strengthens their global knowledge and improve their cultural insights.

In addition to the foreign affiliations, NSBM carry the flagship to offer local degrees by University Granted Commission.
With the affiliation of these three foreign universities, NSBM enables students a variety of degree programmes to select on their interest. NSBM being operated under three faculties as Business, Computer Science and Engineering offers following opportunities for students to make the success decisions of their future.

-University College of Dublin
-BSc. (Hons) Computer Science
-Plymouth University
-BSc. (Hons) Accounting & Finance
-BSc. (Hons) Marketing Management
-BSc. (Hons) Operations & Logistic Management
-BSc. (Hons) event, Tourism & Hospitality Management
-BSc. (Hons) International Management & Business
-BSc. (Hons) Computer Networks
-BSc. (Hons) Computer Security
-BSc. (Hons) Software Engineering
-Limkokwing University
-BSc. (Hons) Web Designing & Technology
-BA. (Hons) Creative Multimedia
-BA. (Hons) Digital Imaging & Illustrations
-BA. (Hons) Animation
-BA. (Hons) Interior Designing
-NSBM – (UGC Approved Degrees)
-BSc. Business Management (Special)
-BSc. Management Information Systems (Special)

To enter these programmes it only requires 03 passes in A/L or the completion of 01 year Foundation Programme to Degree offered at NSBM with minimum O/L results. Degrees offered at NSBM will be a process of full time process in the first 02 years and last 02 years will be offered part time where Job placement opportunity in the last 2years of the degree set by NSBM becomes a significant difference comparing to the other degree offering institutes.

Establishing as the turning point of higher education in Sri Lanka towards the vision of instigating the Knowledge Hub of the region, NSBM sets the platforms to the young buds of the nation to build their personality in a well defined variety of education streams. Globalized and modernized education systems conducted at NSBM creates the experience and the exceptional distinctiveness of a ‘Global Graduate’ while getting the students exposed to the industrial training along with the academic programmes. Breaking the grounds to breed young leaders to the country, NSBM believes the steadfast education is not only from the classroom, but also by providing the opportunities and facilities for extracurricular activities for students to enjoy their university life truly memorable and valuable.

As defined by NSBM mission statement, it is a creative and innovative school of future generation where will equip the themes of innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and globalization to direct the country towards knowledge based globalized economy, while creating synergies with existing body of knowledge after considering the needs of 21st century Management and Information Technology education.

Being the degree school of National Institute of Business Management, NSBM promises and assure a secured future to the youth of Sri Lanka with bigger dreams to grow under the wings of a trusted national business school; as we only get Bigger and Better.




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