Q: Could you outline the aim behind opening an ESOFT International Campus at One Galle Face?
A: We wanted to establish a new facility that provides a variety of unique and exclusive services to new and existing students, thereby improving our offering with the latest educational services we don’t already provide while also collaborating with a premier location and associating our brand with an international development – viz. One Galle Face.

Our aim is to provide a different learning experience – one that is similar to what Sri Lankan students would encounter when studying abroad in any developed nation. We want to offer them the option of a world-class learning experience while substantially reducing their investment in education compared to what they’d have to spend when studying abroad.

Ideally, we’re looking to introduce a global education standard to the local market.

The reason behind choosing One Galle Face as our location is because we understand that many students yearn for state-of-the-art facilities and a more wholesome international feeling when they attend lectures.

This way, students have access to the mall – and its various restaurants, stores and other entertainment options – while also enjoying a pleasurable aesthetic background to their lessons.

Q: How can this unique and exclusive campus enhance a student’s learning journey?
A: At ESOFT International Campus, we offer students a two plus one year transfer programme that enables them to begin their undergraduate studies in Sri Lanka while living with their parents and saving on the costs of living abroad.

Simultaneously, students of the campus get acclimated to the educational standards of an international university.

We believe that this ultimately reduces the pressure young students feel in relation to having to move out, study and fend for themselves; it gives them time to get accustomed to the new standards of education expected of them while they have the support of their families for a while longer.

This in turn prepares them for the long haul; so when it’s time to transfer and complete their degree, they know the standard expected of them and can soon acclimatise themselves to living alone.

Q: What are the educational pathways offered at the new campus?
A: ESOFT International Campus offers three streams – namely, business and law, and as ESOFT is widely recognised for its IT qualifications, this will be the third stream offered.

Unlike the standard courses we offer at our other locations however, the International Campus will offer multimedia technology courses as well as cybersecurity bachelor’s programmes.

Q: And finally, in terms of value additions and fee structures, will the programmes offered vary from ESOFT’s existing products?
A: From a price perspective, they will vary and be above the standard offering we presently provide.

This is because students will be taught the same curriculum as Kingston University London’s and therefore, will gain a similar learning experience while being treated as students of the university.

That being said, our prices will still be substantially lower than what a local student would have to pay if he or she was to receive this education abroad. Economically, this is a smarter choice as students save 75 percent of the cost paid to the university for the first two years.

– Compiled by Ashwini Vethakan
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Dr. Dayan RajapakseChairman
ESOFT Group of Companies
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TELEPHONE: 0766 445445/0766 445446
EMAIL:international@esoft.lk
WEBSITE:www.esoft.lk