Do you have any idea what are the sri lanka university rankings for the year of 2016 .Webometrics.info is the leading world ranking system for universities and education institutes in worldwide and their rankings update regularly and following are the 2016 sri lanka university rankings to the Webometrics.info ranking system. according to the Webometrics they categorized by considering several ranking factors such as
Presence Rank
Impact Rank
Openness Rank
Excellence Rank
According to above sri lanka university rankings were establish a place for such university or education institute on world ranks.
According to webometircs ranking University of Colombo is the Top Universities of Sri Lanka and they ranked 2092 the best university of the world likewise there are other universities and educational institutes categorized under world ranking which you can see in bellow.
This ranking system is also useful to get the idea on the standard of Top Universities of Sri Lanka by comparing others.
2016 sri lanka university rankings
| Country Rank | World Rank | University | Presence Rank* | Impact Rank* | Openness Rank* | Excellence Rank* |
| 1 | 2092 | University of Colombo | 2894 | 3920 | 1943 | 2262 |
| 2 | 2361 | University of Peradeniya | 6113 | 5709 | 2464 | 1945 |
| 3 | 2515 | University of Moratuwa | 2905 | 2357 | 1766 | 3654 |
| 4 | 2815 | University of Kelaniya | 1673 | 7196 | 1399 | 2818 |
| 5 | 3752 | University of Sri Jayewardenepura | 2311 | 6783 | 4782 | 3834 |
| 6 | 4318 | University of Ruhuna | 627 | 7555 | 5194 | 4315 |
| 7 | 5616 | Open University of Sri Lanka | 1013 | 9563 | 2038 | 4892 |
| 8 | 6280 | University of Jaffna | 5380 | 10157 | 4256 | 4565 |
| 9 | 8169 | Wayamba University of Sri Lanka | 3322 | 5114 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 10 | 8403 | ANC Education | 9784 | 4159 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 11 | 9132 | Rajarata University | 3493 | 12965 | 7058 | 4892 |
| 12 | 9725 | South Eastern University of Sri Lanka | 1580 | 12748 | 4815 | 5484 |
| 13 | 10515 | Sabaragamuwa University | 13562 | 12473 | 7485 | 4892 |
| 14 | 10615 | Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology | 5305 | 11415 | 11889 | 5484 |
| 15 | 11377 | Eastern University of Sri Lanka | 12251 | 12986 | 11889 | 4892 |
| 16 | 11809 | General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | 7425 | 14806 | 2394 | 5484 |
| 17 | 12495 | National Institute of Education Sri Lanka | 20309 | 9691 | 16304 | 5484 |
| 18 | 14402 | University of the Visual & Performing Arts | 2880 | 16338 | 15062 | 5484 |
| 19 | 14736 | Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration Colombo | 13993 | 15116 | 13012 | 5484 |
| 20 | 15087 | Postgraduate Institute of Management | 17060 | 16296 | 5967 | 5484 |
| 21 | 15362 | Uva Wellassa University | 16643 | 15040 | 15090 | 5484 |
| 22 | 15384 | National Institute of Business Management | 19148 | 15203 | 12344 | 5484 |
| 23 | 15486 | Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture | 17671 | 16336 | 8181 | 5484 |
| 24 | 15583 | Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology Sri Lanka | 10975 | 16917 | 11731 | 5484 |
| 25 | 15648 | Institute of Fundamental Studies Sri Lanka | 16574 | 15914 | 12917 | 5484 |
| 26 | 16504 | Postgraduate Institute of Sciences | 19518 | 16672 | 11531 | 5484 |
| 27 | 16635 | Arthur C Clarke Institute of Modern Technologies | 18921 | 15584 | 17635 | 5484 |
| 28 | 16777 | Sri Lanka Institute of Architects | 17679 | 16538 | 15444 | 5484 |
| 29 | 16850 | Industrial Technology Institute | 10717 | 15868 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 30 | 16994 | South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine Malabe | 19442 | 17330 | 11159 | 5484 |
| 31 | 17160 | Buddhist and Pali University | 19667 | 16756 | 15371 | 5484 |
| 32 | 17360 | ESOFT Metro Campus | 14506 | 16201 | 20319 | 5484 |
| 33 | 17403 | Informatics Institute of Technology Sri Lanka | 19425 | 16107 | 18837 | 5484 |
| 34 | 17470 | Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College | 19100 | 16311 | 18739 | 5484 |
| 35 | 18507 | Horizon Campus | 10903 | 19877 | 12841 | 5484 |
| 36 | 18599 | BMS Business Management School | 19079 | 19409 | 10155 | 5484 |
| 37 | 18609 | University of Vocational Technology Ratmalana | 22695 | 17917 | 15371 | 5484 |
| 38 | 18779 | Aquinas University College Colombo | 16422 | 18833 | 17635 | 5484 |
| 39 | 19331 | Institute of Engineering Technology | 16424 | 19422 | 17775 | 5484 |
| 40 | 19357 | Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education | 14367 | 20430 | 11746 | 5484 |
| 41 | 19413 | Australian College of Business and Technology | 21608 | 17689 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 42 | 20142 | American College of Higher Education | 20554 | 19022 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 43 | 20552 | National Institute of Social Development | 15214 | 20193 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 44 | 20972 | Royal Institute of Colombo | 21530 | 20860 | 17185 | 5484 |
| 45 | 21123 | Imperial Institute of Higher Education | 22450 | 20254 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 46 | 21193 | Sri Lanka Press Institute | 22523 | 20361 | 20723 | 5484 |
| 47 | 22191 | Ocean University of Sri Lanka | 23783 | 21232 | 21858 | 5484 |
| 48 | 22994 | Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University | 22450 | 22049 | 17635 | 5484 |
| 49 | 23793 | Hardy University College Ampara | 23411 | 22049 | 21858 | 5484 |
* Lower the Ranks are better in ranking
Source: http://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Sri%20Lanka%20