60200, Kanadulla, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka | 
dbm@wyb.ac.lk, dbmhead@wyb.ac.lk | 
+94 3722 83618
About Us
Welcome to the Department of Business Management (DBM), Faculty of Business Studies and Finance, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
How did we get here
Message from the head of the department
The field of management has revolutionized the world over the years passed by focusing on the sustainable utilization of resources and fostering human well-being. Modern society is heavily dependent upon organizations for their survival and prosperity. Management is the paramount organ of modern institutions and it creates their performance while assuring long-term survival. Today, management is inevitable not only for organizations but also for fostering the social and family lives of the people.
The Department of Business Management offers its programmes at Diploma, Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. The B.Sc. Honours in Business Management Degree develops undergraduates with advanced knowledge, productive skills, positive attitudes, and a constructive mindset that are indispensable to being effective Managers in modern local or global contexts. In addition, for our well-talented and enthusiastic undergraduates of the Department, we have opened several avenues for challenging opportunities to get exposed to real-world problems of varying complexity by offering them well-monitored industrial training in their final year.
Department Journey
Bearing the motto “a global catalyst of ethical business professionalism”, we are committed to offering academic programmes to cater for the global demand for business managers.
Signed the MoU with CIPM
The Department signed a MoU with Chartered Institute of Personnel Management
Acquired SLQF 6 – Bachelors Honours Degree
The Department offers B.Sc. (Honours) in Business Management Degree from this year
Launched the Annul Research symposium
First Wayamba Conference in Management (WAYACiM) was successfully conducted
Launched the Diploma in Business Management
The purpose was to conduct courses to meet the demands of the challenging business world,
Launched Wayamba Journal of Management
The Journal is devoted to focusing and discussing the issues at local and global management entities.
Launched the postgraduate degree programme
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) was announced
First Student intake
Commenced the academic journey with 120 students
Institutionalized the Department
Academic staff consists with only four academic members
Former Heads of the Department
Department was fortunate to had a visionary leadership from its beginning under following personals
Prof. ES Weickramasinghe
1997 – 2003
mr. BM Wijesiri
2003 – 2016
Prof. HMA Herath
2017 – 2019
Dr. TK Karandaketiya
2020 – 2022