Aquinas College of Higher Studies

At Aquinas College of Higher Studies we strive to educate our students not only by knowledge but also spiritually, socially and psychologically to ensure that our students are catalysts in ensuring the creation of disciplined socially conscious and morally committed intellectuals.

Vision

To Transcend the Traditional Taboos of Caste, Creed and Race and Provide an Intellectual and Social Environment to groom Disciplined, Socially Conscious and Morally Committed Intellectuals and Professionals to be Global Guardians

Mission

To Provide the Necessary Man-Power Skills and Enlightened Leadership So as to bring about a Better World where People can live in Harmony and Peace with a Sense of Fulfilment and Happiness

• Aquinas College of Higher Studies is Committed Towards Qualitative Tertiary Education of our nation, broadening all its horizons to help our students acquire necessary skills to reach professional excellence.
• It aims at forming and transforming its students providing them with an education that caters to the integral growth of the human person, while optimizing the maximum customer satisfaction.
• In realizing the above policy, Aquinas College of Higher Studies is fully committed to ensure that all requirements pertaining to Quality Management are observed, established, and constantly assessed and updated.

The Aquinas College of Higher Studies was founded in 1953, by the late Very Rev. Fr. Peter A. Pillai OMI, Rector of St. Joseph’s College, at its premises in Darley Road, Colombo 10 as an autonomous higher educational institute with the approval, blessings and the inspiration of His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Cooray OMI., the 6th Archbishop of Colombo. Aquinas College was registered in 1954 by the then Ministry of Education Ceylon (as it was then called), and in 1954 moved in to their permanent abode at No.30, Maradana Road, Colombo 8.

The Aquinas College of Higher Studies is a nonprofit educational institution administered by the Catholic Church under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Colombo, devoted to education and philanthropic activities. It had contributed much to the development of the nation, by conducting numerous higher educational and professional programmes for the benefit of our youth in Sri Lanka.

Aquinas College of Higher Studies is situated in Parkland, Borella, located at the centre of the City of Colombo. The campus provides a very healthy and peaceful environment conducive to educational activities. The presence of students from many diverse backgrounds and nationalities provides a very cosmopolitan community, and as we also have students from SAARC countries belonging to various ethnic groups, their numerous cultures could be learnt with ease. Thus, it is now a national and an international community of scholars, enlivened by Christian inspiration, engaged in the pursuit of truth and knowledge serving the human society, especially through the creative use of inter-disciplinary approaches.

Aquinas College of Higher Studies is also registered with the Tertiary and Vocational Educational Commission (TVEC) of Sri Lanka to conduct Professional Courses and Examinations at the Tertiary Level. The College also works in close collaboration with foreign Universities and Higher Educational Authorities.

Aquinas College of Higher Studies is now a Degree Awarding Institute, approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on 22nd December, 2004, and was gazetted by the then Hon. Minister of Education on 10th October 2005.

Aquinas College of Higher Studies offers a wide range of full – time and part – time degree, diploma and certificate courses. We are proud to say, that we have among our past students, over 640 London Graduates and a number of local University Graduates who have done their external degrees at Aquinas College. Most of the students who have gone through Aquinas have left footprints in prestigious national and international professional centers to acclaim higher standards in a vast spectrum, in almost, all fields.