Faculty of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

Fisheries and Marine Sciences degree program is interdisciplinary, offering different subject disciplines such as marine biology, biochemistry, aquaculture engineering, environmental and climate science, fishery economics, and management. Undergraduates in this program will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of marine sciences governing the fisheries and marine sector. The students engage in a wide range of topics which are socially concerned and interested to the scientific community.

In addition, B.Tech in Aquaculture and seafood technology is a multidisciplinary undergraduate programme aimed at producing skilled personnel who can apply scientific knowledge, conceptual understanding, and applications of areas of aquatic resources management, process & product technology, and legislation. The students engage in a wide range of topics of scientific interest and increasing social concerns.

And the oceanography is an interdisciplinary by nature and has connections to biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, earth sciences and environmental system science. Undergraduates in the Oceanography degree program will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of science governing the ocean. The students engage in a wide range of topics of scientific interest and increasing social concerns.

The faculty of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences comprised of three departments,

  1. Department of Fisheries and Marine Science (FMS), offers B.Sc. in Fisheries and Marine Science.

  2. Department of Aquaculture and Seafood Technology (AST), offers BTech. in Aquaculture and Seafood Technology.

  3. Department of Oceanography (OCE), offers B.Sc. in Oceanography.

Dean of the Faculty

Dr. (Mrs). W. A. A. D. Lanka Wickramasinghe

PhD in Aquatic Environmental Management (Deemed to be University, Mumbai, India), Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education course by Staff Development Center (UOC, accredited by SEDA in UK), MSc. in Ecological Marine Management (ECOMAMA)- (University of Antwerp (UA), Belgium), BSc. Special Degree in Botany (UOR, Sri Lanka).

Email

LankaW@ocu.ac.lk

Telephone

+94714709707

Department Head of Fisheries and Marine Science

Dr. N.P.G. Pushpitha

Email

pushpithap@ocu.ac.lk

Telephone

+94771689425

Department Head of Aquaculture and Seafood Technology

Ms. Nilushi Indika Bamunuarachchi 

Email

bamunui@ocu.ac.lk

Telephone

+94716550884

 Department Head of Oceanography

Dr. Jagath Rajapaksha  

Email

jagathr@ocu.ac.lk

Telephone

+94718386403