🎓 UGC University Admission 2025/2026: Applications for Re-Scrutinized & Withheld A/L Results

📢 University Grants Commission (UGC) Notice – Sri Lanka

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced a special opportunity for applicants who have qualified to apply for university admission for the academic year 2025/2026 based on the re-scrutinized and withheld results of the G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination 2025 (2026).

Students who received their updated results released by the Department of Examinations in July 2026 are invited to submit their university admission applications online within the specified period.

📅 Application Period

🗓️ Applications Open: 21 August 2026
🗓️ Applications Close: 4 September 2026

Eligible applicants should ensure that their applications are submitted online before the closing date.

🎓 Who Can Apply?

This opportunity is available to applicants who have become qualified to apply for university admission for the academic year 2025/2026 as a result of:

• 🔍 Re-scrutinized G.C.E. Advanced Level results
• 📄 Previously withheld G.C.E. Advanced Level results
• 🏫 Results from the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination 2025 (2026) released in July 2026 by the Department of Examinations.

📝 How to Apply

Eligible students should submit their university admission application online through the UGC admission process.

📌 The UGC has stated that further details regarding the application procedure are available in the previously published newspaper advertisement calling for applications for university admission for the academic year 2025/2026.

Applicants are strongly advised to refer to the official UGC instructions and carefully complete all required information.

🔄 Change of Course Preference Order

⚠️ Important: Applicants will be given a one-week period from 4 September 2026 to 11 September 2026 to change the order of preference of courses of study.

Therefore, students should pay close attention to the relevant dates and make any necessary changes within this period.

🚨 Important Notice About Aptitude / Practical Tests

The UGC has clarified that this opportunity does not apply to courses of study that require aptitude or practical tests where those tests have already been concluded by the relevant:

• 🏛️ Universities
• 🏫 Campuses
• 🎓 Higher Educational Institutes

Students applying for such courses should therefore take this restriction into consideration.

📌 Important Dates at a Glance

📅 Event	Date
🟢 Online applications begin	21 August 2026
🔴 Application closing date	4 September 2026
🔄 Period to change course preference order	4–11 September 2026
📚 Academic year	2025/2026

💡 Important Advice for Applicants

✅ Check whether your re-scrutinized or withheld A/L result makes you eligible for university admission.

✅ Submit your application online within the announced application period.

✅ Carefully review your selected courses and preference order.

✅ If necessary, use the 4–11 September 2026 period to change your course preference order.

✅ Check whether your preferred course requires an aptitude or practical test and whether that test has already been completed.

📢 UGC University Admission 2025/2026 Notice

The official UGC notice is dated 21 August 2026 and concerns applicants who have qualified for university admission based on re-scrutinized and withheld G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination 2025 (2026) results.

Students are encouraged to follow the official instructions issued by the University Grants Commission and avoid missing the application deadline.

🔗 Official Information

🌐 University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka: www.ugc.ac.lk

📌 Source: University Grants Commission Notice dated 21 August 2026.

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