University reference
University of the Visual & Performing Arts
University of the Visual & Performing Arts, established in 1893, is an active ROR organization in Colombo, LK. ROR classifies the organization under education. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/046pqvy32
- Country
- LK
- City
- Colombo
- Administrative area
- Western Province
- Website
- https://www.vpa.ac.lk/
- Established
- 1893
- Organization types
- education
- Aliases
- Government College of Fine Arts, Heywood Institute of Art, Institute of Aesthetic Studies of the University of Ceylon
- Acronyms
- UVPA
- External identifiers
grid grid.449756.d isni 0000 0004 0475 1506 wikidata Q7896783 - Organization relationships
- Latitude
- 6.93548
- Longitude
- 79.84868
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Aliases | Government College of Fine Arts, Heywood Institute of Art, Institute of Aesthetic Studies of the University of Ceylon |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | UVPA |
| GRID identifiers | grid.449756.d |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0004 0475 1506 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q7896783 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q7896783 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2511259147 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-27T22:56:49Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | University of the Visual & Performing Arts | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.vpa.ac.lk/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q854 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Geological Modeling and Analysis, Indian and Buddhist Studies, Electrical and Electromagnetic Research, Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies, Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions, Geological and Geophysical Studies, Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography, Critical Realism in Sociology, Japanese History and Culture
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
33.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 40.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 29.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 16.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 7.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 18.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 17.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 9.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 8.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 8.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 7.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 7.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 9.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 5.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 5.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
Dates and licenses apply to the specific facts and series supplied by each source.
Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 9b1ede460089
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- a740f11f8e22
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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