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University of Essex

Colchester, England

Why Essex

  • Research-intensive with a highly international student body

  • Well-regarded business school

  • Within reach of London at lower cost

  • Business pathways from PCHE

A research-intensive UK university with a strong international community and well-regarded business school.

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The University of Essex is research-intensive and unusually international, with students from well over a hundred countries. That matters for a Sri Lankan student arriving in year two: being an international student at Essex is unremarkable rather than isolating.

Essex Business School and the university's social sciences departments are both well regarded, and the campus is within reach of London without London's costs.

Programmes that lead here

Complete any of these in Colombo and transfer into year two at Essex.

  • Diploma in Business

    A year of management, economics and accounting in Colombo that carries a full year of credit into a partner business degree in Australia or the UK.

  • Foundation in Business

    The post-O/L entry route into business study: academic skills, quantitative grounding and an introduction to how organisations work.

Other United Kingdom partners

University of the West of England

Bristol, England

A Bristol university with a practical, industry-connected approach across business and computing.

  • Business
  • Information Technology

Sheffield Hallam University

Sheffield, England

The direct-entry destination for the PCHE Diploma in Psychology, with advanced psychology degrees and dedicated research facilities.

  • Psychology
  • Information Technology
  • Business

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Ask about entry requirements, intakes, fees or which partner university fits where you want to end up. Either campus, in person or on the phone.

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Colombo 07 Campus

  • 115 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka

Colombo 04 Campus

  • 82, Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka