About Us

William Angliss Institute @ SLIIT, Sri Lanka’s largest hotel school, is a joint venture between William Angliss Institute (WAI), Australia. Based in the SLIIT campus in Malabe, we are a dedicated centre for Hospitality, Tourism, Foods and Events. William Angliss has a proud history of over 80 years, and in our Melbourne campus we annually have over 22,000 local clients and students, and 1,800 international students from over 60 countries with more than 100,000 graduates worldwide. The teachers at William Angliss Institute @ SLIIT are from the Hospitality Industry, both local and international. Their expertise vary from Hospitality Management, Bar Operations, Administration, Finance…etc., the Academy is visited by several guest lecturers across the year from WAI, Melbourne where the students gain knowledge about coffee, wine and culinary arts. Our training facilities include a well-equipped training kitchen, including a functioning in-house restaurant. Our courses are designed with industry needs in mind, and work to ensure that our graduates are ‘Career Ready’. Malabe is located approximately 30 minutes away from Colombo and is an area developing to become Sri Lanka’s educational hub. Since the Academy is situated at SLIIT, the students will benefit from all the facilities available within the campus and it will contribute to enriching their student life.