ESOFT Metro Campus


ESOFT Metro Campus is a private sector educational institute or college located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It offers academic and professional qualifications in Computing, Business & Management, Engineering, Hospitality and English. Established in the year 2000, the company today has 40 branches nationwide. It is headed by Dr. Dayan Rajapakse.

Early years

ESOFT was established in the at Kirilapone, and initially offered training services for students that were preparing for the BCS Professional Examinations. They subsequently moved to their present location in Bambalapitiya which is a hub for IT training in Sri Lanka.

Programmes

Programmes taught at ESOFT Metro Campus are organised into five schools or divisions. These are: School of Computing, School of Business, School of Engineering and Technology, School of Hospitality Management and the Language Academy.

School of Computing

Degree programmes available at the ESOFT School of Computing include the Bachelors in Information Technology awarded by the University of Colombo School of Computing and the BSc in Computing and BEng in Software Engineering awarded by the London Metropolitan University.
Students can also opt to follow professional qualifications such as the Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma awarded by the British Computer Society and the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing and Systems Development awarded by Edexcel.
In addition, ESOFT also conducts several vendor certification programmes including those for Microsoft, Cisco and Oracle.

School of Business

The ESOFT School of Business conducts classes for both Bachelors and Masters level Business Administration qualifications awarded by the London Metropolitan University.
Students can also opt to follow professional qualifications such as the BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business Management awarded by Edexcel.

School of Engineering and Technology

The ESOFT School of Engineering and Technology conducts classes for both Bachelors and Masters level qualifications in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Civil Engineering and Construction Management. These are awarded by the Kingston University London.

School of Hospitality Management

The ESOFT School of Hospitality Management offers professional qualifications such as the BTEC HNDs in Travel and Tourism Management and Hospitality Management awarded by Edexcel.

Language Academy

The language academy offers Pearson Assured courses in both academic and professional English.

Recognition

Although ESOFT started teaching for the BCS Exams in 2000, ESOFT was designated as an Accredited Course Provider of the BCS in the year 2007, in recognition of the standards that are maintained in the course delivery. ESOFT is the only organisation in the world to be accredited for all three levels of the BCS Higher Education Qualifications. ESOFT has also produced several prize winners over the past few years for the BCS and BIT programmes
The University of Moratuwa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ESOFT appointing it as a Collaborative Partner for offering the Bachelor of Information Technology External Degree. Such an appointment is made after an extensive evaluation process and ESOFT is one of only three such partners to be appointed. ESOFT currently conducts the BIT programme in Colombo, Kandy, Kurunegala, and Jaffna. As of 2011, the University of Moratuwa has stopped conducting the programme online and is working purely via the partner mode.
Edexcel has Accredited ESOFT to conduct the Higher National Diploma Programmes in Computing since 2009 and Business Management since 2010.
In September 2019, ESOFT Metro Campus Colombo was recognised by the Ministry of Higher Education and the University Grants Commission as a Non State Degree Awarding Institution. This means that ESOFT can officially award their own degrees. The very first degree to be introduced was the Bachelor of Information Technology Honours Degree.

Partnerships & Affiliations

ESOFT is involved in several Corporate Social Responsibility activities and one of the most recent is their platinum level sponsorship of the Edex 2011 Education and Careers Expo held in January 2011. ESOFT also has a Mobile Unit - a bus fitted with 20 workstations - which is sent to rural areas and to schools to provide positive experiences to students who may not have even seen or used a computer before.
As of 2012, ESOFT has been a co-sponsor of the Royal College Blue & Gold Hockey 7's Tournament which is organised with the participation of school teams from around the nation
In 2015, ESOFT started the E-Thilina project in partnership with Sirasa TV. The aim of the project was to donate complete computing labs to deserving and rural schools so as to provide children with the opportunity to learn IT/ICT at an early age. The project was continued into the year 2016 as well. Each lab consists of a minimum of 8 modern networked PC's along with a Laser Printer. Tables and Chairs and Carpeting are also provided, with the complete cost borne by ESOFT. Sirasa TV provides coverage via their media network. Two of the computer labs were opened by the President of Sri Lanka, Hon mohomed munshid. The E-Thilina project was concluded in 2018 after a successful run of 3 years where 33 computer labs were donated to public schools around the country.
ESOFT has also partnered with the Ranaviru Seva Authority of the State Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Defence to offer scholarships and savings on course fees for members of the Armed Forces and their families. The special loyalty card is known as Virusara Privilege, and was launched by the President Maithripala Sirisena.

Awards

ESOFT started expanding into regional areas in 2005 and then launched the Accelerated Expansion Project to increase the total number of branches to 27 by the end of the year 2010, with more branches being opened thereafter
Serial NoBranch LocationDate Established
1Colombo2000
2Kurunegala2005
3Kandy2006
4Battaramulla2006
5Kotahena2006
6Anuradhapura2006
7Matara2008
8Piliyandala2008
9Negombo2008
10Jaffna2009
11Nelliady2009
12Batticaloa2009
13Bandarawela2010
14Nawalapitiya2010
15Kilinochchi2010
16Chavakachcheri2010
17Matale2010
18Embilipitiya2010
19Ja-Ela2010
20Galle2010
21Kalmunai2010
22Kiribathgoda2010
23Kegalle2010
24Vavuniya2010
25Mannar2010
26Polonnaruwa2010
27Wattala2010
28Wennappuwa2010
29Minuwangoda2011
30Monaragala2011
31Kuliyapitiya2011
32Gampaha2011
33Hatton2011
34Nittambuwa2011
35Homagama2011
36Hambanthota 2011
37Ratnapura2011
38Nugegoda2012
39Katubedda2013
40Chilaw2013
41Kekirawa2013
42Badulla2013
43Kalutara2013
44Ambalangoda2013
45Panadura2013
46Narammala2013
47Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh2016
48Tangalle2016
49Nittambuwa2018