"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
- Wernher von Braun
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose."
- Zora Neale Hurston
"Research is creating new knowledge."
- Neil Armstrong

2nd International Undergraduate Research Symposium 2023

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1st International Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022

4th Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022

The 1st Ruhuna International Undergraduate Research Symposium 2022 (RIURES'22) was held as a hybrid event on 2nd November 2022 at the Senate Room of the University of Ruhuna under the theme 'Towards Broadening Horizons'.

Through the provision of a global forum for the exchange and dissemination of knowledge, experiences, and research discoveries on a diverse range, the symposium aimed to bring up undergraduates from local and foreign universities. It gave all undergraduates the chance to contribute and communicate research findings, ideas, and trends with the larger academic community.

The International Undergraduate Symposium 2022, invited the researches to submit their abstracts of the relevant researches on following key areas.

Arts & Humanities

Astrophysics & Astrobiology

Chemistry

Computer Science & ICT

Engineering

Environmental Sciences

Fisheries & Marine Science

Law

Life Sciences

Management & Finance

Mathematics & Statistics

Medicine

Physics

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1st National Undergraduate Research Symposium

3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018

The 3rd Undergraduate Research Symposium was organized by the Ruhuna Science Research Circle (RUSREC) of Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka on 9th December 2018. This was organized in commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of university. This was the 1st Undergraduate Research Symposium organized by RUSREC for all the state university students in Sri Lanka. The objective of National Research Symposium was to bring together the interested undergraduate research students of all Sri Lankan state universities and to provide them an international platform to share their research findings on various themes. The Research Symposium had decided to broaden the symposium themes in order to accommodate as many areas as possible including areas Science, Technology, Arts, Management and Finance.

The National Undergraduate Symposium 2018, provided an opportunity for all undergraduates to present and discuss their research findings in an international scientific forum.

The National Undergraduate Symposium 2018, invited the researches to submit their abstracts of the relevant researches on following key areas.

Zoology

Botany

Chemistry

Ecology

Physics

Medicine

Engineering

Agriculture

Computer Science

Environmental Sciences

Mathematics & Statistics

Arts

Law

Politics

Human and Social Science

2nd Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017

The 2nd Undergraduate Research Symposium was organized by the Ruhuna Science Research Circle (RUSREC) of Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka on 6th December 2017. Research Symposium aimed the development of a research culture among undergraduates and provide international discussion forums to produce quality researchers. This symposium was organized only for undergraduate researchers of Faculty of Science in University of Ruhuna.

The main objective of the event was to provide an opportunity for the undergraduates to present and discuss their research findings on various themes in science and technology in a scientific forum. This event also facilitated the students to drive their mental and physical powers towards finding scientific solutions to the burning problems in the society through researches. In this regard, university played a pivotal role, especially training young undergraduates to conduct researches.

Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017, had invited researchers to submit their original contributions on the following areas.

Medical & Health Sciences

Zoology

Environmental Science

Physics

Botany

Chemistry

Mathematics & Statistics

Computer Science

1st Undergraduate Research Symposium 2015

The 1st Undergraduate Research Symposium was organized by the Ruhuna Science Research Circle (RUSREC) of Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka on 4th November 2015. The Annual Research Symposium was initiated as a regular event with this. The goal of organizing an Undergraduate Symposium was to bring leading academics, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experience and research results on all spheres to a common platform.

The 1st Research Symposium provided the opportunity only for the Undergraduate Researches of University of Ruhuna on various fields of science. This opened up a new avenue in the Faculty of Science where young undergraduates can develop their many essential research skills. It was further expected that undergraduate symposium continued to foster young researchers in various fields. This symposium generated new ideas, solutions and concepts for various problems that society suffers.

The 1st Undergraduate Research Symposium 2015, had invited researchers to submit their original contributions on the following areas.

Chemistry

Computer Science

Physics

Zoology

Botany

Mathematics & Statistics