TL;DR. Horizon Campus in Malabe offers its own four-year degrees in management, IT, science and education, plus Pearson BTEC HNDs and programmes with La Trobe University and Nilai University. Fees on Uplift are listed per programme, and the campus says some published figures may relate to earlier intakes, so confirm before you pay.
If you are looking at private degrees around Colombo, Horizon Campus will come up. This guide sets out what it teaches, the fees listed on Uplift for named programmes, and the questions to ask before you apply.
What does Horizon Campus offer?
Horizon Campus is a higher education institute at No. 252, Horizon Drive (Welivita Road), Malabe. Its website says it offers University Grants Commission (UGC) recognised degree courses and holds approval from the Ministry of Higher Education and the UGC to award its own degrees. It also describes itself as a registered centre for University of London programmes.
Programmes sit under the Faculties of Management, Technology, Science, Information Technology, Education and Law, and a Department of Nursing. The programmes listed on Uplift include:
Four-year honours degrees in management, information technology, data science, biotechnology and education.
BBST (Hons) degrees in agriculture and bioresource technology.
Pearson BTEC HNDs in management, marketing, human resources, accounting and finance, and computing.
Diplomas linked to La Trobe University in Australia, in business and in information technology.
A nursing top-up, caregiver certificates at NVQ Level 3 and NVQ Level 4, a Master of Education and an LLM.
The programs in the cards below are listed by Uplift partner institutes. They are similar management degrees, shown so you can compare.
Which Horizon Campus degrees are listed on Uplift?
Horizon's own degrees run for four years. Examples with the fees shown on Uplift:
Bachelor of Management Honours in Marketing: four years full-time, listed at LKR 1,640,000 total tuition (USD 10,000). The second year includes industrial or business training.
Bachelor of Management Honours in Accounting and Finance: four years, listed at LKR 1,640,000 total tuition.
BSc (Hons) in Information Technology: four years over eight semesters, listed at LKR 1,840,000 total tuition. Learning materials are delivered through a paperless virtual learning environment.
BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology: four years, listed at LKR 2,000,000 total tuition. A three-year BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology with Nilai University is also listed at LKR 1,500,000.
Bachelor of Education (Hons): four years over eight semesters, listed at LKR 1,200,000 total tuition. The campus states the programme is approved by the Ministry of Higher Education.
The page for each degree shows the modules by year, so you can see when the specialist subjects start.
What are the Horizon Campus HND and diploma options?
Students who want a shorter first step can look at the Pearson BTEC HNDs. The HND Pearson BTEC Level 5 in Management is listed as two years, with a tuition figure of LKR 306,000 (USD 2,000). HNDs in marketing, human resources management, and accounting and finance carry the same listed figure.
The Diploma in Business (La Trobe University) is listed as one year at AUD 6,000 total tuition, and the La Trobe Diploma in Information Technology at AUD 6,500. These diplomas are linked to La Trobe University in Australia, so ask Horizon how credit moves into a degree and where the later years are studied.
