one of the eight postgraduate institutes in Sri Lanka. It is the only higher education entity in the government sector that is ISO 9000:2008. It is a member of the Association of Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). External degrees and extension course unit During the inception of the university in 1959 as Vidyodaya Pirivena, female students were not granted admission. The unit was first established to register women for the Bachelor of Arts External Degree Programme. Today's external student population is 1500000 students (registered within the last 10 years). English Language Teaching Department (ELTD) The ELTD is operated under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. The unit aims to improve the English proficiency of students. The unit introduced a new course in 2013 to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies to improve English language proficiency among the first-year students. The course was made a credit-bearing course to encourage students to pursue the learning of the language. As of 2017, the unit was renamed as the English Language Teaching Department by the UGC. The Physical Education Division The physical education division of the university was established in the year 1968. The division provides facilities for 38 games. The facilities include an outdoor volleyball court, basketball courts, tennis courts, a standard-sized swimming pool complex and a cricket ground. Staff Development Centre of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (SDC-USJP) The centre focuses on uplifting the quality of employees by conducting various professional development programmes. The Centre serves all seven faculties of study, centre/ units, over 560 academics, 35 academic support staff, 37 executive staff and 20 non-academic staff. Centre for IT Services The centre manages the campus-wide IT infrastructure. The Career Guidance Unit Established in 1998, the centre helps produce employable graduates by facilitating them with professional guidance. The centre has initiated a gavel club which hosts an annual speech master contest, building the confidence of students. The Career Guidance Unit has also established a career skills development society which maintains several schemes: an annual job fair, J’pura employability awards ceremony, OBT Camp, "Donate Happiness Cancer Hospital project and ‘Arunella’ career guidance seminar for school children. Sports University of Sri Jayewardenepura has won the Sri Lanka University games for three consecutive years. The University emerged overall champions of the 12th Sri Lanka University Games, organized by Wayaba University of Sri Lanka in 2016. This was the first time in the