TL;DR: CINEC Campus is a private higher education institute in Malabe, Colombo, established in 1990, that teaches maritime studies, engineering, computing, health sciences, logistics, aviation, business and education. Its listings include four-year local honours degrees, UK degrees awarded by Anglia Ruskin University, Pearson BTEC HNDs and short professional courses, with tuition published on some programs only.
Most students search for CINEC because of its maritime and engineering name, then find that the campus covers far more. This guide sets out what the CINEC Campus page on Uplift lists today, which programs carry a published fee or intake, and what to check before you apply.
What is CINEC Campus and what does it offer?
CINEC Campus was established in 1990 in Malabe, in the suburbs of Colombo. Its main site is on Millennium Drive in the IT Park, Malabe, and its business programs are also taught at the CINEC Business School metro campus in Nugegoda.
CINEC describes itself as a private higher education institute covering maritime studies, engineering, health sciences, aircraft maintenance, IT, management, hospitality, law and vocational training. It says it offers around 210 certificate, diploma, higher diploma, graduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs.
Many CINEC degrees are delivered with overseas universities, including Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, Dalian Maritime University in China and the University of South Australia. CINEC states that several of its own degrees are approved by the Ministry of Higher Education and the University Grants Commission, and individual course pages say which ones.
The programs in the cards below are listed by Uplift partner institutes.
Which engineering degrees and HNDs does CINEC list?
Engineering is the largest area in the CINEC listing on Uplift, and it runs from foundation level to master's. You can browse every engineering route across institutes on the engineering and technology study area page.
UK-awarded engineering degrees
The BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering at CINEC Campus is awarded by Anglia Ruskin University. It runs for 3 years full-time, lists LKR 2,250,000 total tuition and shows its next intake in September 2027. More civil routes sit on the civil engineering study area page.
Local four-year honours degrees
CINEC also lists four-year BSc (Hons) in Engineering degrees, for example the BSc (Hons) in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, with an intake listed for October 2027. No awarding university is named on these records, so ask CINEC how each degree is approved before you enrol.
HNDs, foundation and master's
Pearson BTEC HND in Mechanical Engineering: 2 years full-time, awarded by Pearson, LKR 480,000 total tuition, intake listed for June 2027.
Technology Foundation Programme (Engineering): 8 months full-time, intake listed for October 2027.
MSc in Mechanical Engineering: 1 year full-time, awarded by Anglia Ruskin University, LKR 400,000 total tuition, intake listed for September 2027.
For a wider view of how engineering routes compare across Sri Lanka, read Engineering Courses in Sri Lanka.
What maritime, aviation and logistics courses does CINEC offer?
These are the programs most people link with the CINEC name.
Navigation Officer Cadet Training Course: 7 months full-time, with intakes listed for January, May and September 2027.
BSc in Maritime Operations: 3 years full-time, intake listed for August 2027.
Higher Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering (Licence CAT B1.1): 2 years full-time. No intake is listed, so ask the campus.
The CILT International Diploma in Logistics and Transport runs for 12 months part-time and is awarded by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
If logistics is your main interest, Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Sri Lanka explains the wider set of routes.
