3 Day Advanced Excel Workshop

A three-day Saturday Excel workshop covering functions, lookups, data validation, pivot tables, dashboards and an introduction to VBA macros.

Next intake: June 2027
LevelShort-course
Study modepart-time
CampusColombo

Overview

About this course

This short course from the IIT Professional Development Unit is a three-day workshop on advanced Microsoft Excel, held on Saturdays from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Delivery is instructor-led in Colombo, with distance learning also listed. Participants customise Excel, apply mathematical, text and date functions, sort and filter data, use logical and lookup functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH), set up data validation and build pivot tables, charts, slicers and dashboards. The workshop closes with an introduction to VBA covering message boxes, IF and SELECT CASE and loops. It is aimed at finance and administration staff, analysts, project managers, students and business owners who already have basic Excel knowledge.

Modules

8 modules
Modules8 modules
Excel introduction and customization
Basic functions, formatting and proofing
Mathematical, text and date/time functions
Advanced Paste Special, sorting and filtering
Logical functions and data validation
Lookup functions (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, INDEX and MATCH)
Pivot tables, charts, slicers and dashboards
Introduction to VBA

Entry requirements

Academic Entry Requirement

Admission criteria
  • Basic Excel knowledge
  • No formal prerequisites are listed

Facilities

Gallery

Key information

Level

short-course

Duration

ยท part-time

Location

Colombo

Fees

On request

Upcoming intakes

Verified informationOct 19, 2026

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