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Degree recognition

SAITM degrees are awarded under orders published in the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, under Section 25A of the Universities Act No. 16 of 1978.

A recognised degree-awarding institute

SAITM was the first non-state higher education institute recognised by the Ministry of Higher Education to award the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Recognition was granted by the Minister of Higher Education on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission.

Legal basis

Section 25A, Universities Act No. 16 of 1978

Medical degree

MBBS: Gazette 1721/19 (2011), amended by 1829/36 (2013)

Institution

South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine Ltd, PV 64641

Read the gazette notices

Gazette Extraordinary notices

Each order is reproduced as published. Select a notice to open the full PDF.

Gazette no.DateDegreeWhat the order does
1721/1930 August 2011MBBSRecognises SAITM as a Degree Awarding Institute for the MBBS, subject to conditions on staffing, clinical training, professorial units, facilities and governance.
1829/3626 September 2013MBBS (amendment)Brings students registered through SAITM from 15 September 2009 who meet UGC entry qualifications within the MBBS recognition, with additional institutional conditions.
1913/147 May 2015BSc Engineering (Mechatronics, Civil)Grants degree-awarding status for the four-year BSc Engineering Honours degrees.
1960/428 March 2016BSc Engineering (Mechatronics, Civil)Re-issues the engineering recognition to South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine Ltd.
2047/2628 November 2017BSc Honours (Bio Systems)Adds the Bachelor of Science Honours in Bio Systems.

Oversight and quality assurance

SAITM has been monitored by the University Grants Commission, and its academic staff are recruited in line with UGC guidelines. Its Internal Quality Assurance Committee, appointed in May 2011, is supervised by the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the UGC.

SAITM became an institutional member of the Asia Pacific Quality Network in July 2012 and received the APQN Best/Model Internal Quality Assurance Award in March 2014.

Quality assurance at SAITM

Other registrations

  • Registered with the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) since 2012.
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme conducted with the permission of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, with Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy.
  • Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND programmes in ICT & Media and Management & Finance.