GENERAL SIR JOHN KOTELAWALA

DEFENCE UNIVERSITY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES FOR OFFICER CADETS (FULL TIME)

INTAKE 41
 DEGREES OFFERED AT KDU - RATMALANA

Faculty of Defence & Strategic Studies

Degree
Degree Programme Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
BSc in Strategic Studies & International
BSI 03 Years Any Stream Male
Relations

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel or any other equivalent foreign

examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be qualified for
university admission in any stream.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) at the A/L examination in any stream.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ Passes at the Cambridge or Edexcel examination A/L in
any stream.

Faculty of Medicine

Degree
Degree Programme Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Medicine and Male
MED 05 Years Bio (2022 )
Bachelor of Surgery Female

A candidate must have,

 Followed Bio-Science Stream (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) at the Advanced

Level Examination in 2022, obtained a minimum of two Credit Passes (C) for
Biology, Chemistry and one Simple Pass (S) for Physics at G.C.E. (A/L)
examination and are eligible to apply for University Admission or obtained a
minimum of three “C” Passes at Cambridge / Edexcel A/L or equivalent. The
results should be in one and the same sitting and a maximum of three attempts
are allowed.

 The results of the Advanced Level Examination in the current year (2022) or the
immediately preceding year (2021) will be considered for MBBS degree
programme for the candidates who have Cambridge / Edexcel or any other
equivalent foreign qualification. Note: However, the results of immediately
preceding year (2021) will be considered only if the candidate has completed the
Advanced Level Examination of Cambridge / Edexcel or any other equivalent at
the age of 17 years.
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Faculty of Engineering

Degree
Degree Programme Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Honours
 Aeronautical Engineering
 Biomedical Engineering
 Civil Engineering
 Electrical & Electronics
 Electronics & Telecommunication
Male
ENG  Mechanical Engineering 04 Years Maths
Female
 Mechatronics Engineering
 Naval Architecture & Marine
Engineering
 Marine Engineering
 Building Services Engineering

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 Followed Maths stream (Combined Maths, Physics, Chemistry) and obtained a

minimum of two Credit passes (C) and one Simple pass (S) in A/L examination.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 Followed Maths stream (Combined Maths, Physics, Chemistry) and obtained a

minimum of two Very Good passes (B) and one Credit pass (C) at the Cambridge
or Edexcel A/L examination.

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Faculty of Law

Degree Degree
Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code Programme
Bachelor of Bio / Maths / Commerce or Arts* Male
LLB 04 Years
Laws (*Conditions Apply) Female

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 At least two credit passes (C) and one simple pass (S) in the following list at one
and the same sitting at the A/L examination:

A minimum of a Credit Passes (C) for Sinhala/Tamil Languages at GCE (O/L)

examination.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three credit passes (C) in the following list at one and the same
sitting at the Cambridge or Edexcel A/L or any other equivalent foreign
examination:

 If selected, candidates with foreign A/L qualification are required to obtain a

minimum credit pass (C) for Sinhala Language at the G.C.E O/L examination,
within two years from the Enlistment.
Accounting History
Geography Chemistry
Business Statistics Mathematics/Combined Mathematics
Logic & Scientific Method Information & Communication Technology
Physics Agricultural Science
Communication & Media Studies Higher Mathematics
Political Science Business Studies
Biology Economics
Psychology Computer Science
Law Sociology

or
One or two subjects from the above list and the other subject/ subjects from the
following list at the A/L Examination:

Buddhism/ Buddhist Civilization Islam / Islamic Civilization

Christianity/ Christian Civilization Chinese
Greek & Roman Civilization Pali
Japanese German
English Tamil
Sanskrit French
Hinduism /Hindu Civilization Sinhala
Arabic
Classical Studies
Global Perspectives & Research
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Spanish
Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities

Degree
Degree Programmes Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Science in Management Male
MTS 03 Years Bio or Maths
& Technical Sciences Female
Bachelor of Science in Logistics Bio / Maths or Male
BLM 03 Years
Management Commerce Female
Bachelor of Science in Social Male
BSS 03 Years Any Stream
Sciences Female
Bio / Maths /
Bachelor of Science in Applied Data Commerce /
ADC 03 Years Male
Science Communication Technology / *Arts
(Conditions Apply)
Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English
Male
BTE to Speakers of Other Languages 03 Years Any Stream
Female
(TESOL)
The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple Passes (S) at the A/L examination in relevant stream
for BSc in Management & Technical Sciences, BSc in Logistics Management, BSc in
Social Sciences, BSc in Applied Data Science Communication and BA in Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) degree programmes.

* To Follow BSc in Applied Data Science Communication degree programme, Art

stream students should have taken Statistics and/or Economics as a
subject/subjects.

 Obtained a minimum of a Credit Pass (C) for Mathematics in the GCE (O/L) to
follow BSc in Applied Data Science Communication degree programme.

 Obtained a Very Good Pass (B) for English in GCE (O/L) for BA in Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ Passes at the Cambridge or Edexcel A/L examination in
relevant stream for BSc in Management & Technical Sciences, BSc in Logistics
Management, BSc in Social Sciences, BSc in Applied Data Science Communication
and BA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) degree
programmes.

 Obtained a minimum of ‘D’ Pass for Mathematics in the Cambridge or Edexcel

(O/L) examination to follow BSc in Applied Data Science Communication
degree programme.
 Obtained a Very Good (B) pass for English in Cambridge or Edexcel (O/L) for BA
in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
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Faculty of Computing

Degree
Degree Programmes Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Science Honours in Male
BCS 04 Years Maths or Other*
Computer Science Female
Bachelor of Science Honours in Male
BSE 04 Years Maths or Other*
Software Engineering Female
Bachelor of Science Honours in
BCE 04 Years Maths or Other* Male
Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science Honours in
DBA Data Science and Business 04 Years Maths Male
Analytics

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.
 * Followed Combined Mathematics, Physics and any one of the following
subjects;

Chemistry/ Higher Mathematics/Mathematics/ICT for Computer Science,

Software Engineering and Computer Engineering.

 Followed Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for BSc (Hons) in Data Science and
Business Analytics.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) at the A/L examination in the relevant
stream for each of the above degree.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three (D) passes at the Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) examination in
the relevant stream for each of the above degree.

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Faculty of Criminal Justice

Degree
Degree Programme Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Science in
Bio / Maths / Commerce or *Arts
CCJ Criminology & 03 Years Male
(Conditions Apply)
Criminal Justice
Bio / Maths / Commerce or *Arts Male
BPS BSc in Police Science 03 Years
(Conditions Apply)

The candidate must have,

Completed G.C.E. (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent
foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be qualified for
university admission. The results should be in one and the same sitting and maximum
of three attempts are allowed.
Local GCE (A/L) examination
 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) at the GCE A/L examination in the
following list at one and the same sitting at the A/L examination:

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ passes in the following list at the Cambridge or Edexcel
A/L examination in the relevant stream for each of the above degree:

* Either all the three subjects from the list (a) or two subjects from the list (a) and one
subject from list (b)
List (a)
Accounting Chemistry
Geography Mathematics/Combined Mathematics
Business Statistic Information & Communication
Logistic & Scientific Method Agricultural Science
Physics Higher Mathematics
Communications & Media Studies Business Studies
Political Science Economics
Biology Law
History
and
List (b)
Buddhism Islam / Islamic Civilization
Buddhist Civilization Chinese
Christianity / Christian Civilization Pali
Greek and Roman civilization German
Japanese Tamil
English (Subject No.73) French
Sanskrit Sinhala
Hinduism / Hindu Civilization Arabic
Agro - Technology
and
 A minimum of a Credit pass (C) for Sinhala/Tamil Language at GCE (O/L)
examination.
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 DEGREES OFFERED AT SOUTHERN CAMPUS - SOORIYAWEWA

Faculty of Built Environment & Spatial Sciences

Degree
Degree Programmes Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Architecture Male
BAC 05 Years Bio / Maths or Arts
Honours Female
Bachelor of Science Honours Maths or Other Male
BSV 04 Years
in Surveying Sciences (Conditions Apply) Female
Bachelor of Science Honours Maths or Other Male
BQS 04 Years
in Quantity Surveying (Conditions Apply) Female

Bachelor of Architecture

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) in the following list at the A/L
examination.

 At least a Credit pass (C) in Mathematics at the GCE (Ordinary Level)

examination or a Simple Pass (S) in Mathematics at the GCE (A/L) examination.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ passes in the following list at the Cambridge or Edexcel
examination:

 At least a ‘D’ pass in Mathematics at the Cambridge or Edexcel O/L examination

or a Simple Pass (S) in Mathematics at the GCE (A/L) examination.

I. At least one of the following subjects;

Biology
Higher Mathematics
Chemistry
Physics
Combined Mathematics
Art
Geography
And

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 II. The other subject/subjects from the following list;

Accounting Logic & Scientific Method

Hindu Civilization Mathematics
Business Statistics Sanskrit
Islamic Civilization German
Greek & Roman Civilization Arabic
Elements of Political Science History
English (Subject No.073) Business Studies
Sinhala Japanese
Christian Civilization Economics
Communication & Media Studies Pali
Hindi French
Buddhist Civilization Tamil
Home Economics Chinese
Agricultural Science
Information & Communication Technology
And

III. Obtained a pass mark for the Spatial Cognition Test conducted by the KDU.

Bachelor of Science Honours in Surveying Sciences

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple Passes (S) for Physics, Combined Mathematics and
any other subject available at the A/L examination.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ passes for Physics, Combined Mathematics and any other
subject available at the A/L examination.

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Bachelor of Science Honours in Quantity Surveying

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent
foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) in the following subjects at the A/L
examination in the relevant stream:

 Obtained a minimum of a Credit pass (C) for Mathematics and Simple pass (S) for
Science in the GCE (O/L) examination.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ passes in the following subjects at the Cambridge or
Edexcel (A/) examination in the relevant stream:

 Obtained a minimum of a ‘D’ pass for Mathematics and Science in the Cambridge
or Edexcel (O/L) examination.

A minimum of three passes in the following subjects at the A/L examination in the
relevant stream:
I. At least one subject from
Combined Mathematics / Higher Mathematics
II. And other subject / subjects from the following list;
Accounting Economics Business Statistics
Business Studies Physics Chemistry
Information & Communication Technology

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Faculty of Computing

Degree
Degree Programmes Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Bachelor of Science Honours in Bio / Maths / Commerce or Male
BIT 04 Years
Information Technology Arts Female

Bachelor of Science Honours in Bio / Maths / Commerce or

BIS 04 Years Male
Information Systems Arts

Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Technology

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) at the GCE A/L examination in Bio / Maths /
Commerce / Arts stream.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ passes at the Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) examination in
Bio / Maths / Commerce / Arts stream.

Bachelor of Science Honours in Information Systems

The candidate must have,

 Completed G.C.E. (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A minimum of three Simple passes (S) at the A/L examination in Bio / Maths /
Commerce or Arts stream.

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three (D) passes at the Cambridge or Edexcel examination (A/L) in
Bio / Maths / Commerce or Arts stream.

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Faculty of Technology

Degree
Degree Programme Duration A/L Stream Gender
Code
Maths*/Bio*/
Bachelor of Technology
Technology
ICT Honours in Information and 04 Years Male
(Conditions Apply)
Communication Technology

The candidate must have,

 Completed GCE (A/L) or Cambridge or Edexcel (A/L) or any other equivalent

foreign examination in the relevant or immediately preceding year and be
qualified for university admission.

Local GCE (A/L) examination

 A candidate should have obtained a minimum of three (03) Simple passes (S) in
Physical Science stream (Combined Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry),
Biological stream (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) or Technology stream (Any
subject combination).

Cambridge/ Edexcel examinations

 A minimum of three ‘D’ passes in the relevant stream at the Cambridge or Edexcel
(A/L) examination.

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 Eligibility of Candidates

 Applicants who sat for 2021 G.C.E. A/L examination (except for MBBS degree
programme) and with pending results of 2022 G.C.E. A/L examination are eligible
to apply for Intake 41.
 Applicants who sat for Cambridge and Edexcel A/L examination in 2023 (except
for MBBS Degree programme) and 2022 are eligible to apply for Intake 41.

All the eligible candidates (with or without the results of the GCE A/L examination)
will be called for the Basic Medical Assessment and Written Test subject to
confirmation of the GCE Advanced Level results and shortlisted first based on the
Aptitude test marks.

 The eligible shortlisted candidates will be called for the interview only after release
of the results of the GCE A/L examination – 2022.
 Having sufficient marks for the written test doesn’t provide any confirmation for
the eligibility for the Selection Interviews.
 Candidates must fulfill the Z Score requirement, minimum physical standards and
obtain above the written test cut-off to become eligible for the Selection Interview.

Common Requirements

A candidate should,
 Be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
 Not be less than 18 years or more than 22 years of age on the closing date of
applications.
 Be unmarried (No Officer Cadet/Student Police Officer will be permitted to get
married whilst under training and until permitted to do so by Service/ SL Police
Regulations).
 Have completed and obtained the results of the G.C.E. (A/L) examination in the
year 2021 or sat for the G.C.E. (A/L) examination in the year 2022 or completed
and obtained the results of the Cambridge or Edexcel A/L examination in the
year 2022/2023 in one sitting and be eligible to apply for university admission.
The results should be in one and the same sitting and maximum of three
attempts are allowed.

 Have obtained a minimum of a Credit (C) pass for English language at G.C.E.
(Ordinary Level) Examination or at Cambridge / Edexcel or equivalent O/L
examination for all degree programmes except TESOL. For BA in Teaching
English to Speakers of other languages (TESOL) degree programme a minimum
of a “B” pass for English language at G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) Examination or
Cambridge / Edexcel or equivalent O/L examination.

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  Have obtained a pass mark (marks 30 and above) for the Common General Test
of the G.C.E. (A/L) examination.

 Candidates who have Cambridge/ Edexcel or any other equivalent foreign

qualifications should have obtained a “C” pass for the Sinhala/Tamil Language
at the local G.C.E O/L Examination. (Applicable only for the selected degree
programmes) If the candidate has not sat for the local G.C.E.(O/L) Examination
at the time of submitting application, he/she should obtain a “C” pass for the
Sinhala/Tamil Language within two years after enlistment as an Officer Cadet.
If the candidate fails to fulfil the above requirement within the specified time,
he/she will be discharged from the respective service.

 Satisfy the following minimum physical standards:

Army Navy Air Force

Male Female Male Female Male Female

Height MBBS 5' 6" 5' 3" 168 cm 160 cm 5' 5'' (165 cm) 5' 3'' (160 cm)
Other 168 cm (171 cm 160 cm(163 cm
Degrees 5' 6" 5' 3" 5' 6'' (167.5 cm) 5' 4'' (162.5 cm)
for Provost for Provost
Branch) Branch)
Weight 50 Kg - 52 kg 41kg -- --

BMI - - - -
<26 and >17 <25 and >17
32"
32" (Min. 81
Chest (Unexp - 81 cm - -
cm)
anded)

Vision
Army Navy Air Force
L R CP L R CV L R CP
24/24
Without By
6/18 6/18 CP 2 6/18 6/18 6/18 6/18 CP 2
Lenses Ishihara’s
plates
Corrected
6/6 6/6 CP 2 - - - 6/6 6/6 CP 2
Professional Vision
Category 24/24
With By
- - - 6/6 6/6 - - -
Lenses Ishihara’s
plates
Near J – 01 (Sinhala)
- - - - - -
Vision N – 08 (English)

Other Without
6/9 6/6 CP 2 6/6 6/6 CP 2 6/6 6/6 CP 2
Category Lenses

³ Candidates who have undergone with eye surgeries for vision correction
or enhancement procedure should have completed six (06) months by the time
of closing date of applications.

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Educational qualifications for the Sri Lanka Air Force

 Minimum of six Credit (C) passes at the GCE (O/L) examination with
compulsory Credit (C) passes for English Language, Science and Mathematics, and a
Simple (S) pass or above for Sinhala / Tamil Language in one sitting (additional and
optional subjects are not considered).

Application Procedure

 You should apply for degree programmes via online at https://kdu.ac.lk. and
applications by post will not be accepted.

 A demonstration of the online application process is available on the KDU website

for your convenience.

 A candidate is required to pay a non-refundable fee of LKR 1500/- for one degree
programme and LKR 1500/- per additional degree programme, as the application
processing fee.
Example: A candidate applying for 2 degree programmes should pay LKR
1500+1500=3000.

 Applicants will receive a link to download the confirmation of receipt of the

application immediately after the successful submission of both application and
online payment.

 The applications without basic qualifications and are not duly filled in accordance
with the conditions mentioned herein will be rejected without notification, and in
such instances, the application fee will not be refunded. A board appointed by
Vice-Chancellor will review all applications received and shortlist them according
to qualifications of the candidates. Those who are shortlisted will be called for the
preliminary interview.

 Applicants from Government Service and Corporations or Statutory Bodies should

forward their applications via online. However, they should produce a certificate
issued by the relevant Heads of the Departments/ Corporations/ Statutory Bodies
or relevant institutional head at the Preliminary Interview to the effect that the
Officer would be released if selected.

 Preliminary selection will be made from among those candidates who have
achieved the required standards in accordance with the evaluation criteria
determined by the Selection Committee appointed by the Board of Management of
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. Candidates who are selected from
the first interview will be required to undergo Officer Quality Test (OQT) as may
be prescribed by the Board of Management of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence
University. The final selection will be made by the Final Selection Committee
appointed by the Board of Management of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence
University.

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 Candidates who are selected for interviews and Officer Quality Test (OQT) will be
informed via KDU website of the venues, times and the dates of such interviews.
Travelling or other expenses for this purpose will not be paid to applicants.

 General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University shall not held liable for any
injuries sustained by candidates whilst undergoing the Officer Quality Test/
Military Training and no candidate shall make any claim whatsoever from General
Sir John Kotelawala Defence University or the Government of Sri Lanka for any
injuries sustained whilst undergoing the Officer Quality Test/ Military Training.

 Anyone who desires to recommend a candidate should do so by giving him/her a

testimonial. Any form of canvassing would be considered as a disqualification.

 Receipt of applications will not be acknowledged. No correspondence or inquiries

will be entertained with regard to rejected applications.

 The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University reserves the exclusive right to
shortlist the candidates.

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