Marketing Courses in Sri Lanka: Certificate to Master's

TL;DR Marketing courses in Sri Lanka on Uplift run from a short online certificate to honours degrees and a master's, so you can enter after O/Ls, after A/Ls or from a career. The certificate suits a quick start, the degrees suit school leavers, and the postgraduate routes suit graduates and working marketers.

This guide sets the routes side by side on entry, length and award. Browse the business study area and the marketing study area for the live list, which comes from KIU University, ESOFT Uni, Asian Institute of Business and Science and Universal College Lanka.

What are the marketing courses in Sri Lanka?

The programs listed today cover a certificate, a higher national diploma, honours degrees and postgraduate study. Open each course page for the current entry rules.

Which marketing course suits a school leaver?

Start with a short certificate

The Certificate in Digital Business Developer at KIU University is a 3-month online course. KIU lists the entry rule as age 16 or above with no prior academic qualification, and describes it as suited to people interested in marketing, entrepreneurship or digital business. Our guide to the Digital Business Developer certificate covers it in detail.

Take the diploma route

The BTEC HND in Marketing at AIBS is listed as a hybrid program of 3 years, with Edge Hill University named as the awarding university. Entry is 6 O/L passes including English and Mathematics, or 3 A/L passes in any stream, or an equivalent qualification. The program page describes an HND followed by a top-up year toward a BSc (Hons).

Go straight to an honours degree

These degrees suit school leavers.

• BA (Hons) in Marketing at ESOFT Uni: 3 years full-time, awarded by London Metropolitan University, with local tuition of LKR 1,620,000 in total. Entry is 3 A/L passes or an equivalent foundation qualification, and HND holders may be considered for direct entry to the final year.

• Bachelor of Management Honours in Marketing at KIU University: 4 years full-time. Entry is 3 simple passes at the A/L in any stream, or an equivalent qualification.

• BSc (Hons) B&M Marketing at AIBS: 3 years full-time, with Edge Hill University named as the awarding university. The page does not publish entry rules or a fee, so ask AIBS.

Universal College Lanka also lists a BSc (Hons) Business and Marketing of 3 years full-time. Its page shows no fee or entry rule at the time of writing.

Which marketing course suits a graduate or working marketer?

The MSc in Digital Marketing Communications at Universal College Lanka runs for 12 months full-time with listed tuition of LKR 748,000 in total. Entry is a bachelor's degree with at least second-class lower, or a professional qualification such as CIM, SLIM, CIMA or ACCA, or relevant work experience. Our MSc in Digital Marketing Communications guide goes further.

The MBA in Marketing at ESOFT Uni is a hybrid program with listed tuition of LKR 790,000 in total. ESOFT asks for a relevant degree or professional qualification and typically 2 or more years of experience. Read the MBA in Marketing guide for the detail, or compare degree routes in our marketing degree guide.

How do the marketing routes connect?

The routes link together, which matters if your results or budget change. The AIBS page describes an HND followed by a top-up year toward a BSc (Hons), and ESOFT Uni says HND holders may be considered for direct entry to the final year of its degree.

At postgraduate level, Universal College Lanka lists professional qualifications such as CIM and SLIM among its entry routes to the MSc. That means a working marketer without a first degree may still have a way into a master's, subject to the institute's decision.