Certificate Course in Web Application Design and Development

A four-month course covering front-end design, PHP and MySQL, UI and UX, SEO, WordPress and Joomla, security and a hosted final project.

NIBM
LevelCertificate
Duration4 Months
Study modefull-time

Overview

About this course

School leavers, students awaiting university and job seekers who have sat the O/L or A/L can learn how websites and web applications are designed, built and put online. Front-end work uses HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, JavaScript, XML and Dreamweaver. The back end is PHP with MySQL, with a look at Laravel or CodeIgniter. Other units cover UI and UX principles, SEO, WordPress and Joomla, web security, payment gateways and shopping carts. The final project gathers requirements from a company, builds the application and hosts it. The fee is LKR 60,000 plus LKR 2,000 for registration. Campuses listed: Colombo, Kandy and Kurunegala. The page does not state who awards the certificate.

Modules

26 modules
Modules26 modules
Fundamentals of Internet
Structure of the Internet
World Wide Web
Client/Server Architecture
Web Design Techniques
HTML, HTML 5 & HTML Forms
CSS 3
Bootstrap
JavaScript
XML
Adobe Dreamweaver
Web Application Development using PHP and MySQL
PHP Essentials
Accessing Form data (GET and POST)
MySQL database with PHP
Deployment and Hosting
Introduction to PHP Frameworks (Laravel or CodeIgniter)
User Interface Designing Concepts (UI)
Introduction to UI/UX Design
UI Design Principles and Golden Rules
How to make Great UIs
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Content Management Systems (CMS): WordPress and Joomla
Introduction to Web Security and Payment Gateways
Introduction to Shopping Carts
Final Project

Entry requirements

Academic Entry Requirement

Admission criteria
  • Sat for G.C.E. O/L or G.C.E. A/L
  • School leavers, students awaiting university and job seekers

Fees & scholarships

Local students

LKR 60,000total
Application feeLKR 2,000
Course fee. Subject to change without prior notice.

Facilities

Gallery

Key information

Level

certificate

Duration

4 Months ยท full-time

Location

Colombo, Colombo, Peradeniya, Galle, Matara, Kurunegala

Fees

LKR 60,000 ยท Local

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Upcoming intakes

No upcoming intakes listed
Verified informationOct 19, 2026

Related study areas

Web DevelopmentComputing

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