{"id":208,"date":"2024-05-13T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T10:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:31:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T11:01:05","slug":"about-ucl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/about-ucl\/","title":{"rendered":"About UCL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"208\" class=\"elementor elementor-208\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fed15a9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fed15a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;triangle-asymmetrical&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M737.9,94.7L0,0v100h1000V0L737.9,94.7z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6a773d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6a773d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About UCL<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ebcc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96ebcc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">UCL \u2013 The premier transnational higher education provider in Sri Lanka.<\/span><br><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a907484 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a907484\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337374f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"337374f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e134625 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e134625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1240\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCl-_-Lobby.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-689\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCl-_-Lobby.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCl-_-Lobby-600x361.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCl-_-Lobby-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCl-_-Lobby-1024x616.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/UCl-_-Lobby-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1240px) 100vw, 1240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-607d393 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"607d393\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6093bef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6093bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Universal College Lanka (UCL) is fully owned by Eduko Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., a private education services company serving high performing students and professionals. UCL has carved out a niche as the premier transnational higher education provider in Sri Lanka by partnering with esteemed global institutions to help bring out the best in our students.\u00a0<\/p><p>UCL is the brainchild of its four principals; South Asian businessman \u2013 Mr. Bob Kundanmal, who heads the Sino Lanka Group of Companies comprising of Hotels, Hospitals, International Schools and other ventures; Chairman of Gateway Group of Organisations comprising of a chain of primary and secondary international schools and other ventures \u2013 Dr. Harsha Alles; Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group Malaysia \u2013 Mr. Zarif Munir; and private equity fund specialist and management personality \u2013 Mr. Steven Enderby.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0f6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b8d0f6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cfc509 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8cfc509\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0f6d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec0f6d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>UCL\u2019s policies are defined by integrity, honesty and professionalism. Students embrace this ethos and the ethical best practices that a modern institute can offer to leverage on to a global platform to excel. Passionately espousing a student centric approach, our perfection comes from listening to student needs \u201824\u00d77\u2019 and adopting innovative teaching and learning practices inclusive of delivery of quality content, updated syllabi, research, practical exposure, and empowering students to be innovative and creative.\u00a0<\/p><p>UCL adopts an uncompromising commitment to offer the most stringent international standards and highest quality of higher education in Sri Lanka. UCL possesses a highly qualified and competent faculty among the private tertiary education institutes in the country, enabling them to achieve academic excellence and offer their students a superior learning experience in a caring environment. It is also unique that the UCL Faculty includes Monash University alumni, who contribute in no small measure to prepare their students to excel at a Top 50 University in the world to become the Best Graduates in Business, Engineering and IT at Monash University. It is remarkable that UCL has consistently produced over 400 Monash Global Awards of Excellence recipients. We have also achieved high pass rates for the degree programmes of the University of Central Lancashire over the past six years. UCL is proud to produce the World\u2019s No. 1 and No. 2 at recent examination of the NCC Education UK Level 3 International Foundation Diploma for Higher Education Studies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cb5aec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cb5aec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc7202 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdc7202\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a328ef elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8a328ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-content{width:100%}@media (min-width:768px){.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper,.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{display:flex}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-right .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:end;flex-direction:row-reverse}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-left .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:start;flex-direction:row}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-position-top .elementor-image-box-img{margin:auto}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-top .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-start}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-middle .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:center}.elementor-widget-image-box.elementor-vertical-align-bottom .elementor-image-box-wrapper{align-items:flex-end}}@media (max-width:767px){.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sight.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-246\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sight.png 512w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sight-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sight-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sight-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Vision<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">To be the leader in transnational higher education in Sri Lanka offering global opportunities to discerning students to become sought after professionals who contribute effectively to social and economic development locally and internationally.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd3e06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8cd3e06\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea3e523 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ea3e523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mission.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-247\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mission.png 512w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mission-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mission-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/mission-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Mission<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">To nurture young aspiring students to become visionary leaders in global business and catalysts for change.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-366f703 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"366f703\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb3b9e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb3b9e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca693e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ca693e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The modern UCL campus is conveniently situated in a picturesque location bordering the historical Diyawanna Lake offering panoramic views of the surrounding tranquil environment and central business district\u2019s skyscrapers at a distance. Within its premises, UCL offers state of the art facilities such as internationally recommended classroom sizes for greater student interaction and engagement, modern laboratories, well equipped library and comfortable study areas and a unique rooftop lounge for leisure and recreation of their students. UCL offers a variety of extra- curricular activities including sports such as Basketball, Football, Futsal, Cricket, Rugby, Badminton, Swimming, eSports, etc. and clubs and societies for the benefit of its students. UCL sports teams compete and perform admirably at inter- university sports tournaments. The UCL Student Council has been established to develop leadership skills and empower students to plan, organise, conduct and actively participate in a variety of activities and events, to enhance student engagement and enrich the student experience at UCL.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About UCL UCL \u2013 The premier transnational higher education provider in Sri Lanka. Universal College Lanka (UCL) is fully owned by Eduko Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., a private education services company serving high performing students and professionals. UCL has carved out a niche as the premier transnational higher education provider in Sri Lanka by partnering with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-208","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inspirex.digital\/ucl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}