Faculty Career Guidance Cell, FAS

About Us

Career is a much larger and significant part of our lives today and any decision in terms of career planning now has to be taken with the utmost attention. When we grow up, our personal choices, goals, and future plans start revolving around the kind of job we have and the flexibility it can offer. Therefore, career and personal development are essential aspects of undergraduate training.

FCGC of FAS is being a centre for preparing FAS undergraduates to choose an optimal career through proper industrial exposure. FCGC guides and facilitates FAS undergraduates to make right career choices and improve their soft skills to successfully manage their academic, personal and social lives.

Activities
  • Provide career guidance to all students from the first year onwards to focus on their future careers.
  • Organize and conduct career skill development workshops / seminars / personal career mentoring.
  • Provide assistance to choose and proceed on an optimal career path, based on students’ ability, desire and available opportunities.
  • Developing networks for future career
  • Awareness workshop on Career pathway in working environment
  • Industrial Visits
  • Integrating Yoga into Career Counseling
Composition of Faculty Career Guidance Cell
  • Dean – The Chairperson
  • HoDs of Departments and Unit
  • Coordinator – Career Guidance Unit
  • Academic CG Advisor
  • Academic Representatives from Departments and Unit
  • Student Representative
  • Assistant Registrar – Convener
Student Registration for Faculty Career Guidance

On-Going Event

Workshop Series on Basic Tamil for Sinhala Students - 2019/2020 Batch

Workshop Series on Basic Sinhala for Tamil Students - 2019/2020 Batch

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Activities 2021

  • 10th of March: Introduction to Career Pathways for the Students of the Department of Physical Science
  • 29th of March: Introduction to Career Pathways for the Students of the Department of Computer Science
  • 15th of May: Workshop on UI/UX Engineering for the Students of the Department of Computer Science
Past Year – 2019/2020
Event Date Resource Person/s
Workshop on Technical skills practiced in Sri Lankan Software Industries 06/12/2019 – 07/12/2019 Mr. Nifras Ismail Mr.H Mohammed Rajjaz
Workshop on Radiotherapy and Medical Physics Applications in Sri Lanka & Introducing Research and Higher Education Opportunity available in Medical Physics 24/01/2020 Dr. Jeyasingam Jeyasugiththan Senior Lecturer in Medical Physics, FOS, University of Colombo.
Workshop on Current Nuclear Physics Applications in Sri Lanka & Introducing Research and Higher Education Opportunity available in Nuclear Physics 23/01/2020 Dr. Manuja Lamabadusuriya Senior Lecturer in Nuclear Science, FOS, University of Colombo.
Be a HERO with Hands-On Technical session series – by Industry Gurus at 99X Technology 14th ,16th ,20th and 21st October 2020 99X Technology