Pathe Academy is a leading and authoritative educational institution in Sri Lanka providing tertiary and higher education to post secondary students and also engaged in student placement overseas. It was established in 1996 and celebrates its 15th anniversary in the current year - 2011. Pathe is located at No. 111 ½ , Maya Avenue, Colombo 6 (www.patheacademy.org) and conducts the majority of its study classes at Liberty Plaza (No. 2/1, Second Floor) Kollupitiya and all allied Medical Science courses at its own Park Hospital in Narahenpita, Colombo 5.

PATHE conducts many study courses locally in a variety of streams such as advanced Vocational training, English language, Business Management, Human Resource Management, Hotel & Tourism Management, Information & Communication Technology and allied Medical Sciences at Foundation, Certificate, Diploma and Graduate levels. It also facilitates the promotion of students for study abroad, specially Medicine in Belarus, Nepal, Philippines etc. and other streams in UK, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, India etc.

Some of the main courses conducted by PATHE locally are the following.

• IELTS - Pathe* is a registered course provider of British Council and an accredited Test Centre
• TOEFL - *Registered course provider of Educational Testing Services (ETS - USA) and an accredited Test Centre
• ESOL - *Registered course provider of City & Guilds and accredited Test Centre
• ENGLISH at Foundation / Certificate / Diploma levels exclusively by PATHE
• Business / HR Management - *Registered course provider of Association of Business Executives (ABE - UK)
• Hotel & Tourism Management - *Registered course provider of Confederation of Tourism & Hospitality (CTH - UK)
• Preparation for FIT & BIT courses conducted by the University of Colombo
• Information Technology courses at Foundation / Certificate /Diploma level by PATHE
• Preparation for examinations of British Computer Society (BCS-UK)
• Diploma courses (HND) in General Nursing, Medical Laboratory Technology, Radiography, Pharmacy,

Physiology exclusively by PATHE at its own PARK HOSPITAL
N.B. All of the above courses are well recognized locally as well as internationally and some of them are acceptable as alternate qualifications for entry to foreign Universities.

SCHOLARSHIPS - Once in a life time chance to win as many as 1000 scholarships to follow any of the above courses. Scholarships will be awarded after a competitive test on general knowledge and intelligence. Those interested are requested to apply on a given application form and forward it to PATHE with a non-refundable examination fee of Rs. 390/- by Money Order payable to 'Accountant, Pathe Academy' and payable at 'Colombo University Post Office' along with a self addressed stamped envelope (Rs. 15/-) marked '1000 scholarships' on the left hand corner. Applications close on August 31 2011. Please contact Pathe Academy for further details.