General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) (Sinhala: ජෙනරාල් ශ්රිමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්ව විද්යාලය General Sir John Kotelawala Arakshaka Vishva Vidyalaya) located at Kandawala, Ratmalana, Colombo, is state defense university of Sri Lanka which is administered by the Ministry of Defense.
ජෙනරාල් ශ්රීමත් ජෝන් කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්ව විද්යාලය | |
Crest of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | |
Other name | KDU |
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Former name | General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy |
| Motto | සිය රටටමයි කවදත් (“For The Motherland Any day”) |
| Type | Military university |
| Established | 11 October 1980 |
| Chancellor | General SHS Kottegoda (Retd) WWV RWP RSP VSV |
| Vice-Chancellor | Rear Admiral Dammika Kumara(VSV USP PSC MMP) |
| Undergraduates | 2500 |
| Postgraduates | 50 |
| Location | Ratmalana, Colombo , Sri Lanka 6.8177°N 79.8903°E |
| Affiliations | South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine, Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| Website | www |
Location in Sri Lanka | |
The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was established in 1980 by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy Act, No. 68 of 1981 as the joint defence service training institute of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force under go academic training together before they go on to respective service academy for further pre-commission training. It was named after General Sir John Kotelawala, third Prime Minister of Ceylon who donated his home for the academy. It was made a university by an amendment bill passed in Parliament on 11 October 2007 which lead to both military and civil students to be admitted.